STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION: INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY MANAGER III
Class Code: 5202-31
Date Established: 03-21-97
Occupational
Code: 7-1-1
Date of Last Revision: 12-28-01
BASIC PURPOSE: To manage
information technology projects and programs for integrated information
systems, design software processes and procedures, and to develop information
systems policies to increase the efficiency of agency operations.
CHARACTERISTIC
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Organizes and directs
the execution of management information analysis and design approaches.
·
Analyzes existing
information technology systems and procedures, designs improved approaches to
operating situations, and coordinates overall implementation.
·
Designs general logic
for system development and determines optimum equipment configuration.
·
Organizes and
prepares proposed data system documentation and participates in computer
feasibility and comparison studies.
·
Coordinates
development, testing, and implementation efforts for information technology
programs.
·
Supervises and/or
trains subordinate information technology staff using formal instruction and
on-the-job direction and guidance.
·
Coordinates with
managers of other organizational units to recommend system solutions to
accomplish goals, set priorities, and to resolve problems.
·
Evaluates
specifications for new applications and enhancements, and applies project
management techniques to assure timely completion.
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DISTINGUISHING
FACTORS:
Skill: Requires skill
in evaluating, planning or integrating analysis of data to formulate current and
long-range solutions, strategies or policies of a specialized or technical
nature.
Knowledge: Requires
logical or scientific understanding to analyze problems of a specialized or
professional nature in a particular field.
Impact: Requires
overall administrative responsibility for achieving agency objectives by
directing all aspects of operations management. Errors at this level result in disruption of systemwide
programs or services as well as long-term adverse impact on agency image and
the future success of organizational operations.
Supervision: Requires
delegating supervisory or program responsibilities to subordinate managers,
with overall accountability for hiring employees and approving program
policies. The supervisor in this
position assumes responsibility for an organizational unit, including
developing long-range plans, analyzing staffing requirements, and formulating
systemwide policies and procedures.
Working
Conditions: Requires performing regular job
functions in a controlled environment with minimal exposure to disagreeable job
elements and little risk of hazard to physical or mental health.
Physical
Demands: Requires light work, including
continuous walking or operating simple equipment for extended periods of time
as well as occasional strenuous activities such as reaching or bending.
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Communication: Requires
reviewing summaries and reports and making decisions to solve problems or to
achieve work objectives as well as articulating and expressing those solutions
and goals. This level also
requires formal presentations of solutions and goals to employees and the
general public to increase the responsiveness of the agency toward the demands of
its client system.
Complexity: Requires
formulating the combination of overall job functions in order to address highly
diverse or novel situations requiring new concepts and imaginative approaches
to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems.
Independent
Action: Requires administrative decision-making
in authorizing and monitoring the implementation of major departmental policies
and procedures.
MINIMUM
QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Bachelor's
degree from a recognized college or university. Each additional year of approved formal education may be
substituted for one year of required work experience.
Experience: Eight years of
experience in information technology or data management, three years of which
shall have been in a supervisory or management capacity. Each additional year of approved work
experience may be substituted for one year of required formal education.
License/Certification: None required.
RECOMMENDED
WORK TRAITS: Knowledge of techniques in information
technology system analysis and design.
Knowledge of the capabilities and requirements of information technology
equipment. Knowledge of the
principles and techniques of systems documentation. Knowledge of the principles of effective supervision and
administration. Knowledge of the
principles and practices of administration, public personnel administration,
government budgeting and general services administration. Knowledge of the principles of computer
programming. Ability to
communicate effectively orally and in writing. Ability to analyze operations and organize component parts
into a logical system. Ability to
supervise subordinate professional/technical employees. Ability to establish and maintain
effective working relationships with subordinates, associates, agency
management officials, electronic equipment manufacturers and professional
organizations. Must be willing to
maintain appearance appropriate to assigned duties and responsibilities as
determined by the agency appointing authority.
DISCLAIMER
STATEMENT: This class specification is descriptive
of general duties and is not intended to list every specific function of this
class title.
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