POSITION SUMMARY:
The Oracle Business
Technology Liaison will operate in the Technology Training & Support Office
and report to the Director of Instructional Technology & Support in the
Division of Information Technology. The incumbent will be responsible for
designing, and delivering professional learning activities, and assisting external
and internal stakeholders. The Oracle Business Technology Liaison will
represent the needs of the district’s personnel for technical planning groups
and represent the needs of Information Technology.
DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
Provides
overall leadership and management of Oracle project resources including all HR,
Payroll, Budget and Purchasing stakeholders and third party resources;
Prepares
project scope and develop project plans, define resource loading, skill
requirements, milestones, and metrics per standard methods and practices;
Develops
a budget based on an analysis of needs and priorities with an awareness of
availability of resources within the Training Department;
Participates
in the development of procedural requirements in the form of budgetary
workbooks or procedural manuals;
Participates
in program audits and monitoring by furnishing requested data and participating
in interview sessions;
Provides
support and direction with departmental initiatives;
Consults
with school system divisions on business requirements and specifications;
Facilitates
as one of the team’s Oracle Lead trainers;
Maintains
training documents and resources;
Manages
and facilitates instructional software testing and approval process;
Participates
in textbook adoption process and facilitates digital content with Clever access;
Develops
detailed work plans, schedules, project estimates, resource plans and status
reports;
Provides
technical and analytical guidance to project teams;
Provides
training and refresher training to support ERP modules to include HR, Payroll,
BMS - Budget, Accounts Payable, and Purchasing,
as required;
Recommends
and takes action to direct the analysis and solutions of problems;
Ensures
adherence to quality standards and specifications;
Ensures
the IT projects are implemented according to defined requirements;
Interacts
and maintains positive relationships with internal stakeholders;
Prepares
and reports accurate project status to management;
Ensures
detailed documentation and records of project implementations, including all
changes to deliverables, resources and schedules;
Leads
project meetings with project team;
Provides
direction for deployment and changes management activities;
Manages
project risk by anticipating issues through implementation and provide
immediate resolution or escalation, where required;
Provides
leadership in developing skills and breadth of product knowledge to project
team members.
Acts
as a mentor to team members and provides constructive feedback on their
performance on a regular basis and formally during the performance evaluation
periods;
Serves
as a presenter and facilitator at conferences and meetings;
Assists the Director, Supervisor, and other key
administrative and personnel, with budgetary needs, and methods of fulfilling
such needs;
Exercises
judgment to plan and accomplish goals;
Manages
outsourced work, consultants, vendors and relationships; and
Performs
other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS:The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
Excellent
project planning, budgeting, scheduling and resource management skills;
Effective
time management, documentation and organizational skills;
Experience
managing and/or directing Information Technology Applications Development team;
Good
understanding and knowledge of implementation methodology or integration
methodology;
Strong
leadership skills preferred;
Experience
dealing with third party vendors;
Excellent
written, oral and interpersonal communication skills;
Highly
self-motivated, self-directed and attentive to detail;
Proficiency
with Google G-Suite, MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and MS Project,
and
Excellent
teambuilding skills.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:
Bachelor’s degree or higher from an
accredited college or university required, with three (3) to four (4) years
project management experience.
CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
None Required.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
No direct supervisory responsibilities.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands 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.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, talk, hear, walk, sit, and use fingers, tools or controls. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision such as to read handwritten or typed material, the ability to adjust focus, and depth perception. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may occasionally push or lift up to 25 lbs.
WORKING ENVIRONMENT:
The work environment characteristics are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
None.