Academic Information System Lead

Title: Academic Information System Lead

Employee Classification: Professional F/T 52 Wks Unit

Department: Vice President of Academic Affairs

Salary Range: $74,182

Who we are:

We are not-for-profit: St. Louis Community college (STLCC) is a non-profit institution dedicated to empowering students, expanding minds, and changing lives. Employees are committed to strengthening the St. Louis community with inclusive and transformative education.

We are a respected employer: For 60 years, STLCC has served the St. Louis community, expanding to 4 main campuses, 2 education centers, 2 workforce training centers, and 5 centers of excellence. More than one-half of the households in St. Louis have at least one member who has taken classes at STLCC.

We make an impact in the community: Through credit courses, continuing education, and workforce development programs, STLCC annually serves nearly 69,000 students. More than 80% of career and technical graduates employed in their fields or continue their education at four-year institutions within six months of graduation. STLCC sends more transfer students to Missouri's four-year colleges/universities than anyone else.

We value Diversity, equity & inclusion: STLCC is committed to fostering an atmosphere of appreciation for all people, regardless of race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or class.

What you get:

Benefits package [for full-time employees]: STLCC offers one of the best benefit packages in the St. Louis area. As a STLCC employee you will have access to a 100% match on your contribution to retirement, two health insurance plans options that are no cost to the employee - including an HSA option, low-cost life insurance with a 3x salary benefit, and other low-cost benefits including dental, vision, AD&D, ST LT disability insurance.

Opportunity to grow: Over half of our employees have served the college for more than 12 years, exploring different career paths and advancing to higher level positions.

Education & training opportunities: STLCC offers tuition waivers for employees [full-time and part-time] + their dependents. Full-time employees can take advantage of tuition reimbursement for other institutions after just 6 months of service, and an annual professional development allotment.

Work/life balance: Full-time STLCC employees have access to a generous time off package, including holidays, vacation, personal days, medical leave, and other leave options. Our holiday schedule even includes a paid winter holiday at the end of the calendar year.

Commitment to wellness: STLCC HR boasts a dedicated health and wellness specialist who is enthusiastic about creating a culture of wellness throughout the College. With access to college wellness vendors, employees are educated, motivated, and rewarded for healthy behaviors. STLCC employees and anyone living in their household also have access to an employee assistance program (EAP) that can help them with virtually any life need.

The basics of this position:

Serves as the Information System Specialist Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Academic Affairs; ensures that Banner functions appropriately to provide information and data for making decisions, to facilitate implementation of policy and procedures, and to improve efficiency and accuracy in the Academic Affairs unit. Anticipates the needs of end users in Academic Affairs and actively participates in identifying solutions and solving problems. Collaborates with the College's business and information technology departments to ensure alignment.

What you'll do:

• Prioritizes the integrity, accuracy and availability of information and data for end users as a member of the Academic Affairs team, and supports the goals of the unit.
  
  Anticipates, identifies, designs, implements, and tests automated processes that contribute to informed decision making; provides expertise to end users through reports, statistical summaries, queries, spreadsheets,
  and lists.
  
  In collaboration with Information Technology Leads, monitors and participates in applying updates, and patches to the system to ensure maximum performance in compliance with established operational procedures for the Banner system; troubleshoots, analyzes, detects, and corrects technical problems and deficiencies; proposes solutions to technical problems and identifies areas for improvement and enhancement; ensures the system complies with state and federal mandated guidelines.
  Reviews, evaluates, coordinates, tests, and approves installation of vendor supplied application system upgrades and patches.
  
  Develops designs, builds, tests, implements, maintains and enhances academic information system tables, codes, and security.
  
  Oversees preparation of detailed technical specifications for electronic interfaces and exchanges with internal and external applications and systems. Maintains accurate, complete and current documentation of these solutions.
  
  Provides specialized systems expertise and programs to generate special reports, statistical summaries and records and assists analysts and end-users used in preparing and generating/developing ad hoc reports or queries, spreadsheets and lists. Assesses future system application needs.
  
  Serves on technology committees/users' group that monitor system updates and project status reports. Audits activities related to faculty's system functions.
  
  Confers with external system vendors, functional consultants, enterprise solution providers, internal and external user groups, work teams, and support staff to improve business processes; develop training efforts and user guides to ensure effective and efficient use of academic systems.
  
  Performs other job related duties as assigned.

Education, experience, and other requirements:

Bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems or other relevant subject and (5) years of progressively responsible relevant experience with enterprise applications.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with Ellucian Banner system.
Experience with Business Intelligence Tools (i.e. Crystal Reports, Hyperion, Cognos, ARGOs).