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Job no: 256252-LI
Work type: Onsite, Staff-Full Time
Department:L&S/ADMINISTRATION/ADMIN
Location: Madison
Categories: IT Multifunctional Services
Job Summary:
The College of Letters & Science (L&S) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison seeks an experienced IT leader to provide strategic vision and coordination for IT services, facilities, and initiatives within the college. The L&S IT Director will be a member of the L&S leadership team and will represent the college in campus-level discussions. They will report to the L&S Associate Dean for Operations and Staff.
The successful candidate will have an appreciation for the strengths and limitations of decentralized IT organizations, and enjoy leading and collaborating within an interdisciplinary, distributed operational structure. They will possess a leadership toolkit that enables them to nurture positive, inclusive work environments; think strategically; communicate with diverse stakeholders; develop effective partnerships; and deliver results. And they will understand the unique importance of information technology in supporting the research, teaching, outreach, advising, and administration mission of a public research university, including the impact of IT infrastructure on diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in higher education.
The College of Letters & Science is home to the humanities, the natural, physical and biological sciences, the social sciences and the computing, data, and information sciences at UW-Madison. L&S is UW’s largest college, with more than 20,000 undergraduate and graduate students and 3,000 faculty and staff. Its faculty and staff share knowledge in the classroom, the lab, the field, and throughout our communities.
The L&S IT Director will function in a highly decentralized IT environment where approximately 90% of all L&S IT staff are employed in college departments, programs, and centers and only 10% are employed within college administration. The person in this role will oversee a team of ten IT professionals within L&S administration working in cybersecurity, computer and network support services, AV pool services, classroom support, and computer lab support, and will establish advisory and coordination relationships with more than 100 other IT professionals in departments, programs, and centers located throughout the college — for example, the Instructional Design Collaborative (https://idc.ls.wisc.edu), the Social Science Computing Cooperative (https://www.sscc.wisc.edu), and the School of Computing, Data, and Information Sciences (https://cdis.wisc.edu). And the L&S IT Director will interface with leadership within the campus Division of Information Technology (https://it.wisc.edu) which employs roughly one-third of all campus IT staff.
Responsibilities:
Develops and directs the implementation of strategic plans for the division’s information technology (IT) function to ensure that resources are utilized to provide effective information technology services.Typically manages IT services through subordinate managers.
- 35% Directs strategic information technology planning initiatives and establishes divisional objectives to ensure appropriate use of financial, administrative, staffing resources, and alignment with the strategic plan
- 10% Develops operating policies and procedures to comply with regulations, institutional policies, and divisional objectives
- 10% Exercises supervisory authority, including hiring, transferring, suspending, promoting, managing conduct and performance, discharging, assigning, rewarding, disciplining, and/or approving hours worked of at least 2.0 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees
- 5% Develops and audits the budget
- 25% Serves as the divisional IT liaison representing the division’s interests to internal and external stakeholders
- 15% Advises institutional or divisional leadership on information technology operations and business models
Institutional Statement on Diversity:
Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background – people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.
For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: Diversity and Inclusion
Education:
Required
Bachelor’s Degree
Qualifications:
* Minimum seven years of IT work experience with increasing responsibility for IT strategy, facilities, services, and operations.
* Minimum three years supervisory experience. Demonstrated capacity to develop the talents and expertise of staff. Proven ability to recruit and retain well-qualified, high-performing professionals and empower them to succeed.
* Experience leading teams, building positive, collaborative working relationships, and moving initiatives forward with diverse groups of stakeholders and partners.
* Working knowledge of technologies leveraged by institutions of higher education in support of education, research, outreach, advising, and administration.
* Demonstrated understanding of IT issues impacting diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in higher education.
COVID-19 Considerations:
UW-Madison continues to follow necessary health and safety protocols to protect our campus from COVID-19. All employees remain subject to the COVID-19 Workplace Safety Policy: https://policy.wisc.edu/library/UW-5086. Please visit https://covidresponse.wisc.edu for the most up-to-date information.
Work Type:
Full Time: 100%
It is anticipated this position requires work be performed in-person, onsite, at a designated campus work location.
Appointment Type, Duration:
Ongoing/Renewable
Salary:
Minimum $120,000 ANNUAL (12 months)
Depending on Qualifications
Employees in this position can expect to receive benefits such as generous vacation, holidays, and paid time off; competitive insurances and savings accounts; retirement benefits.
Benefits Summary: https://www.wisconsin.edu/ohrwd/benefits/download/fasl.pdf
How to Apply:
Please click on the “Apply Now” button to start the application process.
To apply for this position you will need to upload a cover letter, resume and contact information for at least three professional references, including your current supervisor. References will not be contacted without advance notice.
Your cover letter should address your qualifications as they pertain to the qualifications listed above. In your cover letter, please tell us why you’d like to take on this challenging role, and share examples of relevant experience and training for each of the required qualifications. If you have any questions or are hesitant to apply, please contact us.
For questions on the position, contact: Annie Powers annie.powers@wisc.edu or (608) 262-1197
Contact:
Annie Powers
annie.powers@wisc.edu
608-262-1197
Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1 (out-of-state: TTY: 800.947.3529, STS: 800.833.7637) and above Phone number (See RELAY_SERVICE for further information. )
Official Title:
IT Director II(IT031)
Department(s):
A480200-COL OF LETTERS & SCIENCE/ADMINISTRATION/ADMIN
Employment Class:
Limited
Job Number:
256252-LI
The University of Wisconsin is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We promote excellence through diversity and encourage all qualified individuals to apply.
If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website: https://employeedisabilities.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants/
Employment will require a criminal background check. It will also require you and your references to answer questions regarding sexual violence and sexual harassment.
The University of Wisconsin System will not reveal the identities of applicants who request confidentiality in writing, except that the identity of the successful candidate will be released. See Wis. Stat. sec. 19.36(7).
The Annual Security and Fire Safety Report contains current campus safety and disciplinary policies, crime statistics for the previous 3 calendar years, and on-campus student housing fire safety policies and fire statistics for the previous 3 calendar years. UW-Madison will provide a paper copy upon request; please contact the University of Wisconsin Police Department.
Applications Open: Central Daylight Time
Applications Close: Central Daylight Time
UW-Madison is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. We promote excellence through diversity and encourage all qualified individuals to apply.
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