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Sacramento County · 10 hours ago

Information Technology Division Chief

Sacramento, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Lead/Staff, Director/Executive

3+ years exp

Sacramento County is seeking an Information Technology Division Chief to lead the operation of their IT division. The role involves planning, organizing, and directing IT operations while ensuring compliance with county goals and objectives.

AssociationGovernmentNon Profit

Comp. & Benefits

Responsibilities

Plan, organize, coordinate and direct the operation of a division within the Department of Technology or in an organization with an information technology (IT) program

Provide overall leadership, direction, and guidance for the development and operational activities regarding the County's computerized information systems and telecommunications in compliance with County goals and business objectives

Select, supervise, train, and evaluate staff

Plan, coordinate, assign, and review the work of subordinate staff

Investigate and resolve disciplinary issues

Work independently, prioritize work, coordinate activities and meet critical deadlines

Develop, monitor, and interpret budgets and other financial documents

Plan, manage, and complete complex work assignments

Develop and maintain cooperative, effective working relationships with others

Communicate clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing

Interpret and apply applicable federal, state, and local laws, codes and regulations

Apply customer services skills, including the identification of customer needs and follow up to ensure customer commitments have been met

Gain cooperation through discussion and persuasion

Interpret and summarize a variety of data

Exercise discretion and maintain confidentiality of information

Direct, coordinate, and manage IT related activities

Recognize and analyze problems, develop recommendations and alternative solutions, project consequences of proposed actions, and oversee corrections in support of goals

Read and comprehend technical reports to understand trends or areas for improvement

Understand highly complex IT systems and issues

Qualification

Management principlesBudget developmentIT systems managementProject managementSupervisionTrainingTechnical problem solvingSoftware quality assurancePublic administrationCustomer service skillsData interpretationCommunication skillsConfidentiality

Required

A Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university in computer science, information systems, business administration, public administration, or other closely related field

Three years of full-time paid experience at a management level that includes managing, planning, organizing, directing, supervising, and coordinating the work of one or more major functional units of enterprise, client/server or desktop network and systems organization

This experience must include responsibility for budget development, oversight, and control

Knowledge of principles and practices of management and organizational theory, including planning, organizational design, business finance, business development, project management, and organizational effectiveness

Knowledge of principles and practices of supervision, discipline, leadership, mentoring, and training

Knowledge of applicable federal, state, and local laws, codes and regulations

Knowledge of operational characteristics, services, and activities of assigned programs and functions

Knowledge of office procedures, methods, and equipment including computers and applicable software applications such as word processing, spreadsheets, databases, and other specialized applications related to area of assignment

Knowledge of English usage, spelling, grammar, and punctuation

Knowledge of principles and practices of public administration as it relates to the management of computer systems operation and support, local and wide area data communications and a variety of telecommunications systems

Knowledge of principles of advanced computer technology and platforms and systems development life cycles

Knowledge of principles and techniques of software and systems quality assurance and control

Knowledge of principles and practices of technical problem solving

Knowledge of principles of business system applications and computer data processing

Ability to select, supervise, train, and evaluate staff

Ability to plan, coordinate, assign, and review the work of subordinate staff

Ability to investigate and resolve disciplinary issues

Ability to work independently, prioritize work, coordinate activities and meet critical deadlines

Ability to develop, monitor, and interpret budgets and other financial documents

Ability to plan, manage, and complete complex work assignments

Ability to develop and maintain cooperative, effective working relationships with others

Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing

Ability to interpret and apply applicable federal, state, and local laws, codes and regulations

Ability to apply customer services skills, including the identification of customer needs and follow up to ensure customer commitments have been met

Ability to gain cooperation through discussion and persuasion

Ability to interpret and summarize a variety of data

Ability to exercise discretion and maintain confidentiality of information

Ability to direct, coordinate, and manage IT related activities

Ability to recognize and analyze problems, develop recommendations and alternative solutions, project consequences of proposed actions, and oversee corrections in support of goals

Ability to read and comprehend technical reports to understand trends or areas for improvement

Ability to understand highly complex IT systems and issues

A valid California Driver License, Class C or higher, may be required at the time of appointment