POSITION DESCRIPTION Office for the Representative of Children and Youth Title Division Branch Supervisor's Title Position Number Manager, Information Technology Representative for Children and Youth Deputy Representative 00098134 Leadership Role Profile Position Number Leadership Role Profile Business Leadership 00099028 Strategic BUSINESS MANDATE The Representative for Children and Youth, an independent officer of the B.C. Legislature, works to influence positive change to the province’s child and youth serving system. The Representative’s office provides advice and advocacy support to people dealing with the service system, monitors and reviews government services to children and youth, and reviews deaths and critical injuries of children and youth who are receiving services. PRIMARY PURPOSE OF POSITION As the Chief Information Officer for the Office of the Representative for Children and Youth, the Manager, Information Technology provides information technology operational and application management expertise to staff in three geographic locations. Reporting to the Deputy Representative, the Manager provides business analysis and technical expertise on system initiatives and development matters both in general and unique to the Representative’s operations. The position is also responsible for advising senior Executive on and implementing policies and procedures to safeguard highly confidential and sensitive data. Working with cross-program area teams and liaising with shared services and contracted resources, the position co-ordinates systems development, implementation, maintenance and support, including for the CITAR case management system. PRIMARY ACCOUNTABILITIES Acts as Chief Information Officer for RCY Develops and implements a vision and strategic plan for information management for RCY that aligns with the RCY Service Plan and ensures compliance with BC Public Service information management policies and standards Oversees accountability for information technology budgets, information security, information privacy, electronic services, business architecture, line of business applications, information technology infrastructure, disaster recovery and business continuation plans Directs the development, implementation and administration of IM/IT related policies, procedures, standards and quality assurance measures Responsible for integrating IM/IT practices and technologies with business priorities. Ensures that appropriate design guidelines are developed and updated, reports are provided, and system designs will achieve business unit goals Ensures information, application and technology architectures and strategies are consistent with corporate government practices and represent best possible scenarios for the ongoing use of information technology at RCY Provides authoritative advice and recommendations to the executive regarding systems, budgets, issues and strategies relating to the business needs and critical success factors for RCY clients Advises executive on emerging information management and information technology issues, legislation, policies, standards, toolsets and best practices Leads the development and maintenance of the technical and operational facets of RCY line Updated January 2015 of businesses applications Exercises spending authority as custodian and manager of the RCY IM/IT capital and operational budget Approves IM/IT implementation strategies and timetables and identifies technology costs and funding requirements. Participates in the development of new technology approaches to conducting RCY business Supervises professional staff and contractors including assignment of work, providing direction, and acting as an escalation point. Develop and evaluate performance plans (EPDP’s) and approval of leave where there are direct reporting relationships. Direct, assign, and monitor tasks; engage, inspire and lead teams. Provides policy and procedure advice and maintains IT and information protocol agreements Working with Executive and appropriate management staff, develops and maintains corporate technology standards, information technology and security polices and procedures for data management and software applications, including documentation and agreements between other vendors and support organizations (e.g. WTS) Advises Executive and other senior management staff on the technical aspects of information protocols between RCY and external organizations for access to highly sensitive and confidential data; monitors data transfer procedures for compliance and assists with resolving issues As required, provides technical support to the request for information process, including maintaining effective relationships with ministry contacts, making and tracking requests, ensuring effective management and disposal of records as appropriate Identifies business needs and implements system changes Conducts business needs identification, analyses current systems and work processes to determine improvements to address issues and new business requirements Provides advice and recommendations regarding feasibility/viability of system changes, and develops business cases for decision by senior Executive Provides change management expertise (buy-in, training, communication to staff) during the implementation of system and process changes Carries out and supports systems programming projects and enhancements, including the CITAR case management system Provides technical advice and guidance to other staff on systems programming requirements, performance impacts and implementation schedules Participates as a member of the cross-program area CITAR development team Clarifies and documents requirements for CITAR design and development Analyzes, documents and makes recommendations to solve business process problems Liaises with WTS and contracted resources regarding issues related to RCY’s case management system Coordinates system testing to ensure business requirements are met Provides hardware, software, network, application and programming expertise to RCY Identifies, diagnoses and resolves user problems with hardware, software and corporate applications; diagnoses and recommends replacing/servicing of equipment Resolves majority of problems including restarting software, performing software maintenance, checking, stopping and restarting printers and batch queues Escalates, tracks and follows up on unresolved problems with application support staff, vendors or systems specialists Provides an interface between end users and vendors and support staff (such as WTS) for the resolution of system or application problems and for access to new software or techniques Researches and provides recommendations on how to improve operating systems performance Updated January 2015 Analyzes, plans and implements systems configuration upgrades, changes and set up Provides user support services Conducts internal and external user needs surveys Keeps users aware of software and hardware upgrades Records and refers user requests for service for new hardware and software Facilitates and monitors access requirements of staff to corporate, government and other data Under direction of Executive and appropriate management staff, authorizes systems access for new and temporary employees and revokes access for employees leaving RCY Manages user system profiles for RCY Monitors effectiveness of security measures and ensures users adhere to RCY and government security standards Manages the set-up, maintenance and access to RCY LAN folders and systems. Assists RCY staff in learning how to use information technology Delivers assistance to users of standard software, network access/security and custom applications Assesses and identifies training needs Refers users to training courses, on-line training or on-line information as appropriate Website Support Participates as a member of RCY’s web planning team to oversee the development and operation of RCY’s internal and external websites Performs other related duties Participates/facilitates on special information technology project teams COMPETENCIES Service Orientation; Planning, Organizing and Coordinating; Managing Organizational Resources; Relationship Building; Analytical Thinking, Teamwork and Cooperation; Problem Solving/Judgement. Updated January 2015
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