The University of Notre Dame is looking for a new CIO or Chief Information Officer. This is due to the vacancy created when CIO Darryl Kefford took on a new role as chief service improvement officer (CSIO). The CIO of University of Notre Dame will have the opportunity to work with people who make an impact on the community for generations to come.

The responsibility of the CIO will be accountable for leading, coaching and growing the ICT team. They will also be improving the performance and standards of IT service delivery. The CIO will be reporting to the Deputy Vice Chancellor Finance & Chief Operating Officer. The CIO will be responsible for the strategic plan through the Digital Strategy. He/she will also be responsible to take care of the smoothly running operations and University admissions. The university’s recruitment advertisement states that the CIO will be supporting more than 12,000 students as well as its staff.

Job Description and Role of CIO

Ex CIO Darryl Kefford described the role as a “wonderful opportunity to lead an amazing team and continue the transformational journey we’ve been on”. The advertisement for one of the top universities in Australia states that the new CIO’s first year will focus on delivering the university’s digital roadmap, “with an enterprise CRM program a key component.” The key job responsibilities include:

• Checking of day-to-day technology operations, with a focus on driving a culture of continuous improvement and service culture
• Ongoing development and delivery of the University’s Digital Strategy & Roadmap for students and staff
• Leading, managing, developing and motivating the IT team, implementing initiatives to ensure team engagement and motivation.
• Maintaining cost management all annual and multi-year IT planning, programming, and budgeting decisions for study in Australia.

The University of Notre Dame Australia is a private Catholic university with more than 12,000 students per year. To be the CIO of the university, you must have multiple skills and experience that will make you stand out among others. 

What you Need to be CIO of University of Norte Dame

To be the CIO of the University of Notre Dame, the candidate must also have multiple qualifications and requirements. A university spokesperson told iTnews Kefford’s acceptance of the newly-created CSIO role was announced to university staff last October. Since then, the role of CIO has opened up. The requirements that you should fulfill include:

• The ability to develop, implement and evaluate technology strategies in a digitalized educational environment for higher education in Australia.
• The ability to lead the development, implementation and evaluation of high-level partnerships and relationships in a complex organizational structure
• Awareness and understanding of the activities, objectives and strategic direction of technology in the current and emerging global contexts
• The knowledge and understanding of the digital education issues and grading system in Australia
• Strong financial and commercial management capabilities 
• Experience of successfully managing budgets and expenditure in a technology function
• Exceptional leadership skills including the ability to negotiate, motivate, influence and build relationships with academic and professional staff of all levels.
• Excellent representational, advocacy and verbal communication skills, including a demonstrated ability represent the University externally to stakeholders
• Project management skills, including the ability to achieve objectives operating within complex organization structures, and multiple stakeholder settings

More detailed information about this specific career opportunity is available. You need to contact Glenn Beauchamp at Beacham Group on 0411 116 966 or by email glenn@beachamgroup.com.