Position Title: Chief Information Officer
Job Description:
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, outlined below:
- 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.
QUALIFICATIONS AND CHARACTERISTICS
This position requires a leader with broad technology knowledge. A service-oriented leader and listener, the CIO will have a record of building and leading high-performing teams, establishing and sustaining productive working relationships with a range of constituencies, and achieving results through collaboration and influence. The successful candidate will understand the importance of recruiting, developing, and leading a diverse and vibrant workforce.
The successful candidate will bring many of the following professional qualifications, skills, experience, and personal qualities:
- A deep understanding of trends in information technology and issues in higher education is essential, as is demonstrated effectiveness in planning and innovative leadership experience in the information technology field.
- Exceptional leadership skills, effective influencing and negotiation skills with the ability to drive organizational change. Excellent analytical, strategic conceptual thinking, IT strategic planning and execution, and organization design and development skills with deep understanding of current and emerging technologies.
- Demonstrated successful experience in integrating information systems, resources, and services in support of academic and/or administrative functions.
- Demonstrated ability to further the goals of computing, information, and instructional technologies to support the teaching and research of the faculty and the learning outcomes of students.
- Expertise in budget planning and financial management. Ability to identify and leverage resources internally and externally to enhance capabilities that drive digital business.
- Strong administrative, interpersonal, collaborative, and team leadership skills are also required, as is a commitment to the highest ethical standards.
- Demonstrated commitment to the college's core values of respect and inclusion, sustainability, integrity, collaboration, humor and well-being, innovation and quality.
- Ten years of increasing and broad-based responsibility in IT or a related field.
- An advanced degree is preferred.
Compensation: The anticipated salary range for the role is $135K-$203K (midpoint 169K).
APPLICATIONS, NOMINATIONS, AND INQUIRIES
Confidential inquiries, nominations/referrals, and applications (including resumes and letters of interest responding to the opportunities and challenges outlined above) should be sent electronically to the Isaacson, Miller executive search team via the link below.
Dan Rodas, Partner
Stephen Kalogeras, Associate
Isaacson, Miller
https://www.imsearch.com/open-searches/joliet-junior-college/chief-information-officer
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
Joliet Junior College is committed to equal opportunity in employment, employment actions, and in the administration of educational programs, admission of students, athletics or other sponsored activities. The College complies in letter and spirit with appropriate federal and state legislation.
Full Time/Part Time: Full time
Union (If Applicable): Not Applicable
Scheduled Hours: 40
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