at Joliet Junior College in Joliet, Illinois, United States
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Position Title:Chief Information Officer
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Search for the Chief Information Officer
Joliet Junior College
Joliet, Illinois
THE SEARCH
Joliet Junior College, the first, public community college in the United States, seeks a transformational, creative leader to serve as the next Chief Information Officer.
Founded in 1901, Joliet Junior College (JJC) provides a student-centered, career-enabling education to 27,000 students. Located just 40 miles outside of Chicago, JJC is an innovative and accessible institution, dedicated to student learning, community prosperity, cultural enrichment, and inclusion. The student population at the college is diverse in every sense of the word, representing a cultural plethora of gender, ethnic, racial, age, and socioeconomic status diversity. In 2023, JJC was designated a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) with 34% of the student body identifying as Hispanic/Latina/o. The College delivers quality lifelong learning opportunities empowering diverse students and the community through academic excellence, workforce training, and comprehensive support services.
The Chief Information Officer joins the college at a moment when the College is poised for technology transformation and modernization. President Clyne Namuo has a background in technology leadership, and investments have been made across JJC to develop technology infrastructure and modernize enterprise architecture. The CIO is tasked with driving innovation. Collaboration and relationship building will be key to the success of the CIO, and there will be an emphasis on building political will and partnerships underscored by communication and transparency with JJC community members. Technology should enhance the student experience at JJC, and students are the heart of the College. The CIO will be tasked with considering how IT can support the student experience across a richly diverse student body, and serve the broader academic mission of the College. To be successful, the CIO will be expected to address a number of opportunities and challenges, listed below, and outlined in detail beginning on page four of this document:
Develop a strategic plan for technology across JJC
Advocate for the role of IT across the College
Bolster information security across the College
Evaluate and modernize IT infrastructure across campus Effectively lead, organize, and invigorate the IT staff
Joliet Junior College has retained Isaacson, Miller, a national executive search firm, to assist in conducting this important search and to help identify outstanding candidates. All inquiries, applications, and nominations for this opportunity should be directed to the search firm as indicated at the end of this document.
JOLIET JUNIOR COLLEGE
JJC offers pre-baccalaureate programs for students planning to transfer to a four-year university. A comprehensive community college, JJC provides occupational education leading directly to employment, adult education and literacy programs, workforce development services, and student support services.
America's first public community college began in 1901 as an experimental postgraduate high school program. It was the "brain child" of J. Stanley Brown, Superintendent of Joliet Township High School, and William Rainey Harper, President of the University of Chicago. The college's initial enrollment was six students. Today, JJC serves more than 27,000 students in credit classes and noncredit courses.
Established in 1973, the Joliet Junior College Foundation - a separate 501c3 - has been instrumental in providing financial assistance to students pursuing their academic goals at Joliet Junior College. Over the past 50 years, the Foundation has seen remarkable growth, with total assets surpassing $36 million and $18.5 million in endowments. The Foundation awarded $1,000,522 in... For full info follow application link.
ANTI-DISCRIMINATION STATEMENT
Joliet Junior College is committed to maintaining an environment that is safe and free from discrimination, harassment, and misconduct on the basis of sex, which includes sexual orientation or gender-related identity. The College prohibits sexual harassment, sexual assault, sexual misconduct, stalking, and relationship/dating violence has put measures in place to ensure a safe and healthy educational and employment environment, and meet legal requirements in accordance with: Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX), which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in the College's programs or activities; relevant sections of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act; Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex or sexual orientation, including gender-related identity; and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act), which requires timely warning to the community of certain immediate threats.
