SUMMARY

The Gateway Arch in St. Louis is a powerful symbol of the story of our country’s growth and expansion. In the beautiful suburbs of St. Louis sits Mary Institute and Country Day School (MICDS), a JK-12 school that has an equally compelling history with roots going back 160 years. After the merger of two elite schools in 1992, MICDS stands as one of the premier independent day schools in the country. Serving a diverse student body of over 1,200 students on a 100+ acre campus, the school boasts outstanding facilities, offers a multitude of programs, clubs, and sports teams, and just completed a $100M capital campaign.

As the current strategic plan (2015 – 2022) enters its final years, and as the current head of school completes his second year, one thing is clear: technology will be essential for MICDS. With the impending retirement of the current technology director, the school has elevated its technology leadership role to chief information officer. MICDS seeks a visionary, talented, and collegial leader to run a department of twelve. The CIO will oversee all areas of technology: infrastructure, data and web applications, support services, and instructional technology. The CIO will be asked to establish partnerships throughout the school, but will work most closely with the CFO and a new assistant head of school for teaching and learning. This position starts July 1, 2021 and reports to the head of school.

For more information please visit the following link, which contains the job opportunity statement and complete application instructions.

                  https://www.EdTechRecruiting.com/jobs/MICDS

IMPORTANT DATES

Applications Accepted Starting: December 10, 2020

Application Deadline: January 18, 2021 at 5:00pm CST

Semifinal Round: January 26 and 27, 2021

Final Round: February 8 – 11, 2021

Decision Announced: February 28, 2021

Start Date: July 1, 2021

CLIENT-FACING DUTIES

Technology Strategy           

• Lead a collaborative process to develop a strategic vision for technology that is aligned to the school’s overall strategic plan, values, and culture, as well as individual departmental needs, and oversee the implementation of that strategy.
• Run a technology department that supports academic innovation in a scalable and sustainable fashion while adhering to best practices for an enterprise environment.

Academic, Administrative, and Operational Partnerships

• Maintain close working relationships with the school’s Go-6 team, which currently comprises the head, assistant head, CFO, and the three division heads.
• Build departmental connections with academic, administrative, and operational constituents throughout the school, including JK-12 department chairs, the coordinator of pedagogical innovation, and the directors of numerous non-academic and mission-critical departments.
• Establish and maintain local, regional, and national partnerships to support the strategic goals of the school’s technology program.

Operations Oversight

• Oversee technology governance, planning, policies, and procedures within a management framework that both department members and constituents support.
• Oversee and evaluate the deployment of all hardware, software, systems, back-end infrastructure, and services from various perspectives, including: cost-effectiveness; customer satisfaction; compliance; asset management; quality of service; and performance.
• Ensure that the department responds to end-user needs, provides a reliable IT backbone, designs and delivers excellent end-user training, and aligns procedures to all-school needs.
• Ensure IT data security, risk management, disaster recovery, and planning processes are in place and receive regular review for currency and adequacy.

Departmental Administration

• Oversee multiple functional units—IT infrastructure, data/systems, and instructional technology—and all operations, project coordination, and staff supervision within those units.
• Allocate time and resources toward sustaining a positive departmental culture, including goal setting and team building, and ensure that each member of the department has an opportunity for professional growth.
• Manage the departmental budget and perform other duties as assigned.