Description:
The incumbent is responsible for supervising systems training, for overseeing the effectiveness of all office automation equipment, and for ensuring security and the confidentiality of all information and automated information systems within the court unit. The Assistant Director of IT primarily directs staff and ensures compliance with the appropriate guidelines, policies, and internal controls.
Responsibilities
- Supervise employees involved in information technology activities, including assigning and reviewing work, evaluating performance, and recommending disciplinary actions. Develop and conduct employee performance evaluations. Assist in developing work standards. Supervise, delegate, and prioritize workload. Implement staff procedures and conduct staff meetings. Identify issues and resolve disputes. Maintain documentation, statistics, and employee records. Train staff on policies, procedures, and internal controls. Make recommendations regarding employee appointments, promotions, and separations.
- Assist in developing short term and long-range automation improvement plans for the court unit, ensuring that changes can be implemented with minimal disruption at the court site. Supervise execution of implementation plans for major automated systems. Adapt software and documentation; perform testing; establish operating procedures; devise security systems for hardware, software, and data. Establish training in system use and capabilities.
- Advise management in all areas of automation needs, objectives, and capabilities, including anticipation of future requirements and problems.
- Develop budget justification for system equipment, up-grades, and normal operations. Assist in monitoring or approving expenditures for automation operations.
- Develop specific system features and adapt programs to satisfy court needs, including making adaptations to a national system or participating in the planning for, and the acquisition of, a specific system for the court unit. Maintain a library of software, including documentation of locally developed material. Prepare flow charts.
- Develop special management reports for different elements of the court unit. Oversee the automation maintenance program.
- Abide by the Code of Conduct for Judicial Employees and court confidentiality requirements. Demonstrate sound ethics and good judgment at all times. Communicate effectively (orally and in writing) to individuals and groups to provide information, translating and documenting technical terms into non-technical language. Interact effectively and appropriately with others, provide customer service and resolve difficulties while complying with regulations, rules, and procedures. Foster effective and collaborative internal and external working relationships.
- Performs other duties as assigned.