at Illinois Department of Innovation & Technology in Springfield, Illinois, United States
Job Description
30% Subject to management approval, serves as the I-CARE Project Manager for the Department of Innovation & Technology (DoIT), supporting the Department of Public Health (DPH):
• Oversees the maintenance and support of departmental systems, primarily the I-CARE Immunization registry.
• Manages web-based applications using ASP.NET, C#, Active Server Pages, JavaScript, Java, Oracle databases, IBM DB2 databases, and/or IBM WebSphere application servers.
• Manages and oversees IT support for the Infectious Diseases Immunization group regarding systems design, development, installation, support, maintenance, and enhancement of the I-CARE Immunization registry application.
• Conducts and coordinates feasibility studies to determine user needs and requirements for computer applications.
25% Serves as a working supervisor:
• Assigns and reviews work.
• Provides guidance and training to assigned staff.
• Counsels staff regarding work performance.
• Reassigns staff to meet day to day operating needs.
• Establishes annual goals and objectives.
• Approves time off.
• Prepares and signs performance evaluations.
20% Develops system project plans for tasks and sets target dates, resource scheduling, and objectives:
• Develops, recommends, and implements policies and procedures primarily for the Office of Health Protection and Office of Women's Health.
• Compiles data for cost-benefit analysis and allocates resources.
• Derives and coordinates precise problem definition and procedures for the conduct of projects.
• Implements project management standards and techniques for accounting and control.
• Provides project status reports to management.
10% Reviews, analyzes, and evaluates computer systems, work-in-progress reports, completed enhancements, and production reports to ascertain adherence to department standards, accuracy, completeness, adherence to policy and procedures, proper progression, and completion by deadline:
• Verifies that the system makes best use of current technologies and determines if the system should be upgraded to the current IS supported environment (such as a web-based system).
5% Plans, reviews, and assesses unit work functions to assure operation within budgeted amounts for staffing and equipment:
• Recommends, plans revisions and/or changes in staffing levels, priorities, projects, deadlines, change in expected workloads, capacities, and production capabilities.
• Provides operational data to the OHP/OWH IS Manager for budgetary planning.
5% Keeps abreast of new developments in the Information Technology (IT) field:
• Continues education by attending meetings, training sessions, seminars and conferences to increase familiarity with and remain current on products, vendors, techniques and procedures.
• Attends demonstrations and exhibitions related to assigned operations
5% Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.
