Director of Administrative Computing

Job Description

Job Description

Welcome to Grayson College. Grayson College is in the heart of Grayson County and provides a vital link for higher education.  GC offers small classes for personalized instruction, affordable tuition, caring, professional faculty, and the convenience of day, evening or online classes. The college serves approximately 5,000 students annually. Grayson’s reputation is highly respected by surrounding universities and industries as an excellent source of quality graduates who bring specialized, skilled and much-needed talents to the workplace.

Director of Administrative Computing

Role:
Directs the day to day operations of the administrative application software, plans, develops, and maintains administrative systems.

The salary range for this postion is $97,443.84-$146,165.76

 
Benefits:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Short & Long-term disability insurances available
• Medical premiums covered by Grayson College for FT employee only 
• Vacation Accrual- 2 weeks per year
• Sick Leave Accrual- 2 weeks per year
• Personal Leave- 2 days for FT employees per year
• Holidays- Labor Day, Thanksgiving Break, Winter Break, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Spring Break, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, and Independence Day
• Tuition-FT employees, their spouse & dependents are eligible for coverage of full Grayson College tuition amount.   

Essential Functions & Responsibilities:

• 30% | Responsible for the overall systems design and operation of the Administrative ERP systems for Grayson College such as CAMS Enterprise and various third party applications.
• 15% | Supports all administrative data systems with a primary focus on Admissions, Financial Aid, Registration, Human Resources, online web interfaces, and various reporting processes.
• 10% | Performs problems analysis and troubleshooting of the enterprise database infrastructure. As such, leads problem solving efforts often involving other technical staff, multiple outside vendors and other college department directors.
• 10% | Oversees and participates in the development of highly technical specifications for hardware and software to be utilized by the college; reviews, recommends and adapts purchased products for users; maintains awareness of state of the art technology, recommends changes and updates to keep college administrative systems current; develops and recommends the annual budget for administrative computing.
• 10% | Troubleshoots and resolves hardware and software issues relating to accessing the administrative CAMS and GP systems. Assists end users with CAMS, GP, and database development on the administrative servers.
• 10% | Responsible for security measures and access to administrative systems.
• 10% | Supervises, trains and evaluates staff members responsible for the delivery of administrative technical support services; provides staff direction for new and ongoing projects.
• 5% | Performs other job related duties as assigned.

Performance Measurements:
1. Demonstrates the Viking Values of balance, clarity, gratitude, service, teamwork, and trust.
2. Follows security protocols and consistently maintains system security.
3. Maintains positive relationships with multiple stakeholders across the college district.
4. Provides timely responses to reports of system outages or errors; works to resolve issues to minimize impact to end-users.
5. Demonstrates positive leadership skills; provides constructive feedback to team members.
6. Complies with all federal and state laws and regulations relating to higher education.
7. Ability to maintain the security and integrity of critical infrastructure. This includes being able to demonstrate a lack of criminal history or continuous ties to a foreign adversary, as defined by the U.S. Department of Commerce. This is a minimum qualification for all positions that research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure, such as communications systems, computer networks, and cybersecurity systems.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Experience: Five years to ten years of similar or related experience.
• Education: A Bachelor's degree.
• Interpersonal Skills: A significant level of trust and diplomacy is required, in addition to normal courtesy and tact. Work involves extensive personal contact with others and/or can be of a personal or sensitive nature. Work may involve motivating or influencing others. Outside contacts become important and fostering sound relationships with other entities (companies and/or individuals) becomes necessary and often requires the ability to influence and/or sell ideas or services to others.
• Physical Requirements: The work is typically sedentary. However, there may be some walking, standing, bending, carrying of light items, driving an automobile, etc. No special physical demands are required to do the work.
• Work Environment: Regular exposure to favorable conditions such as those found in a typical office.

**Application is required to be considered for position regardless if resume is submitted.**

This position submission of three professional references. This position is considered a security sensitive position and will require a criminal background check. 

 
GRAYSON COLLEGE IS AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY INSTITUTION PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ON THE BASIS OF MERIT AND WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN, RELIGION, GENDER, AGE, DISABILITY, OR ANY OTHER BASIS PROHIBITED BY LAW.  

 
The employer actively supports the Americans with Disabilities Act and will consider reasonable accommodations. For more information, please contact the human resources office at View phone number on ziprecruiter.com or View email address on ziprecruiter.com .