Working Title: Application Development Supervisor
Job Class: Information Systems Manager
Agency: Minnesota IT Services
- Who May Apply: Open to all qualified job seekers
- Date Posted: 04/20/2024
- Closing Date: 04/26/2024
- Hiring Agency/Seniority Unit: Minnesota IT Services
- Division/Unit: Department of Education
- Work Shift/Work Hours: Day
- Days of Work: Monday – Friday
- Travel Required: No
- Salary Range: $42.93 – $73.46 / hourly; $89,637 – $153,384 / annually
- Classified Status: Classified
- Bargaining Unit/Union: 216 – Middle Management Association/MMA
- FLSA Status: Exempt – Executive
- Telework Eligible: Yes – #LI-Hybrid
- Designated in Connect 700 Program for Applicants with Disabilities: Yes
Make a difference in the lives of Minnesotans.
The work you’ll do is more than just a job. Join the talented, engaged and inclusive workforce dedicated to creating a better Minnesota.
Join the 2,500+ professionals of Minnesota IT Services (MNIT) who connect Minnesotans to services that will improve their lives. This position serves our partners at the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE). MNIT MDE manages the technical functions critical to managing public education in Minnesota; supporting systems including funding disbursement and large-scale, public-facing school performance data reporting.
Job Summary
As an Application Development Supervisor, you will manage the department’s application development planning, administration and to support and direct development staff and consultants in the Information Technologies Division. Duties include supervision and project management of planning, coordinating, developing, implementing, and maintaining current and future software applications that support all MDE employees. This individual will represent the MNIT Education Chief Business Technical Officer (CBTO) when needed and be comfortable making decisions.
The individual will be responsible for ensuring the IT organization understands the agency’s strategic direction and service needs. The individual is also responsible for ensuring that the IT services provided meet or exceed the defined need of the agency. The incumbent will work with all areas of MNIT Services as needed to ensure the right solutions within MNIT services are properly leveraged to meet the business needs.
This position is currently eligible for full-time telework:
- Telework for Minnesota IT Services allows an employee to perform work from a telework location and an employee may be required to be in the office based on business needs and other dependencies in St. Paul, Minnesota.
- Only candidates located in Minnesota and bordering states (Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, or Wisconsin) are telework eligible.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
Candidates must clearly demonstrate all of the following qualifications in their resume:
Position requires a minimum of five (5) years of experience and expertise in systems and web applications development, data systems, data reporting and data warehousing for a large, complex organization. This experience must include two (2) years of supervisory experience. Two (2) years of experience in an external IT Architect role may substitute for the required supervisory experience.
Experience must include:
- Experience developing technology strategy.
- Experience developing business requirements.
- Experience with technology process improvement.
- Experience with quality management.
- Experience with release, portfolio, and resource management.
- Ability to deliver effective verbal or written messages that facilitate a mutual understanding on both parties.
- Customer service skills that include active listening, empathy, and problem-solving.
Preferred Qualifications
- Analytical skill with the ability to visualize, articulate, and solve complex problems and concepts, and make decisions that make sense based on available information.
- Demonstrated effective management of projects, deadlines, and workload prioritizing, putting things together in an orderly and functional whole.
- Ability to collaborate, build positive relationships and use tact in sensitive situations.
- Ability to listen well to various points of view and relate well to others at all levels.
- Demonstrated clear communication skills through e-mail, presentations, multicultural interactions, and interpersonal relationships.
- Ability to demonstrate integrity and discretion with confidential data and access.
Additional Requirements
It is the policy of Minnesota IT Services that a successful candidate must pass all legally required checks prior to employment which may consist of the following:
- SEMA4 Records Check (applies to current and past state employees only)
- Criminal History Check
- Reference Check
- Social Security and Address Verification
- Education Verification
- Other legally required checks
Minnesota IT Services will not sponsor applicants for work visas. All applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
