Position Summary

Located 45 minutes from the Nation’s Capital, nestled in a history-rich community of southern Maryland, The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) is a two-time Aspen Award-winning institution (top 15% of Community Colleges) with academic programs in over 100 disciplines. CSM is among America’s top 100 producers of Minority Associate Degrees in twenty categories, according to Diverse Issues in Higher Education. CSM offers excellent health insurance benefits; State Retirement Pension plan; wellness programs; Code Green early closure Fridays in the summer; college closure for spring break and several major holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year; and for several days in March for Spring Break. We are an innovative institution committed to student success and well known for our flexibility to meet student and community needs.

The Associate Vice President Information Management/Chief Information Officer plays a critical role in providing strategic and transformational technology leadership to the College of Southern Maryland. The AVP/CIO drives technology alignment and cost savings ensuring that technology is effectively leveraged to support the mission and strategic plan of the College. The AVP/CIO is specifically responsible for leading institutional transformation, enabling the organization to effectively leverage technology to streamline operations across the various units, and providing student, faculty and staff experiences desired by the college. The AVP/CIO oversees and completes performance evaluations for three Information Management Directors, and reports to the Vice President of OPS and Planning.

College of Southern Maryland conducts background checks in order to ensure the safety and well-being of the College's staff and students. The final candidate for this position will be subject to the following background checks: Criminal History Check and Sex Offender Registry Check.

This position is open until filled. For best consideration, apply by 11:59 pm, EST on Friday, May 27, 2022. The College of Southern Maryland is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

The College of Southern Maryland values the safety of its students, faculty, and staff. As part of that commitment, the College will require offers of employment extended after December 1, 2021 to be contingent on the candidate providing proof of being fully vaccinated for COVID-19 prior to the start date of employment. As a new employee, you will be required to comply with this mandate and all the current campus health and safety protocols, including wearing a mask. Specific Duties and Responsibilities

Essential Functions:

Works collaboratively to maintain and execute a 3-year IT Plan that provides a clear path and model to improving the effectiveness of the IT organization, operations, and services aligned with the institutional strategic direction

Updates and maintains IT and Data Governance that drives transformation

Propels the IT organization in a way that communicates the vision, strategy, priorities, and logistical aspects of IT plans and operations of the college community, providing opportunities for consultation

Develops long-term approaches to the ERP environment to streamline operation across the organization

Champions and leads business process transformation across the organization to drive the highest quality experience and lower costs overall for IT

Supports campus, online, remote and various learning environments across the organization (both academic credit and continuing education/workforce development programs), designs spaces with technology to meet the current and future needs for teaching and learning

Implements a service orientation for Help Desk, user support, classroom technology, and infrastructure operations, where effective communication with the college community is a hallmark

Provides leadership in recruiting, hiring, management, and staff assessment/development of college employees in the IT department

Re-energizes and empowers faculty, staff and end users, and executes the vision for a more modern IT organization

Additional Duties:

Performs other related work as required. Minimum Education and Training

Bachelor's degree required in related discipline; Master’s degree preferred

Ten or more years of progressively responsible experience in Information Technology Minimum Qualifications and Standards Required

Demonstrates understanding of the higher education mission and practices

Current knowledge of use and trends of technology in higher education

Strong empathizing and empowerment abilities

Ability to promote teamwork and collaboration with college staff

Strong stress-management, time management, planning, and organization skills

Strong project management skills

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Proficiency in the use of the Microsoft Office/O365 suite

Strong customer service skills

Ability to work with all levels of college personnel including executive staff

Ability to work independently and to make sound judgments based upon knowledge of college policies and procedure

Strong organizational skills with the ability to develop effective work methods and meet short deadlines in a high-pressure environment

Ability to communicate effectively, clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing, with various levels of the college community, including the ability to exercise patience, tact and good judgment in dealing with end users

Talent for managing people and fostering an environment of positive employee engagement and trust

Physical Requirements:

The work is medium work which requires exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 30 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.