I.T. Director

Essential job requirements:

• Employee is a Christian who fully supports the Statement of Faith and Lifestyle Statement of CVCS and performs in such a way as to fulfill the school mission statement.
• Employee is an active church member in good standing at a local Christian church.
• Cooperates with the staff and administration in implementing all policies, procedures, and directives governing the operation of the school.
• The employee is always a positive representation of CVCS, and a positive role model to students and parents.

Job responsibilities:

• General Technology & Office Management:
  • Interfaces with industry/academic organizations to maintain state-of-the-art knowledge of emerging Information Technologies.
  • Plans and coordinates the acquisition and installation of all computer, communications and sound systems.
  • Participates in strategic planning, annual planning and budgeting.
  • Develops capital and operational budgets to respective departments within the school.
  • Communicates and enforces automation and technology policies.
  • Demonstrates problem-solving & analytical abilities.
  • Able to explain complex technical concepts in language that is understandable to staff, students & parents.
  • Capable to manage multiple projects simultaneously and meet deadlines.
  • Must have excellent interpersonal, verbal & written communication skills.
  • Able to meet objectives with little or no direct supervision.
  • Capacity to review, identify and implement improvement opportunities where enhanced processes, technology or efficiencies can be applied.
  • Able to work both collaboratively and independently.
  • Oversees the work of staff members assigned to technology or independent contractors hired to accomplish specific tasks.
  • Serves as a team leader for other information technology personnel in the schools and directs their work.
  • Coordinates the activities of the Student Technical Team within CVCS.

• System Management:
  • Provide system management for tasks related to the school’s information system network working independently and with outside technology vendors when required.
  • Maintenance of user access accounts to systems and software.
  • Maintain security and integrity of all data and data systems.
  • Responsible for issuing, tracking and inventorying of all technology & worship center assets.
  • Responsible for the oversight of the audio visual equipment and for managing the audio visual services for all school events.
  • Responsible for the oversight of servicing and budgeting of the school’s copiers.
  • Verifications of backups and backup systems.
  • Management of space resources of the network.
  • Provides help desk support to all students, faculty  and staff
  • Maintains students/faculty 1-1 laptop program.
  • Provide leadership in the planning, design and implementation of the information Technology and standard system architectures.
  • Provides preventative maintenance, system performance verification, system generation, configuration changes, performs tuning, system upgrades, backup and restore and data archives. Installation of new software and/or upgrading of existing technology.
  • Installation of new software upgrades with faculty, staff and students.
  • Monitors and enforces all staff and student computer, network, internet and email use policies.
  • Initiates and maintains a firewall protection process that effectively secures students and staff who have access to the CVCS network environment.
  • Responsible for the operational readiness of the worship center sound booth and the training of the staff and student operators.
  • Maintains the security and integrity of all servers, switches, access systems, etc.

Education & experience requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree from a four-year college or university is preferred.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in Information Systems Management with a minimum of 2 years providing direct oversight of staff.
• Experience in an educational setting is preferred.

Physical requirements:

• Position requires prolonged standing and sitting, bending, stooping and stretching.  Position requires eye-hand coordination and manual dexterity sufficient to operate a keyboard, photocopier, telephone, calculator, and other office equipment.
• Position requires normal range of hearing and vision to record, prepare and communicate appropriate reports.  Position requires occasional lifting up to 50 pounds.