Cio amp Assistant Dean Instructional And Itamps 0669u Berkeley Law

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CIO and Assistant Dean, Instructional and IT&S (0669U), Berkeley Law
The candidate develops and drives strategic policies to align with law school’s overall direction. Ensures that law school information technology services compare competitively with peer professional schools, particularly top ten law schools nationwide. Regularly leads critical projects for the law school, with high consequences of success or failure. Increasingly these projects are intended to generate desperately needed revenue for the law school. Examples include Online and Hybrid degree tracks and Executive Education programs. Plans, designs and implements Information Systems programs and establishes direction, policies and procedures for the law school. Identifies risks and responds accordingly. Works closely with senior administrators to address electronic security issues and to identify solutions that integrate with campus business processes and applications. Works closely with IT subject matter experts to develop policies that comply with campus policies and that are able to be implemented in our environment. Develops law school-specific solutions when campus does not have a readily available solution. Advocates for campus-wide solutions to campus-wide problems. Oversees through subordinate managers the analysis of the needs of functional partners and collaborates to establish strategies and priorities for systems design, implementation and changes of information processing systems. Serves as a subject matter expert for law school and campus technical staff on law school business processes for Admissions, Financial Aid, Registrar’s Office, Career Services, Development and Alumni Relations, Centers, Executive Education, Facilities, Human Resources, Faculty Support, Business Office, and is familiar with all the corresponding campus systems which support these units and how they integrate with law school specific applications. Represents the law school in negotiations with campus units for changes in business processes to meet or improve law school functions, modifications to campus systems, and integration with campus systems. Assures accountability and stewardship of campus resources (operational, financial, and human) in compliance with school goals and objectives. Serves as law school’s representative for IT audits. Oversees the management of law school’s hardware and software resource inventory. Drives change management by modifying and altering existing procedures and methods in an environment of dramatic growth and rapid change. Ensures that the law school information systems and technology team is able to respond nimbly to changing needs. Recommends changes to law school and campus policies and practices. Represents the law school and professional school needs on numerous campus committees that oversee IT strategic planning and technology spending, and collaborates in the development of new services and policies. Serves on law school committees to advise on IT related concerns; serves on campus committees to advocate for law school and professional school needs; and represents the law school on external IT organizations. Serves on technical advisory boards of groups that develop law school specific applications or offer law school specific services such as the Law School Admissions Council’s Information Systems Development Advisory Group (LSAC ISDAG) and the Law Information Officers Group (composed of CIOs from the top ten law schools). Advises senior management on controversial situations, customer negotiations, or influencing and persuading other senior level managers regarding IT and Security matters. Works closely with other senior administrators to resolve problems throughout law school operations. Serves as a member of the dean’s senior administrative team and advises dean as necessary on technology planning. Maintains thorough understanding of campus and law school business practices and protocols and applies these in IT operations as appropriate. Regularly consults with senior management on matters of significance and partners with campus IT departments to pilot solutions for campus-wide problems. The law school has partnered with campus to explore solutions for issues related to: cloud computing, mobile workforce, security, data analytics, accessibility, research computing, wireless, and more. Responsible for the employment, promotion, performance evaluation, training, motivation, counseling, and discipline of assigned employees. Responsible for the growth and development of the Law IS&T team. Coaches individuals on skill and career developments. Supports training opportunities for teams and staff both on and off campus. Responsible for achievement of objectives (operational and budget processes, staff FTE, finance, human resources and space planning). Establishes and assures adherence to budgets, schedules, work plans and performance requirements. Ensures staff follow defined internal controls for the unit and campus. Oversees progress for all major IST projects and monitors schedules, budgets, staff and deliverables for those projects. Manages directly or through subordinate managers the review and contracting of outside vendors for law school IS&T as needed. Responsible for overseeing law school’s transition to new systems as needed. Manages a complex information dataflow to track data on incoming, current and historical students, faculty and staff. Ensures that the law school develops applications that do not duplicate campus systems but rather address law school specific needs and integrate with campus systems. Ensures that all campus and law school applications that manage student data address the needs of all law students including but not limited to: JD, PhD, JSD, LLM, exchange students, readmits, transfer students, consortium students, special status students, visiting scholars and alumni. Works closely with campus resources to modify campus systems to address law school specific needs and ensures that solutions are completed to specification and on time. Oversees law school IT infrastructure design and development during renovations, for off-site facility build-out and during new building construction. Serves as primary liaison between architects, campus project manager, subcontractors, campus IT personnel and law school IT personnel and coordinates communication and problem resolution as needed. Allocates resources for all hardware and phone moves and coordinates with Facilities Manager to ensure the least disruption and down time for users and smooth transitions to new workspaces. Oversees IST’s role in coordination of cross-departmental projects. Initiates and leads business process mapping exercises with law school administration to improve efficiency of overall business operations as needed. Consults with users regarding business needs and how business systems can support those needs. In particular, consults with faculty on how emerging technologies can improve the teaching and learning experience and address emerging research requirements. Initiates change, by modifying and altering existing procedures and methods. Must have extensive and in-depth knowledge of Information Technology principles, theories, and concepts to manage functional area(s) and provide solutions. Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or related area and/or equivalent experience/training is required. Strong knowledge of academic and instructional technologies (online, classrooms) is preferred. Experience managing IT in the legal field is preferred. Understanding of the operational and accreditation needs of a law school is preferred. Advanced degree is preferred.

Deadline: August 21, 2019.

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