Overview
This is a pro-bono volunteer position.
JerseySTEM is looking for talented professionals across our departments to commit time and energy as long-term engagement for our mission to provide STEM education to underrepresented middle school girls.
The Head of the IT department manages a team of 4-6 technical leads (and their respective associates) supporting the following technologies : GSuite, Salesforce, Jira, Slack.
This is not a technical job, this is a people management job.
Responsibilities
- As part of the executive committee, represent the IT department
- Run the department weekly team meeting
- Set SLA goals for each department
- Promote best practice of documentation, grooming the succession
- Maintain a culture of openness, sharing and welcoming input / feedback.
- No turf or pride of ownership : the goal is to create programs to serve the kids.
Qualifications
Have a service mentality : Business / Users are your clientsAbility to build and lead a team : articulate overall strategy, get buy in from team, get leads to work togetherCommunicate, communicate, communicateSense of urgency : getting things done today is better than getting them done tomorrowCheerleader in chief for the technology departmentExposure to all or some of these technologiesObsessive documenter8-10 hours per week, 12+ month commitmentThis is a pro-bono volunteer position.