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This is an EXCITING time to Join the City of Richmond! We are committed to nurturing talent, fostering growth opportunities, and building strong connections within our workforce. As we continue to make strides to becoming the employer of choice, we are thrilled about the below employee benefit enhancements:
The City of Richmond is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Technology Team Lead to join our Information Technology (IT) department, who will perform project management duties. This individual will play a key leadership role in overseeing and guiding a dynamic team responsible for implementing and supporting innovative IT solutions across various city services. The ideal candidate will possess both strong technical skills and the ability to manage and mentor a diverse team.
Duties include but are not limited to
Qualifications, Special Certifications And Licenses
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
Knowledge
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job. Prospective and current employees are invited to discuss accommodations.
ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS: Working conditions may include exposure to travel to other locations within the City of Richmond as well as outside of the City of Richmond; exposure to hazardous physical conditions such as mechanical parts, electrical currents, vibrations, etc.; atmospheric conditions such as fumes, odors, dusts, gases, and poor ventilation; inadequate lighting; intense noise; and environmental hazards such as disruptive people, imminent danger, and a threatening environment.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS AND WORKING ENVIRONMENT: Due to the nature of work assignments, incumbents must be able to perform detailed work on multiple, concurrent tasks, with frequent interruptions and under time constraint. The essential duties of this classification may require the ability to regularly talk, hear, see, and perform repetitive motions; frequently finger; and occasionally climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, reach, stand, walk, list, grasp, and feel. The working conditions may include environmental hazards. In terms of the physical strength to perform the essential duties, this classification is considered to be light work, exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
The City of Richmond provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
The City of Richmond is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, the City of Richmond will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodations. If you require reasonable accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to participate in the job application and/or the interview process, please contact Jessica McKenzie, Human Resources Manager by email at Jessica.McKenzie@RVA.GOV .
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
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R espect. E quity. A ccountability. D iversity… YOU !!!
About
This is an EXCITING time to Join the City of Richmond! We are committed to nurturing talent, fostering growth opportunities, and building strong connections within our workforce. As we continue to make strides to becoming the employer of choice, we are thrilled about the below employee benefit enhancements:
- Virginia Retirement System (VRS)
- Language Incentive
- Referral Bonus
- T uition Assistance Program
The City of Richmond is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Technology Team Lead to join our Information Technology (IT) department, who will perform project management duties. This individual will play a key leadership role in overseeing and guiding a dynamic team responsible for implementing and supporting innovative IT solutions across various city services. The ideal candidate will possess both strong technical skills and the ability to manage and mentor a diverse team.
Duties include but are not limited to
- Define and maintain standards for IT project management within the organization, creating necessary forms and help documentation as needed
- Lead the department to organizational excellence in the discipline of project management
- Develop metrics and benchmarks for IT project management
- Provide support and consultation for IT project managers across the organization
- Lead project initiation process for the department
- Provide reports as requested regarding status of all projects within the department
- Perform the role of project manager on individual projects as necessary
Qualifications, Special Certifications And Licenses
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
Knowledge
- Considerable knowledge of architecture, concepts, terminology, and operational principles of area of focus
- Business technology planning/re-engineering
- Capacity planning and monitoring
- City systems and processes
- Data security, backup, and recovery
- Project management
- Systems development life cycle (SDLC) waterfall methodology and vendor relations.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent time management skills
- Ability to coordinate the work of a diverse group of people across multiple departments to achieve goals
- Leadership skills, including the ability to plan, execute, and oversee multiple projects
- Proven ability to demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills
- Troubleshoot and fix issues that may arise from technology systems
- Understanding the "big picture"; using discretion as part of the decision making process in area of focus
- Working in a team environment
- Completion of the core curriculum for a Bachelor or Associate level major in computer science or related field
- Bachelor's degree in computer science is preferred
- Four years of journey-level professional systems development experience
- One year of lead or supervisory experience
- An equivalent combination of training and experience (as approved by the department) may be used to meet the minimum qualifications of the classification
- Computer Systems Development (5 years): in a business/government environment.
- Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC): Waterfall methodology preferred
- Business Process Analysis (4 years): experience analyzing business processes and documenting requirements
- Project Management (5 years): experience managing technical projects
- Supervisory experience (3 years)
- Training and education: (A) a completion of a Baccalaureate degree with a major in Computer Science, Mathematics, Business Administration or a related field or (B) a combination of no less than six years of relevant training and experience in information technology to the satisfaction of the agency head.
- One year of lead or supervisory experience in network centered role
- An equivalent combination of training and experience (as approved by the department) may be used to meet the minimum qualifications of the classification.
- Local Government Experience (2 years)
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job. Prospective and current employees are invited to discuss accommodations.
ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS: Working conditions may include exposure to travel to other locations within the City of Richmond as well as outside of the City of Richmond; exposure to hazardous physical conditions such as mechanical parts, electrical currents, vibrations, etc.; atmospheric conditions such as fumes, odors, dusts, gases, and poor ventilation; inadequate lighting; intense noise; and environmental hazards such as disruptive people, imminent danger, and a threatening environment.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS AND WORKING ENVIRONMENT: Due to the nature of work assignments, incumbents must be able to perform detailed work on multiple, concurrent tasks, with frequent interruptions and under time constraint. The essential duties of this classification may require the ability to regularly talk, hear, see, and perform repetitive motions; frequently finger; and occasionally climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, reach, stand, walk, list, grasp, and feel. The working conditions may include environmental hazards. In terms of the physical strength to perform the essential duties, this classification is considered to be light work, exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
The City of Richmond provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
The City of Richmond is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, the City of Richmond will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodations. If you require reasonable accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to participate in the job application and/or the interview process, please contact Jessica McKenzie, Human Resources Manager by email at Jessica.McKenzie@RVA.GOV .
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
The City of Richmond Values Veterans. We are an official V3 Certified Company.
The City of Richmond is a proud partner with the US Army Partnership for Your Success PaYS Program.
