Technology and Innovation Director

Nassau County is 726 square miles of natural beauty located in the northeast corner of Florida along the Atlantic Ocean and Interstate 95. With 13 miles of pristine beaches, hundreds of miles of rivers, historic downtown Fernandina Beach, and an expanding economy. The combination of rich history, rural charm, natural resources, quality-of-life, and proximity to strategic installations provides Nassau County with unparalleled potential.  Part of the Jacksonville Metropolitan Area, Nassau County has a population of 107,053 and a regional population of 1.7 million, the Florida Bureau of Economic and Business Research (BEBR) estimates that Nassau County ranks as the 7th fastest-growing county, by percent growth, in Florida [2nd among counties with a population of at least 80,000]. BEBR predicts Nassau County’s population could reach approximately 183,600 residents by 2050, resulting in a projected increase of more than 70 percent.

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The Technology and Innovation Director (TID) supports the County and its partners by providing effective leadership of information technology resources that maintain stable, dependable business applications, as well as an information technology environment that ensures efficient delivery of service to supported entities and the public. The TID also provides strategic leadership to the County and its partners, focusing more on enterprise, strategic efforts.  The TID focuses on the people, processes, projects, and technology as a seamless system designed to achieve the mutual interests of the entire system.  The TID reports to the County Manager’s Office and serves as the primary advisor on all technology initiatives that are most relevant to the county goals and evolving needs, as well as evaluates their impact on work processes.  Performs work with independent judgement.  Oversees assigned departments and operations, develops courses of action and recommendations. 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

·       Provides leadership, management, and strategic direction to the County and its partners, ensuring that their priorities are aligned with the overall goals of the entity. Exercises authority regarding all hardware, software, and services utilized by the County and its partners.

·       Develops enterprise-wide strategic and multiyear action plans, and financial forecasts in the furtherance of these objectives.

·       Develops and implements policies/programs for the procurement and use of technology hardware, software, and services. 

·       Provides supervision, guidance, training, and motivation to assigned personnel; determines and coordinates work procedures and schedules; assigns, monitors and reviews work; evaluates performance, and initiates corrective action, as needed.

·       Serves as the primary technical advisor proposing short-term and long-term solutions to technology management needs/issues relating to systems, equipment or services. Carries out management direction as given.

·       Collaborates, coordinates and communicates with the County and its partner’s management regarding their business needs and emerging technology expectations. Facilitates the decision-making processes and prioritization of IT projects amongst entities.

·       Works closely with organizational decision makers to identify, recommend, develop, implement, and support cost-effective hardware and software solutions for the organizations assigned providing direction for strategic, budgetary, and operational plans for equipment, software programs, and services.

·       Ensures appropriate cybersecurity program is established and functional, including tested disaster recovery protocols are in place.

·       Identifies and implements collaborative initiatives with other agencies to promote strategic endeavors and the effective/efficient provision of services.

·       Train and cross-train all department staff to increase department knowledge, build redundancy for absences/emergencies, and plan for advancement and succession.  Must set the bar high for customer-oriented, collaborative culture.

·       Prepares and presents the Department’s annual budget and assures continued compliance with the parameters of the adopted budget.

·       Interacts and effectively communicates with various groups and individuals such as County Manager, Board of County Commissioners, Constitutional Officers, other County employees, various other Local, State and Federal agencies, personnel in other jurisdictions, vendors, consultants, contractors, business/property owners and citizens.

·       Must have project management experience and proven abilities to facilitate multidisciplinary project teams in accomplishing strategic goals.

·       Supervises professional staff; supervisory duties include instructing, assigning, reviewing, and planning work of others; maintaining standards; coordinating activities; allocating personnel; selecting new employees; acting on employee problems; evaluating employee performance; recommending employee promotions, transfers, discipline and/or discharge.

·       Reviews the work of subordinate staff for completeness and accuracy; evaluates and makes recommendations as appropriate; offers advice and assistance as needed.

·       Attends required meetings, conferences, training courses and seminars to maintain knowledge of industry trends, and technology.

·       Performs a variety of routine administrative duties, as well as administrative duties assigned or delegated by the County Manager’s Office.

·       May operate a vehicle and variety of equipment, which may include a computer, printer, telephone, calculator, copier, fax machine, other office equipment.

·       Attends and remains at work regularly and adheres to policies and procedures regarding absenteeism and tardiness. Provides adequate notice to higher management with respect to vacation time and leave requests. 

·       Performs other duties as required.

·       In accordance with Policy 8.10, All employees of Nassau County may be required to work in your current role or any role as necessary before, during or after an Emergency.

(These essential functions are not a complete statement of all duties required of the job. Employees will be required to perform such other related job duties as may be assigned or required.)

Requires a Bachelor’s Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science/Engineering, or other quantitative undergraduate discipline and Minimum of five (5) years of professional experience in information technology, with three (3) years of direct personnel management and at least three (3) of which are in a senior leadership role or a combination of education, training and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities. Certification as Government Chief Information Officer preferred.  Requires a valid State Driver’s License. 

The range for this position is $105,832.34 – $161,037.04. The County provides a comprehensive benefits program and participates in the Florida Retirement System (FRS) and has a 3% employee contribution requirement. Voluntary supplemental 457 deferred compensation retirement is also available. For additional benefit information, visit: .

Nassau County is a Drug Free Workplace & Equal Opportunity Employer; Nassau County values the service veterans and their family members have given to our country and that the County supports the hiring of returning service members, military spouses, and their family members as such this position is eligible for Veterans’ Preference in accordance with applicable laws.

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