Title: Chief Information Officer (00002)

State Role Title: Info Technology Specialist III

Hiring Range: $90,000-$100,000

Pay Band: 7

Agency: New College Institute

Location: New College Institute

Agency Website: https://newcollegeinstitute.org

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

Organizational Objective:

The mission of the New College Institute (NCI) is a premier center of learning that provides access to academic degrees, credentials and professional learning experiences in high quality learning environments to prepare students for regional and statewide career opportunities and participation in collaborative, positive community change, promoting regional economic prosperity and community transformation.

About the Position:

The Chief Information Officer (CIO) serves as an Executive team member with a critical role in designing and maintaining a technology portfolio that supports workforce excellence. The CIO is responsible for establishing an IT culture of innovation and customer focus through the strategic leadership of NCI’s technology programs, platforms, systems, and resources. This includes a focus on innovative strategy creation and delivery for current and future needs, systems governance, design, development, implementation, maintenance; manage migration to cloud providers for both platform as a service and software as a service; communication and collaboration with customers, business and academic partners, and stakeholders; data analytics and business intelligence (including business process engineering).

This position is not eligible for telework.

Minimum Qualifications

Extensive knowledge of current and emerging IT technologies (Cloud), strategies, and programs, and experience demonstrating the utilization of those technologies to optimize the efficiency and effectiveness of a business organization.
A work history demonstrating extensive progressively responsible IT management experience.
Experience demonstrating knowledge of project management and agile framework practices.
Experience demonstrating knowledge of business process/change management.
Experience providing strategic IT advice to executives and all levels of stakeholders, the ability to interact and consult with outside vendors, and provide leadership and guidance to IT staff for the implementation of multiple complex IT projects.
Experience demonstrating the ability to provide guidance, to motivate, and lead, professional level IT staff.
Experience communicating verbally with demonstrated ability to make oral presentations to communicate IT concepts and projects via electronic formats to all levels of staff.
Experience communicating in writing with demonstrated ability to develop policies, guidance/technical documents, reports, or other similar forms of written correspondence.
Budget experience to include budget development, budget administration, as well as experience communicating budget details to executive level decision makers.
Experience demonstrating the ability to make sound business decisions in light of changing priorities and/or financial constraints.
Considerable experience demonstrating the ability to negotiate with and build consensus with internal and external stakeholders to resolving enterprise-level issues.

Additional Considerations

Experience demonstrating knowledge of current IT utilized for academia and workforce development data including systems analysis, design, construction, integration, operation, security, and maintenance.
Knowledge of Learning Management Systems (LMS) and Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA) policies, standards, and regulations a plus.
Extensive experience as a leader designing and developing the vision for the implementation and support of complex technologies as well as resource management experience.
Considerable knowledge of the principles of transformational leadership.
Experience working in an agency of organizational change.

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

All applications must be submitted by 11:55pm on the job closing date. For additional information about New College Institute, please visit http://www.newcollegeinstitute.org.

State employees who have been affected by Policy 1.3 Layoff and possess a valid Interagency Placement Screening Form (Yellow Card) or a Preferential Hiring Form (Blue Card) must submit the card BEFORE the closing date for this position. The card may be scanned and attached to the application or faxed to (804) 371-7401. Please include your name and the position number of the fax cover sheet.

State applications will only be accepted as submitted online at by 11:55 pm on the closing date through the Recruitment Management System (RMS) at Home (virginia.gov). Applications submitted via email, postal mail, fax, or in person will not be considered. Applicants are expected to fully represent qualifications and work history on the State applications and or in resumes. The decision to interview an applicant is based on the information provided in the application, resume, or other relevant documents provided; therefore, it is essential for applicants to supply detailed information. Submitting an incomplete state application/resume, or a state application/resume lacking detail, may impact your interview eligibility. This website will provide a confirmation of receipt when the application is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your RMS Account to check the status of your application for this position. Employment applications submitted via postal mail, email, or fax will not be considered.

Reasonable accommodations are available to individuals with disabilities during the application and/or interview processes per the Americans with Disabilities Act. AMERICORPS, PEACE CORPS, AND OTHER NATIONAL SERVICE ALUMNI ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY. Please call 804-225-2131 for assistance.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Contact Information

Name: Taris Harmon

Phone: 804-225-2532

Email: taris.harmon@dhrm.virginia.gov

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.

Each agency within the Commonwealth of Virginia is dedicated to recruiting, supporting, and maintaining a competent and diverse work force. Equal Opportunity Employer

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