Assistant Director for Application Development - College of Education, IT Partners @ Education - 1025658-6689

at University of Illinois in Urbana, Illinois, United States

Job Description

• Supervise and manage ITP @ Education application development team, including Council on Teacher Education (CoTE) developers.
• Manage and monitor technology migrations of new systems as IT Partners introduces new systems to the college.
• Provide strategic advice to the Executive Director of IT Partners and other college leadership.
• Serve as proxy for the Executive Director, when necessary.
• Represent IT Partners and the college on campus committees and working groups.

• Develop applications and systems as needed to meet the needs of the College, within campus and college standard practices and frameworks.
• Design workflows and forms that improve efficiency and effectiveness using existing systems.
• Develop web/integration services to improve functionality, accessibility, data sharing and visualization in and/or among the various data, communications, and application systems. These systems include but are not limited to: Canvas, Zoom, Coursera, Form Builder, Kaltura, and Banner/EDW.

• Lead web, application, workflow management, and other IT integration project initiatives by fostering collaboration and accountability among internal and external developers, designers, communications and marketing professionals, data systems analysts, and other college staff.
• Work and communicate effectively with college constituents to identify and meet college needs for web development, application development, workflow management, and technology systems integration.
• Gather and define requirements for projects.
• Manage relationship and interactions between design team members, vendors, and college web/application developers.
• Effectively lead constituent management activities, including providing technical leadership to non-technical units.
• Document and monitor project progress and report/present results.

• Create dashboards, reports, and potential databases that support data access, security and efficiency as needed by units within the College.
• Assist units with effective data collection and storage processes.
• Develop and maintain datasets for utilization in customized reports and dashboards.
• Develop and maintain data transfer processes that facilitate systemwide continuity.

• Bachelor' degree.
• College course work which included Information Technology (IT), IT Management, or a closely related discipline may be substituted as follows: 60 semester hours or Associate's Degree equals one year, 90-120 semester hours or Bachelor's Degree equals two (2) years. Experience with systems development and/or programming.
• Experience in SQL programming and database maintenance using Microsoft SSMS (SQL Server Management Studio).
• Experience with software version control (such as Git).
• Leadership experience and training (ITLW, ITLP, MGRDev, or others), Involved in committees, subcommittees and working groups around IT related topics.
• Four(4) years of progressively more responsible work experience in an Information Technology (IT) related profession.
• Knowledge of Illinois teacher, administrative, and school support licensure processes.

• Experience with University of Illinois data management systems.
• Experience with database design and management, and data transfer processes.
• Experience with continuous integration / continuous development (such as Git Actions or Azure DevOps).
• Experience with .NET/MVC/C# programming frameworks.
• Experience with systems integrations with cloud software platforms.
• Experience writing end-user documentation.
• Experience in Power BI, Tableau, or other data visualization tools.
• Experience with Software Development Lifecycle processes and tools (such as Asana).

• Exceptional customer service skills.
• Demonstrated results-oriented, strong organizational and time management skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, strong oral and written communications skills, the ability to interact with a broad array of internal and external constituents, and the ability to concurrently manage multiple complex tasks.
• Ability to thrive in a team environment and actively contribute to the team's success.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously and meet deadlines with accuracy.
• Ability to plan work with changing priorities and work under pressure.
• Ability to understand written material and extract important points.
• Ability to act with initiative, make independent decisions, and prioritize with minimal direct supervision.