Director Of Information Technology

Excellent Benefits

The City provides a comprehensive benefits package that is largely employer paid including Medical/Dental/Vision, FSA/HSA, WA State PERS, Life/AD&D and generous paid Vacation, Holiday and Sick Leave Programs. The City also offers optional 457 and Roth (up to 2% City match), LTD and Supplemental Life plan participation.

Position Summary

The Information Technology (IT) department’s mission is to proactively provide cost effective, reliable, standardized and current IT tools, systems and services including customer support to the departments of the City of Wenatchee. The IT department designs, maintains and monitors the City’s data network. The department orders, delivers, repairs and maintains all desktop, handheld personal computers and peripheral equipment. They ensure the integrity and security of data operations and oversee and manage the City’s data center. Primary computer applications, such as financial, payroll, utilities, permitting, public safety and related database systems, are maintained and supported by the IT department. The department manages Internet and Intranet web sites, council chambers technology operations and support and telephone systems.

Essential Job Duties

• Strategizes, plans, coordinates, directs and designs Information Technology (IT) related activities of the City. Oversees and manages activities of the department including innovation, deployment, monitoring, maintenance, troubleshooting, development, upgrades and support of systems, such as servers, PCs, operating systems, hardware, software and peripherals; and end-user services, including help desk and tech support services and other information and communications systems and functions.
• Maintains a well-integrated technology infrastructure. Develops and maintains long- and short-range plans for IT services. Develops, updates and implements architectural design and system applications.
• Oversees City information security. Maintains a business continuity and cyber incident response plan.
• Ensures consistent professional representation of the department in providing quality, customer focused, internal and external services. Maintains highly responsive and proactive support services.
• Develops and implements policies and procedures in accordance with industry best practices.
• Collaborates with stakeholders to understand and define business and system requirements.
• Negotiates and manages service agreements and licensing contracts. Purchases hardware, software, networks and related equipment. Work closely with vendors to ensure the best pricing and equipment.
• Establishes and maintains a full-range of IT support services such as the City website, intranet, internet and future technology advances. Maintains outside agency inter-connectivity.
• Stays abreast of technology trends. Forecasts IT resources needed. Benchmarks, analyzes and makes recommendations for improvement and growth of the IT infrastructure and systems.
• Maintains, updates and safeguards an electronic records management system. Ensures compliance.
• Analyzes work orders including analysis of time to complete and proposed solutions.
• Identifies, develops, prioritizes and coordinates end user training.
• Actively participates as a member of the City’s senior management team providing strategic thought leadership and technical expertise on decisions having significant organization-wide impact.

Qualification Requirements:

• Any combination of education and experience equivalent to a Bachelor degree in Information Technology (IT) and ten years of IT experience including five years of IT operations management and supervisory experience. Public sector experience preferred.
• Current WA State Driver License, or ability to obtain within six months of employment and maintain.

City of Wenatchee Government

The City of Wenatchee is a full-service City employing 190 employees. In addition to Information Technology, other departments include Public Works, Police, Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services, Human Resources, Finance and Community Development. The City operates under a Strong Mayor form of government with seven council members. Active boards and commissions advise the City Council with governance.

The Community

The City of Wenatchee is home to 35,405 people with 117,128 living in the greater Wenatchee area. Located in a beautiful valley at the confluence of the Wenatchee and Columbia Rivers and on the east slopes of the Cascade Mountain Range, the city enjoys abundant sunshine with four distinct seasons. The average rainfall is a mere 10 inches per year making the region a focal point of Washington State for outdoor recreation. Wenatchee is the largest city in rural North Central Washington and thus provides a small-town atmosphere with big city amenities striking a great balance between rural and urban qualities of life.

Why Wenatchee is Such an Attractive Place to Live and Work

The City is surrounded by the Cascade foothills. These foothills have been largely preserved as open space with trail systems for public use. The City also has a wonderful historic downtown area adjoining a world class waterfront park and trail system. Renowned resort towns of Leavenworth and Lake Chelan are a scenic 30-minute drive away. Wenatchee serves as a medical, retail, technology, governmental and professional service hub for the largely agricultural area of North Central Washington. Combining these core regional services with a strong fruit and wine agricultural industry yields a relatively stable economy. Many people have moved to our valley to take advantage of the outdoor recreation mecca and beautiful natural environment that makes the City an amazing place to live. People moving to Wenatchee find that the citizens are very community minded with many active service organizations. Additionally, public parks, quality arts programs and cultural experience opportunities are more plentiful than comparably sized cities. Suburban sprawl is nearly non-existent and thus commute times rarely exceed 15 minutes. For those desiring occasional amenities of major metropolitan areas, Seattle is a short scenic 3-hour drive or 30-minute flight away making Wenatchee very attractive to many people and families relocating from the Puget Sound area.

A Comprehensive View of our Region

Find out more about the City at https://www.wenatcheewa.gov/.

Tourism highlights of the region can be viewed at http://www.visitwenatchee.org, http://www.visitchelancounty.com and http://www.wenatchee.org.

_ Must See: _

“We Are Wenatchee Part I” https://vimeo.com/88411706

“We Are Wenatchee Part II” https://vimeo.com/121429638

“We Are Wenatchee Part III” https://vimeo.com/208608170

Our historic downtown is a nationally recognized Main Street with an active downtown association http://www.wenatcheedowntown.org.

How to Apply

To view the job description and complete an online application please visit:

https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/wenatcheewa

Open Until Filled (applications reviewed upon receipt)

**Please note this is an onsite senior management position. Office location at City Hall.**

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $131,580.00 - $161,460.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Experience level:

• 10 years

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to Relocate:

• Wenatchee, WA 98801: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person