TECH000 : Department Head

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

This is a pro-bono volunteer position.