Director of Managment of Information Sys

Niagara Falls. City of Niagara Falls. Director of Management Informatoin Systems. $91,800/year.

Meet with a Representative in person at the City of Niagara Falls Job Fair!

April 9th 10AM - 1PM

LaSalle Branch Library

Auditorium, 2nd Floor

**Must be a Niagara Falls, NY resident within 6 months of employment**

Typical Work Activities

• Plans, directs, and implements a program involving City information technology programs and

equipment;

• Directs and coordinates all facets of computer programming including developing, writing,

testing, and debugging computer programs and developing program and user documentation and

operator instructions;

• Plans, organizes, and controls the activities of information systems by resolving staff problems

and staff evaluations;

• Supervising applications programming, data base administration, systems analysis/design, and office automation;
• Providing administrative and technical assistance;
• Manages information technology projects in a municipal government setting by developing project proposals, cost estimates, timelines and schedules;
• Preparing specifications for hardware and software acquisitions;
• Scheduling system acquisition, installation, validation, testing and training;
• Assuring that contracted work is completed as specified;
• Leading status meetings and
• Provides status reports as needed;
• Coordinates web-site development when necessary;
• Performs business/systems analysis by consulting with users to ascertain required project scopes

and results;

• Analyzing work procedures to identify those which are adaptable to computer applications;
• Performing cost benefit analysis and feasibility on computer applications;
• Devising/applying plans to upgrade from manual methods to computerized systems;
• Preparing workflow diagrams and structuring charts to define workflow processes;
• Developing models that document data stored and work processes performed;
• Defining interface and communications requirements;
• Consulting with vendors to ascertain the products available to meet the customer needs; performing as liaison between the customer and vendor personnel that support purchased software;
• Processes software trouble reports and analyzes the system to determine possible problem areas;
• Working on complex reporting requirements and providing data extraction and analysis for software purchased from an outside vendor;
• Recommending hardware and software to meet user needs;

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: EITHER

• Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered college or university

with a Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Computer Technology, Information Sciences

or Technology, Management Information Systems, Information Resource Management,

Computer Programming or related field and two (2) years of full-time paid experience in the

supervision, installation and/or programming of microcomputer hardware and software and

the configuration and administration of local and wide area networks, including the

coordination and implementation of information technology projects;

Or

• Graduation from a regionally accredited New York State registered college or university

with an Associates degree in Computer Science, Computer Technology, Information

Sciences or Technology, Management Information Systems, Information Resource

Management, Computer Programming or related field and four (4) years of full-time paid

experience in the supervision, installation and/or programming of microcomputer hardware

and software and the configuration and administration of local and wide area networks, two

• years of which must have included the coordination and implementation of information

technology projects;

Follow link to apply through city website: https://www.niagarafallsny.gov/residents/employment_opportunities.php