Chief Information Officer - IDOL; SPSA Opt

Position: Chief Information Officer - IDOL (SPSA Opt. 1)

Are you looking for a rewarding career with an organization that values their staff? The Department of Innovation & Technology (DoIT) is seeking to hire qualified candidates with the opportunity to work in a dynamic, creative thinking, problem solving environment. This position serves as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) leading the team supporting the Illinois Department of Labor (IDOL). The CIO should have in-depth knowledge of the current and up-and-coming trends in the IT field and be highly proficient in the discipline of software development, project management, and team development.

The successful candidate must be highly analytical, professional, communicate effectively, and possess excellent organizational skills. The selected candidate will apply data strategies, improve delivery, and continue to align with enterprise direction to ensure compliance across all systems and applications within the IDOL CIOs purview. Experience managing customer relationships, collaborating with architects, team leads, designers, product managers, quality control and executive team members is highly preferred.

As a State of Illinois employee, you receive a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Competitive Group Insurance benefits including health, life, dental and vision plans
• Flexible work schedules (when available and dependent upon position)
• 10
  -25 days of paid vacation time annually (10 days for first year of state employment)
• 12 days of paid sick time annually which carry over year to year
• 3 paid personal business days per year
• 13-14 paid holidays per year dependent on election years
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave
• Pension plan through the State Employees Retirement System
• Deferred Compensation Program – voluntary supplemental retirement plan
• Optional pre-tax programs
  -Medical Care Assistance Plan (MCAP) & Dependent Care Assistant Plan (DCAP)
• Tuition Reimbursement Program and Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program eligibility

For more information regarding State of Illinois Benefits follow this link: https://www
2.illinois.gov/cms/benefits/Pages/default.aspx

Essential Functions

• Subject to management approval, serves as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the Department of Innovation and Technology (DoIT) supporting the Illinois Department of Labor (IDOL), acting as principal policy formulating administrator for the management process for IDOL Information Technology (IT) services statewide.
• Develops technology vision, leadership, and strategic direction to align technology solutions and initiatives with the overall goals of the IDOL and compliance with DoIT Enterprise standards.
• Establishes goals, develops strategies, and monitors performance to ensure operational effectiveness of DoIT/IDOL.
• Serves as Agency spokesperson and Director’s primary advisor, representing the DoIT Secretary and GCIO through direct personal contact before Executive Agencies, boards, and commissions, including a variety of Federal and State agencies as well as local units of government.
• Serves as full-line supervisor.
• Develops, prepares, and submits an annual operating budget.
• Keeps abreast of current and advancing Information Technology by reviewing and evaluating current literature reflecting advancements in Information Technology.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to completion of four (4) years of college with coursework in management information systems, information technology, computer science, or a directly related Information Technology field.
• Requires prior experience equivalent to four (4) years of progressively responsible management experience in a large information technology organization in a public or business organization.
• Requires four (4) years of professional experience in policy making, strategic planning, and IT solutioning for large scale computer systems and platforms.
• Requires three (3) years of professional experience supervising a team of Information Technology professionals in a large and highly complex public or private IT organization.

Preferred Qualifications

• Five (5) years of professional experience leading and managing a state-of-the-art large scale IT operation
• Five (5) years of professional experience developing, implementing, and interpreting departmental IT policies, standards, and procedures aligned with enterprise governance frameworks.
• Five (5) years of…