Director of Technology

The Lawrenceville School, a coeducational boarding and day school for students in grades 9-12, is seeking a Director of Technology whose expertise and innovative nature will help to continue the School’s overall efforts in teaching and learning with digital tools and support the school’s many operational technology platforms.

With both boarding and day students and a 1:1 laptop program for all students, Lawrenceville is dedicated to preparing students to appropriately utilize technology. The Director will facilitate the integration of digital tools and best practices into curriculum and administrative systems. Both a big picture thinker and a hands-on implementer, the Director engages with administrators, educators and support personnel, parents, and students to extend responsible and creative use of technology. The Director must be a strategic thinker with strong communication, organization, and interpersonal skills, and the enthusiasm and credibility to create and sustain instructional momentum in the appropriate use of technology in the School’s curriculum and instruction. A strong focus on managing technology systems, infrastructure, and personnel will be required.
 

OPPORTUNITIES & CHALLENGES

• The Director of Technology will sit on the Senior Staff team with the expectation of working with key personnel to prioritize technology needs of the school
• Potential to restructure and add to the technology staff to create more synergy between academic and systems technology groups and help desks personnel
• Review and establish technology best practices, policies and procedures across the schools many departments
• Manage cyber-security efforts of the business operations for the school
• Ability to support campus wide 1:1 program spanning all grades
• Oversee the IT team and manage third-party vendors
• Ensure that IT systems and projects are managed successfully
• Managing high volume of help desk requests with creative technological solutions
• Act as a liaison between business departments of the school brokering technology consensus
• Using students as a resource in supporting the 1:1 program and schoolwide help desk
• New Athletic Field House building presents opportunity to build additional technology infrastructure and facility communications systems

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS & QUALITIES

• Personable, engaging, comfortable being the “face of technology”
• A commitment to Lawrenceville’s mission and values
• Experience in managing systems and networks in boarding school environments
• Ability to think strategically and create vision
• Have a national presence as technology professional – interested in being a national leader in the field
• Strong ability to connect technology with curriculum
• Has integrity and is a consensus builder among staff, faculty, and students
• Excellent organizational skills and project management experience
• Promotes professional development within the team and sets attainable goals for achieving credentials and skill sets
• Experience managing a large budget serving a boarding school campus

To Apply:

Interested and qualified candidates should submit electronically as separate documents (preferably as PDFs) the following materials:

• Formal cover letter for the position;
• Current résumé;
• List of at least three references with name, title, phone number, and email address of each (references will not be contacted without the candidate’s permission), to:

Scott Roy
Chief Technology Officer, Search Consultant
scott.roy@carneysandoe.com