The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a regional-intergovernmental organisation founded in 1967, to promote peace and stability, sustain economic growth, shared prosperity and social progress. It comprises ten countries of Southeast Asia.

The ASEAN Leaders at their 19th ASEAN Summit on 17 November 2011 officially launched the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on disaster management, popularly referred to as the AHA Centre. The AHA Centre will facilitate co-operation and coordination among ASEAN Member States, and with relevant United Nations and international organisations in promoting regional collaboration in disaster management.

AHA Centre, with the support from the Government of Japan through the Japan-ASEAN Integrated Fund (JAIF), is looking for the best, most-talented and highly-motivated to join the AHA Centre in Jakarta:

Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Team Leader

Position opens for ASEAN and Japan nationals

Reporting directly to the Executive Director of the AHA Centre, the Team Leader will manage, supervise and coordinate the overall implementation of various activities under the Project of “Establishment of an Integrated Information and Communication Technology System to Strengthen the Operation of ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on disaster management (AHA Centre) – Phase II” funded by Japan-ASEAN Integration Fund (JAIF).

The successful candidate of ICT Team Leader will commence the duties immediately and be contracted initially for 3-4 months with a possible extension subject to performance and funding availability.

The ICT Team Leader will be based at the AHA Centre, BPPT Building, Jakarta, Indonesia. The successful candidate will be offered with an attractive remuneration package that commensurate with his/her personal qualifications.

For more information on the posts, please visit http://ahacentre.org/opportunities.

You may apply directly through the AHA Centre website OR by sending your application to admin@ahacentre.org, highlighting your suitability and potential contribution to the position together with a detailed CV, certified true copies of educational certificates obtained, and completed Employment Application Form with recent photograph, which can be downloaded at www.asean.org/opportunities. Please ensure that the total size of your email including attachments is no more than 5 MB.

Please indicate the name of the position that you are applying for on the subject of your email. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

The Selection Panel's decision is final and only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

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Why does the ATS role exist?
The Account Technology Strategist (ATS) is part of the Microsoft Technical Sales Profession, aimed to:

‘Enable the Business & IT goals of our Customers, by delivering Business value with the Microsoft Platform, thus securing long-term Sustainable Growth for Microsoft!’

How does the ATS role add value?
The ATS is an Customer aligned Relationship Resource with the following Core Responsibilities:

1.Gather a 360° Customer Insight profile, incl. IO, IT and Application Platform, and the Partner and Competitive landscape.
2.Build Trusted Technology Relationships with the TDM, in particular with the CIO, CSO, CTO and their direct reports.
3.Drive Realized Platform Value, by driving a Deployment and Adoption Strategy, and orchestrating Resources from the STU (SSP/TSP), Microsoft Services and Partners for Execution.
4.Initiate Growth by Competitive Displacement, by building a qualified competitive pipeline, initiating Capability Led (IO) Conversations, supporting Application Platform (BGA/AGA) Engagements, and leveraging the Microsoft Account Planning process.

The ATS has 3 distinct sales motions:

1.Deployment: The ATS owns the Deployment Strategy, and drives a customer validated Deployment Plan, supported by STU, Microsoft Services and Partners.
2.Capability Led Selling (IO): The ATS initiates the IO Conversation (leveraging IO Discovery) as a Trusted Technology Relation to the TDM (in particular the CIO, CSO and CTO), and supports STU resources (SSP/TSP) in driving competitive opportunities.
3.Application Platform Selling (APO): The ATS supports Application Platform BGA and AGA engagements, owned and orchestrated by AM and SSP Platform.

How is the ATS role unique from other roles?

The ATS role is unique in:
a.Its focus on Long-term Sustainable Growth.
b.Its in-depth knowledge of Customers’ IT environments.
c.Its ability to build long-term Trusted Technology Relationships, and have solid and meaningful strategic Technology conversations.
d.Its broad knowledge of the entire Microsoft Enterprise Platform, and the ability to map IT to the Customer Business needs and priorities.
e.Its ability to qualify and initiate competitive opportunities and work with Microsoft and/or Partner resources to grow the Microsoft Infrastructure and Application Platform.

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The Partner Technology Manager (PTM) is responsible for managing the technical sales engagement between Microsoft and PC OEMs in APAC. As the PTM you are responsible for setting and executing technical strategy with the OEMs based on Microsoft platforms and technologies. You will build strategies to manage partners across the region/countries in effective way to build relationship with key stakeholders that scale from executives down to hardware and software engineers and establish a trusted advisor status enabling you to impact product roadmaps to align with Microsoft strategy.

In addition to partnering deeply with our OEMs in APAC, you will work closely with Microsoft internal partners including the Account and Marketing Managers for your OEMs, counterparts in Redmond(HQ), as well as various Microsoft business groups including Windows, Windows Phone, Office and Interactive Entertainment & Business (IEB).

Best of all - you will get access to the latest and greatest new PC technologies before they even come to market!

Key Responsibilities:
· Assist with development & management of the OEM partner strategy
· Execute design in/wins per the Fiscal Year target to drive Windows adoption and ensure Microsoft product/technology readiness
· Technical engagement management (Technical Account Plans, Quarterly Technical Reviews, Windows Planning Engagement)
· Local relationship management - become the trusted technical advisor for assigned partners
· Partner education (Whitepapers, presentations, formal training and instruction, Microsoft technologies)
· Microsoft product team liaison

Required Qualifications:
· Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or related discipline or equivalent experience. Advanced degrees are a plus.
· Minimum 8 years of industry experience related to systems engineering and product development (HW or SW).
· Experience in customer negotiation and expectation management.
· Experience managing executive level customer relationships
· A broad understanding of Windows Operating systems and PC hardware technologies (former Technical Account Management or Pre-sales Experience is highly preferred)
· Outstanding written and verbal communication skills in English.
· Fluent in Chinese and/or Japanese is highly preferred.
· Must be able to present Microsoft technologies to customers and large audiences.
· Strong background in Operating System concepts including knowledge, a good understanding of the client PC market place and new technologies and trends in the client PC space.
· Some international travel required to the US and APAC countries such as Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia.

Personal Attributes:
· Naturally collaborative empathy for partner requirements and business drivers
· An innovative self-starter, willing and able to make independent decisions to drive technical adoption
· Strong technical, business, and analytical skills
· Strong interpersonal skills, with executive credibility
· A strong sense of teamwork
· Drive, enthusiasm, optimism and creativity
· Tact and diplomacy

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer and supports workforce diversity.

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This is a senior partner-facing role working directly with key senior executives and practice directors within our solution-based partners. This role focuses on developing presales and delivery capacity as well as understanding a partner’s highest priority business needs for practice development. The Partner Technology Advisor (PTA) helps develop compelling Microsoft solutions and assists in building solution delivery practices to meet a partner’s defined business needs and to successfully position Microsoft against our competitors. To be successful, a PTA must not only have passion around technology, but have passion for the partner space as well.

The PTA is involved in the entire IT lifecycle but is most critical in the discovery, design, and delivery phases. Areas of focus may include enterprise, industry, platform, and solution areas. Key deliverables and associated activities include:

1.Partner Consulting:
•Work with field managed System Integrators to align technology to their most critical business opportunities and needs
•Identify how our competitors are engaged in these business processes and how Microsoft can best be positioned to meet partner needs and grow mind and market share by building key solutions and delivery practices and capabilities
•Determine the technology sales capacity and maturity of Partners by using a consistent assessment process.
•Support Microsoft Partners in the competitive sales engagement process

2Business Strategy and Solutions:
•Provide guidance to partners’ practice management
•Help develop business and market solutions and strategies for targeted workloads
•Support partner sales teams in architect-driven pre-sales initiatives
•Align with and support Microsoft product and strategy teams

3Successful Practice Development:
•Ensure proper business value and partner satisfaction
•Provide quality assurance over partner sales opportunity and project delivery processes
•Engage and lead interaction between Microsoft resources and benefits and partners for targeted workloads.
•Apply an established set of criteria to provide a foundation for the Microsoft Partner’s development plan, and establish “gives and gets” with the Partner to enable execution.
•Help support the Partner business planning process, partner portfolio development, sales pipeline reviews, periodic business reviews, as well as other areas where the PTA’s knowledge of the Partner could be of assistance in impacting the Partner business and relationship, especially in regard to targeted workloads.

4.Grow and Mentor Others
•Proactively share best practices with the PTA community
•Develop PTA-type talent within the partners
•Create and champion technical community within assigned set of Partners

5.Operational Excellence and Innovation
•Drive IP development and reuse initiatives within the Partners
•Drive best practice and architectural awareness initiatives within the Partners

Requirements:
1.5 - 8 years of related experience
2.Bachelor degree/MBA in Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent work experience. Higher relevant education preferred.
3.Professional Training/certifications : must have industry leading depth knowledge of subject area, and have demonstrated analysis and communication skills connecting technology and business problems.
4.Knowledge, skills and abilities:
•At least 5-8 years related technology experience
•Work experience should involve technical consulting, solution design, project envisioning, planning, development, deployment, and management.
•Must have a proven record of delivering business value.
•Some business process and people management skills or related experience required.
•Candidates must have a deep understanding of markets, customers and related technology; have the background to provide leadership in the practice and a demonstrated effectiveness in consulting and client management.
•Candidates must have deep understanding of customer and partner business and IT environment, and have demonstrated skills architecting and deploying technology to solve business problems.

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Role Purpose:
The Partner Technology Manager (PTM) is responsible for managing the technical sales engagement between Microsoft and PC OEMs in APAC. As the PTM you are responsible for setting and executing technical strategy with the OEMs based on Microsoft platforms and technologies. You will build strategies to manage partners across the region/countries in effective way to build relationship with key stakeholders that scale from executives down to hardware and software engineers and establish a trusted advisor status enabling you to impact product roadmaps to align with Microsoft strategy.

In addition to partnering deeply with our OEMs in APAC, you will work closely with Microsoft internal partners including the Account and Marketing Managers for your OEMs, counterparts in Redmond(HQ), as well as various Microsoft business groups including Windows, Windows Phone, Office and Interactive Entertainment & Business (IEB).

Best of all - you will get access to the latest and greatest new PC technologies before they even come to market!

Key Responsibilities:
· Assist with development & management of the OEM partner strategy
· Execute design in/wins per the Fiscal Year target to drive Windows adoption and ensure Microsoft product/technology readiness
· Technical engagement management (Technical Account Plans, Quarterly Technical Reviews, Windows Planning Engagement)
· Local relationship management - become the trusted technical advisor for assigned partners
· Partner education (Whitepapers, presentations, formal training and instruction, Microsoft technologies)
· Microsoft product team liaison

Required Qualifications:
· Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or related discipline or equivalent experience. Advanced degrees are a plus.
· Minimum 8 years of industry experience related to systems engineering and product development (HW or SW).
· Experience in customer negotiation and expectation management.
· Experience managing executive level customer relationships
· A broad understanding of Windows Operating systems and PC hardware technologies (former Technical Account Management or Pre-sales Experience is highly preferred)
· Outstanding written and verbal communication skills in English.
· Fluent in Chinese and/or Japanese is highly preferred.
· Must be able to present Microsoft technologies to customers and large audiences.
· Strong background in Operating System concepts including knowledge, a good understanding of the client PC market place and new technologies and trends in the client PC space.
· Some international travel required to the US and APAC countries such as Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia.

Personal Attributes:
· Naturally collaborative empathy for partner requirements and business drivers
· An innovative self-starter, willing and able to make independent decisions to drive technical adoption
· Strong technical, business, and analytical skills
· Strong interpersonal skills, with executive credibility
· A strong sense of teamwork
· Drive, enthusiasm, optimism and creativity
· Tact and diplomacy

Location: Tokyo (Shinagawa)

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer and supports workforce diversity.

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Role Purpose:
The Partner Technology Manager (PTM) is responsible for managing the technical sales engagement between Microsoft and PC OEMs in APAC. As the PTM you are responsible for setting and executing technical strategy with the OEMs based on Microsoft platforms and technologies. You will build strategies to manage partners across the region/countries in effective way to build relationship with key stakeholders that scale from executives down to hardware and software engineers and establish a trusted advisor status enabling you to impact product roadmaps to align with Microsoft strategy.

In addition to partnering deeply with our OEMs in APAC, you will work closely with Microsoft internal partners including the Account and Marketing Managers for your OEMs, counterparts in Redmond(HQ), as well as various Microsoft business groups including Windows, Windows Phone, Office and Interactive Entertainment & Business (IEB).

Best of all - you will get access to the latest and greatest new PC technologies before they even come to market!

Key Responsibilities:
- Assist with development & management of the OEM partner strategy
- Execute design in/wins per the Fiscal Year target to drive Windows adoption and ensure Microsoft product/technology readiness
- Technical engagement management (Technical Account Plans, Quarterly Technical Reviews, Windows Planning Engagement)
- Local relationship management - become the trusted technical advisor for assigned partners
- Partner education (Whitepapers, presentations, formal training and instruction, Microsoft technologies)
- Microsoft product team liaison

Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or related discipline or equivalent experience. Advanced degrees are a plus.
- Minimum 8 years of industry experience related to systems engineering and product development (HW or SW).
- Experience in customer negotiation and expectation management.
- Experience managing executive level customer relationships
- A broad understanding of Windows Operating systems and PC hardware technologies (former Technical Account Management or Pre-sales Experience is highly preferred)
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills in English.
- Must be able to present Microsoft technologies to customers and large audiences.
- Strong background in Operating System concepts including knowledge, a good understanding of the client PC market place and new technologies and trends in the client PC space.
- Some international travel required to the US and APAC countries such as Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia.

Personal Attributes:
- Naturally collaborative empathy for partner requirements and business drivers
- An innovative self-starter, willing and able to make independent decisions to drive technical adoption
- Strong technical, business, and analytical skills
- Strong interpersonal skills, with executive credibility
- A strong sense of teamwork
- Drive, enthusiasm, optimism and creativity
- Tact and diplomacy

Location: Asia

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer and supports workforce diversity.

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Director eBusiness Technology Solutions

Job ID: 2012-19573
# Positions: 1
Location: US-VA-Virginia Beach
Search Category: eBusiness
Type: Regular Full-Time (30+ hours)
Posted Date: 7/5/2012

More information about this job:
Summary:

Responsible for the oversight and final implementation of the analysis, design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of custom software, third-party application software, interface development, operational reporting, and vendor management related to the eBusiness team's projects and operation.

Responsible for the delivery and support of system solutions that support the operations of the eBusiness functional area of the company on a 24x7x365 basis, meeting all the functional requirements of business, the Associates, the contracted States and new business opportunities.

Supports a company-wide operational function. Builds business relationships throughout the company. Plans and executes annual projects, maintains P&L responsibility, and is responsible for the one to two year applications and/or systems integration strategy for their area of responsibility.

Responsibilities:

1. Manages day to day operations of a small-medium department. Ability to handle conflict resolution, performance evaluation, interviewing and hiring practices. Directly supervises associates below the director level.
2. Contributes to the development of the department business plan that supports the corporate strategic plan. Assists in the development of longer range business plans. Provides business justification for capital or other resource needs.
3. Creates annual budget and is responsible for the budget oversight for a large department.
4. Documents and implements new policy; trains others in the critical success factors of the policy.
5. Participates in the development of IT architecture strategies for small to medium sized application infrastructures. Evaluates technology, performance, scalability, interoperability, reliability, availability, and serviceability in small to medium sized applications.
6. Independently provides thought leadership in SDLC development methods. Strategically aligns IT solutions with business objectives. Identifies and addresses critical technical success factors for enterprise scaled projects.
7. Utilizes data modeling concepts (e.g., the Entity-Relation model) and their application: entities and tables, relations and constraints, attribute data types and column data types. Performs simple data base updates.
8. Performs competitive negotiations independently, recommends content to contracts, and advises management on proper contracting terms. Trains managers and associates in the contracting process.
9. Coordinates RFP activities for potential vendor product/service. Reassesses existing vendor relationships to include but not limited to: benchmark vendor performance, reduce risk of vendor nonperformance, produce early problem resolution, perform risk assessment, evaluate vendor's strategic direction, and monitor vendor compliance.
10. Recommends technical direction and standards based on exploitation and innovation of evolving technologies and identifies how the business operational processes will benefit from those technologies. Identifies and recommends strategies to mitigate associated risks. Communicates evolving technical and architectural strategies, standards and direction to audiences with varying technical knowledge.
11. Performs other duties as assigned or requested.

Qualifications:

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

Education

Required:
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Management Information Systems, Computer Science or a related discipline.; or the equivalent years of relevant business and technical experience; Advanced degree desired.

Years and Type of Experience Required:

Required:
- A minimum of 7 years experience in application software development, maintenance, implementation and support including at least 3 years of leadership/management experience.
- A minimum of 3 years experience in information systems development, maintenance, implementation and support, preferably healthcare / managed care.
- Prior experience will include full responsibility for system development, project management, setting adequate staff levels and hiring staff as needed, establishing departmental budgets, preparing and executing corporate and departmental strategic plans, and making formal presentations to management, staff and customers.

Preferred:
- proven eBusiness competency/ experience

Language Skills

Required:
- English

Technical Competencies

Computer Hardware, Software and Applications / Office Equipment - Advanced
- Thorough understanding of the inter-relationship among various IT applications and systems. Complete proficiency with all applicable company supported software applications.
- Thorough understanding of supported applications and all interdependencies (OS, network, server, workstations, etc.).
- Ability to use hardware and software of a computer to complete certain complex tasks. Skills to use basic office equipment such as telephone, fax machine and copy machine.
- Proficiency in a windows environment to include navigation skills and use of internet. Ability to review and draft correspondence in email and word processing systems. Ability to use spreadsheets to review, organize and edit data.

Read, Interpret and Apply Information - Advanced
- Able to read, understand and implement simple to moderately complex entity relationship diagrams. Able to propose data models for simple to moderately complex software packages. Able to read, interpret, create and maintain simple to moderately complex data flow diagrams and data dictionaries.
- Able to perform complex queries and analyze results.
- Able to read, interpret and create simple to moderately complex design documents. Able to read, interpret, create and maintain simple to moderately complex Conceptual, Logical and Physical models to include context, data flow and process flow diagrams, along with data dictionaries and logical flow charts.
- Able to design configuration management procedures which ensure quality and leverage industry best practices.
- Able to continually assess information and needs, and implement appropriate measures that will address needs and ensure customer expectations are met or exceeded.

Project Management - Advanced
- Ability to develop, manage and implement multiple moderately complex project plans with minimal direction and supervision. Able to develop and implement budget plans.

Communication Skills - Advanced
- Able to convey complex messages to a variety of audiences in an effective manner using proper language, grammar and style.
- Able to create and deliver complex presentations, training materials and updates to a variety of audiences including large groups. Able to effectively handle escalated issues to diffuse concerns through verbal and written messages.

Behavioral Competencies:

Strategic Leadership

Be Strategic
- Integrates and balances big-picture concerns with day-to-day activities.
- Conveys a thorough understanding of own area's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.
- Evaluates and pursues initiatives, investments, and opportunities based on their fit with broader strategies.
- Stays abreast of key competitor actions and their implications or threats to the business.

Make Sound Decisions
- Focuses on important information without getting bogged down in unnecessary detail.
- Probes and looks past symptoms to determine the underlying causes of problems and issues.
- Brings to bear the appropriate knowledge, information, and expertise in making decisions.

People Leadership

Develop / Support Organizational Talent
- Identifies the qualifications required for successful job performance.
- Provides honest, helpful feedback to others on their performance.
- Helps others identify and prioritize their development objectives.
- Promotes sharing of expertise and a free flow of learning across the organization.

Ensure Collaboration
- Discourages "we vs. they" thinking.
- Appropriately involves others in decisions and plans that affect them.
- Works to remove barriers to collaboration.
- Seeks to understand and address the concerns and interests of others with opposing viewpoints.

Results Leadership

Show Drive and Initiative
- Does not easily give up in the face of unexpected obstacles.
- Sets high standards of performance for self and others.
- Puts in extra effort and work to accomplish critical or difficult tasks.
- Tackles tough challenges or problems quickly and directly.

Accountability/Optimize Execution
- Conveys clear expectations for assignments.
- Delegates assignments to the lowest appropriate level.
- Monitors progress of others and redirects efforts when goals change or are not met.
- Holds people accountable for achieving their goals.

SCOPE INFORMATION

- Direct Reports: 0-12

- Indirect Reports: 0-25

Budgetary $ Responsibility: $0 - $5m

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Must be able to operate general office equipment including but not limited to: computer, phones and related media and information devices.
- Ability to communicate both in person and/or by telephone.

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Director eBusiness Technology Solutions

Job ID: 2012-19573
# Positions: 1
Location: US-VA-Virginia Beach
Search Category: eBusiness
Type: Regular Full-Time (30+ hours)
Posted Date: 7/5/2012

More information about this job:
Summary:

Responsible for the oversight and final implementation of the analysis, design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of custom software, third-party application software, interface development, operational reporting, and vendor management related to the eBusiness team's projects and operation.

Responsible for the delivery and support of system solutions that support the operations of the eBusiness functional area of the company on a 24x7x365 basis, meeting all the functional requirements of business, the Associates, the contracted States and new business opportunities.

Supports a company-wide operational function. Builds business relationships throughout the company. Plans and executes annual projects, maintains P&L responsibility, and is responsible for the one to two year applications and/or systems integration strategy for their area of responsibility.

Responsibilities:

1. Manages day to day operations of a small-medium department. Ability to handle conflict resolution, performance evaluation, interviewing and hiring practices. Directly supervises associates below the director level.
2. Contributes to the development of the department business plan that supports the corporate strategic plan. Assists in the development of longer range business plans. Provides business justification for capital or other resource needs.
3. Creates annual budget and is responsible for the budget oversight for a large department.
4. Documents and implements new policy; trains others in the critical success factors of the policy.
5. Participates in the development of IT architecture strategies for small to medium sized application infrastructures. Evaluates technology, performance, scalability, interoperability, reliability, availability, and serviceability in small to medium sized applications.
6. Independently provides thought leadership in SDLC development methods. Strategically aligns IT solutions with business objectives. Identifies and addresses critical technical success factors for enterprise scaled projects.
7. Utilizes data modeling concepts (e.g., the Entity-Relation model) and their application: entities and tables, relations and constraints, attribute data types and column data types. Performs simple data base updates.
8. Performs competitive negotiations independently, recommends content to contracts, and advises management on proper contracting terms. Trains managers and associates in the contracting process.
9. Coordinates RFP activities for potential vendor product/service. Reassesses existing vendor relationships to include but not limited to: benchmark vendor performance, reduce risk of vendor nonperformance, produce early problem resolution, perform risk assessment, evaluate vendor's strategic direction, and monitor vendor compliance.
10. Recommends technical direction and standards based on exploitation and innovation of evolving technologies and identifies how the business operational processes will benefit from those technologies. Identifies and recommends strategies to mitigate associated risks. Communicates evolving technical and architectural strategies, standards and direction to audiences with varying technical knowledge.
11. Performs other duties as assigned or requested.

Qualifications:

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

Education

Required:
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Management Information Systems, Computer Science or a related discipline.; or the equivalent years of relevant business and technical experience; Advanced degree desired.

Years and Type of Experience Required:

Required:
- A minimum of 7 years experience in application software development, maintenance, implementation and support including at least 3 years of leadership/management experience.
- A minimum of 3 years experience in information systems development, maintenance, implementation and support, preferably healthcare / managed care.
- Prior experience will include full responsibility for system development, project management, setting adequate staff levels and hiring staff as needed, establishing departmental budgets, preparing and executing corporate and departmental strategic plans, and making formal presentations to management, staff and customers.

Preferred:
- proven eBusiness competency/ experience

Language Skills

Required:
- English

Technical Competencies

Computer Hardware, Software and Applications / Office Equipment - Advanced
- Thorough understanding of the inter-relationship among various IT applications and systems. Complete proficiency with all applicable company supported software applications.
- Thorough understanding of supported applications and all interdependencies (OS, network, server, workstations, etc.).
- Ability to use hardware and software of a computer to complete certain complex tasks. Skills to use basic office equipment such as telephone, fax machine and copy machine.
- Proficiency in a windows environment to include navigation skills and use of internet. Ability to review and draft correspondence in email and word processing systems. Ability to use spreadsheets to review, organize and edit data.

Read, Interpret and Apply Information - Advanced
- Able to read, understand and implement simple to moderately complex entity relationship diagrams. Able to propose data models for simple to moderately complex software packages. Able to read, interpret, create and maintain simple to moderately complex data flow diagrams and data dictionaries.
- Able to perform complex queries and analyze results.
- Able to read, interpret and create simple to moderately complex design documents. Able to read, interpret, create and maintain simple to moderately complex Conceptual, Logical and Physical models to include context, data flow and process flow diagrams, along with data dictionaries and logical flow charts.
- Able to design configuration management procedures which ensure quality and leverage industry best practices.
- Able to continually assess information and needs, and implement appropriate measures that will address needs and ensure customer expectations are met or exceeded.

Project Management - Advanced
- Ability to develop, manage and implement multiple moderately complex project plans with minimal direction and supervision. Able to develop and implement budget plans.

Communication Skills - Advanced
- Able to convey complex messages to a variety of audiences in an effective manner using proper language, grammar and style.
- Able to create and deliver complex presentations, training materials and updates to a variety of audiences including large groups. Able to effectively handle escalated issues to diffuse concerns through verbal and written messages.

Behavioral Competencies:

Strategic Leadership

Be Strategic
- Integrates and balances big-picture concerns with day-to-day activities.
- Conveys a thorough understanding of own area's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.
- Evaluates and pursues initiatives, investments, and opportunities based on their fit with broader strategies.
- Stays abreast of key competitor actions and their implications or threats to the business.

Make Sound Decisions
- Focuses on important information without getting bogged down in unnecessary detail.
- Probes and looks past symptoms to determine the underlying causes of problems and issues.
- Brings to bear the appropriate knowledge, information, and expertise in making decisions.

People Leadership

Develop / Support Organizational Talent
- Identifies the qualifications required for successful job performance.
- Provides honest, helpful feedback to others on their performance.
- Helps others identify and prioritize their development objectives.
- Promotes sharing of expertise and a free flow of learning across the organization.

Ensure Collaboration
- Discourages "we vs. they" thinking.
- Appropriately involves others in decisions and plans that affect them.
- Works to remove barriers to collaboration.
- Seeks to understand and address the concerns and interests of others with opposing viewpoints.

Results Leadership

Show Drive and Initiative
- Does not easily give up in the face of unexpected obstacles.
- Sets high standards of performance for self and others.
- Puts in extra effort and work to accomplish critical or difficult tasks.
- Tackles tough challenges or problems quickly and directly.

Accountability/Optimize Execution
- Conveys clear expectations for assignments.
- Delegates assignments to the lowest appropriate level.
- Monitors progress of others and redirects efforts when goals change or are not met.
- Holds people accountable for achieving their goals.

SCOPE INFORMATION

- Direct Reports: 0-12

- Indirect Reports: 0-25

Budgetary $ Responsibility: $0 - $5m

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Must be able to operate general office equipment including but not limited to: computer, phones and related media and information devices.
- Ability to communicate both in person and/or by telephone.

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The Information Technology Security Officer will provide a professional, responsive service to assist our client and their Senior Management in identifying and mitigating security risks, which could seriously affect the operation of the Councils business systems and the confidentiality of both the Councils and clients/customers information. This requires strong communication and management participation with all the Councils service areas, to ensure a process of continuous review and improvement in order to provide the Council with an efficient secure environment for all its operational systems.

 ESSENTIAL SKILLS:

Ability to develop and review IT Security policies and procedures and related guidance. Experience of monitoring compliance relating to IT security directives including GCSx and PCI. Assessment of IT security related risks and security breaches. Experience of responding to Freedom of Information requests. Ability to create educational courses related to Information Security.

the responsibilities of this post is the ability to respond flexibly, positively and successfully to the ever changing pressures which local authorities face.  This job description is a guide to the level and range of responsibilities the post holder will be expected to undertake initially.  It is neither exhaustive nor inclusive and will be changed from time to time to meet the changing circumstances and demands.  It will not form part of the post holder’s contract of employment.

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The Information Technology Security Officer will provide a professional, responsive service to assist our client and their Senior Management in identifying and mitigating security risks, which could seriously affect the operation of the Councils business systems and the confidentiality of both the Councils and clients/customers information. This requires strong communication and management participation with all the Councils service areas, to ensure a process of continuous review and improvement in order to provide the Council with an efficient secure environment for all its operational systems.

 ESSENTIAL SKILLS:

Ability to develop and review IT Security policies and procedures and related guidance. Experience of monitoring compliance relating to IT security directives including GCSx and PCI. Assessment of IT security related risks and security breaches. Experience of responding to Freedom of Information requests. Ability to create educational courses related to Information Security.

the responsibilities of this post is the ability to respond flexibly, positively and successfully to the ever changing pressures which local authorities face.  This job description is a guide to the level and range of responsibilities the post holder will be expected to undertake initially.  It is neither exhaustive nor inclusive and will be changed from time to time to meet the changing circumstances and demands.  It will not form part of the post holder’s contract of employment.

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