Director of Technology

Whether you are a faculty or a staff member, you are part of Menlo’s mission to empower students to explore and expand their interests, reach their fullest potential, develop the skills necessary for success in college, and become ethical, responsible, and engaged members of ever wider communities.  Menlo School believes that students are better educated and prepared to succeed when the School community—students, families, faculty, administration, and staff— reflect the diversity of the Bay Area

Menlo School’s Director of Technology provides leadership and management for the direction, coordination, integration, and implementation of technology throughout the school while fostering a culture of service, support, collaboration and innovation.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS 

• Provides decisive leadership in strategically developing the short-term and long-term vision of the technology department.

• Facilitates the process of priority setting and decision making for meaningful and effective use of technology in support of the school’s educational program.

• Collaborates with stakeholders throughout the school community, including faculty, administrators, parents and students.

• Stays current on new trends in technology and how they impact education. Nurtures a culture of innovation and creation that reflect cutting-edge trends in business and education. 

• Supervises and supports a highly skilled and collaborative technology team with direct responsibility for interviewing, hiring, and training staff members; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; encouraging, coaching and, when necessary, correcting team members; addressing complaints and resolving problems. 

• Supervises the development and implementation of administrative uses of computer technology for all major systems; receives and reviews requests for computer program development and modification; determines feasibility of requests and recommends and implements solutions for a rich learning environment and robust infrastructure.

• Conducts ongoing evaluations to determine the effectiveness of media/technology programs. 

• Manages the selection, purchase and distribution of equipment, courseware and related materials for the implementation of media/technology in all areas; reviews and evaluates new hardware and, prepares system specifications, prepares purchasing information, and manages site and system license agreements. 

• Supervises and works with technical staff to plan for, design and manage all local area networking, server, telephony, email/Internet services, user access, computer installations, software and the technical and operational support of these systems. 

• Oversees the maintenance of the electronic student records system and report card program (Blackbaud).

• Provides guidance to technical staff enabling them to direct, monitor and assess teacher/user work requests and the work request systems. 

• Ensures that faculty and staff receive and/or have access to the necessary training on available school technology and information systems.

• Ensures enforcement of backup/recovery plans for all systems; development and enforcement of security standards and procedures for all systems. 

• Manages the technology budget, contract negotiations, and technology asset procurement.

• Reviews and regularly updates the school’s technology policies.

• Ensures that disaster recovery and business continuity plans are in place as an integral part of the school’s technology systems.

• Review and implement internal controls where necessary.

• Ensures compliance with local, state, and federal regulations and requirements.

• Other duties as may be assigned

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in a computer technology or educational technology related major.

• Ten years combination of education system experience and/or technology industry experience preferred.

• Demonstrated administrative experience relating to technology and technology integration.

• Experience with database administration, network administration/security; experience and skill with a wide range of hardware, software and cloud resources; familiarity with web technologies: HTML, CSS, JavaScript.

• Must possess a collaborative nature and be forward-thinking.

• Strong problem-solving skills.

• Outstanding communications skills, both verbal and written.

• Strong interpersonal skills, flexibility and a sense of humor are mandatory 

WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• The job is performed in a generally clean and healthy environment, but there may be possible exposure to childhood diseases and illnesses.

• Exposure to heated/air conditioned and ventilated facilities with average interior dust with occasional exposure to outdoor elements.

• Exposure to a normal school environment that is usually quiet but sometimes noisy.

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a school
  employee to successfully perform the essential responsibilities and functions. Reasonable
  accommodation may be requested to enable individuals to perform the essential responsibilities
  of the job:

  • Ability to sit, stand, move, communicate, hear and read during the course of normal activities.

  • Able to use computers and other tools.

  • Able to relocate computer and electronic equipment or other hardware weighing up to 10 pounds.

  • Ability to think and concentrate for sustained periods of time.

  • In-person attendance necessary to provide an effective level of performance during normal school hours

Menlo School is committed to attracting and retaining excellent talent and offers a generous compensation plan, including competitive salary, TIAA-CREF retirement benefits with a generous employer contribution and match, on-site child-care center, full medical/dental coverage, and much more.