General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists · 3 months ago
Associate Director -Software Development - ITS
Silver Spring, MD
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$87K/yr - $103K/yr
5+ years expThe General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists is seeking an Associate Director for Software Development. The role involves managing staff and overseeing the planning, implementation, and operations of software development processes while ensuring effective communication and collaboration with various stakeholders.
Non Profit
Responsibilities
Works with supervisor to determine software development areas for improvement and strengthening, including software and system selection and configuration, ECM/ BPM, Document Management and documentation to support all standards, processes, systems and applications
Designs and structures teams, policies and guidelines, and processes to reflect the goals of the GC organization as outlined by supervisor
Responsible for proposing development policies and guidelines in coordination with other supervisor groups as they relate to security, communication, development standards and other areas as determined by the supervisor
Responsible for directing the selection, organization and planning of projects and determining the level of resources and timelines needed for each with ITS Development managers and teams
Reviews and recommends means for improving the software selection process to the supervisor
Works directly with GC officers and department administrators to review and suggest solutions geared toward improving processes, defining procedures, solving problems and more effective use of staff
Coordinates with Enterprise Architect regarding Global Software initiatives and issues resolution
Works with supervisor to develop, plan and assign resources to complete paperless initiative
Works with other global development church entities to develop and strengthen relationships, policies, standards, practices and other areas of software development as requested
Reviews policy and procedures for activities in department groups and recommends changes
Assists with development of annual department budget and financial statements
Organizes, manages project budgets, schedules and manager to meet objectives and timelines
Manages staff and engages when necessary to ensure department works closely with other ITS staff, in-house employees, consultants, vendors or engineers
Leads out in assigned meetings and gives reports to appropriate committees
Evaluates products and services and presents to the Leadership Committee for approval
Reviews workloads, schedules, itineraries, and status of ongoing projects in order to plan activities
Ensures technology use is conducted in a way that meets industry best practice regarding security
Develops, motivates, and evaluates assigned staff and ensures staff productivity and morale remain high
Responsible for resolving conflicts that arise among staff members in ITS development
Ensures that department operates within assigned annual operating department budget
Serves on boards and committees as assigned
Must be a member in regular standing of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
Must maintain a regular and reliable work schedule
Other duties as assigned by the supervisor
Qualification
Required
Must be a member in regular standing of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
Must maintain a regular and reliable work schedule
Bachelor's (BA/BS) degree in Computers, Mathematics, Engineering or related field required
Five or more years of experience in senior level computer responsibilities, including supervisory experience, are required in order to demonstrate level of expertise necessary to perform the job requirements
Extensive knowledge of principles, policies and beliefs of the General Conference and the Seventh-day Adventist Church
Knowledge of church structure and organization, including committee procedures, etc
Must have a good working knowledge of employer's computer environment
Requires good organizational skills in evaluating process and making changes to meet the changing needs of users of services provided
Strong people skills in providing advocacy for functions performed and to maintain high levels of communications with subordinates, users, and superiors
Ability to assist employees in a professional manner in analyzing and solving a variety of computer related issues
Must be user friendly, courteous, have good communication skills, and be self-motivated with ability to complete tasks with little supervision
Ability to perform administrative functions; develop long and short-term plans and programs to effectively evaluate work accomplishments; establish and maintain effective relationships with internal/external personnel
Must possess advanced ability to effectively present facts and recommendations in English in oral and written form
Must have well-developed understanding of computing field to analyze the situation, research new technology tools and other support related issues and ability to make appropriate recommendations
Preferred
Masters degree preferred
Good working knowledge of employer's computer environment
Benefits
Comprehensive benefits packages, including health insurance, paid time off, and retirement savings plans, etc.
Company
General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
General Conference Corporation of Seventh-Day Adventists operates as a non-profit organization, offers worship, training, study, etc.
201-500 employees
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