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Interested in making a difference in your community while building a career? Join our team as our IT Manager!
WHO WE ARE:
The Opportunity Council is a private, non-profit Community Action Agency serving homeless and low-income families and individuals. Our mission is to help people improve their lives through education, support, and direct assistance while advocating for just and equitable communities. For over 50 years we have offered a broad scope of services that range from addressing immediate and crisis-oriented needs (food, emergency shelter, eviction-prevention) to longer-term programs that promote self-sufficiency in our community (early childhood education, home weatherization).
OUR VALUES:
At the Opportunity Council, we operate under a core set of values that include collaboration, respect, integrity, passion, and learning. We are committed to integrating diversity, equity, and inclusion within every aspect of our organization; from the services we offer in the community to the work environment we foster for our employees.
To learn more about us and our work, visit our website: www.oppco.org
WHAT YOU WILL DO:
The IT Department Manager leads and manages Opportunity Council’s IT department, providing support, oversight and coordination of the IT staff team, agency-wide IT functions, and daily IT operations. The IT Manager engages with agency departments to determine their IT needs, identifies systems to best meet the agency’s IT requirements, and ensures the agency’s IT systems are fully functional, secure against intrusions, and updated as needed. Additional responsibilities include long-term IT planning to meet the agency’s strategic plan; IT project management, including assisting with department systems implementation as needed; staff supervision; customer service; and budget management.
OUR IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE:
1. Minimum four year degree in computer science or related field or equivalent experience/education
2. Minimum five years of progressive experience in a professional IT environment
3. Minimum two years supervisory experience
4. Minimum two years of IT help desk or customer service support for a large team, department, or equivalent
5. Experience with systems implementation in a professional IT environment
6. Experience with project management
7. Experience with budgetary management
8. Valid Washington State Driver’s License or obtain by date of hire.
9. Must submit abstract of driving record for previous 3 years prior to start date.
We place a strong value in hiring individuals with lived experiences of, poverty and/or homelessness or who have previously participated in Opportunity Council programs or other social services.
In accordance with WA State Proclamation 21-14, Opportunity Council requires all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 prior to start of employment.
OUR BENEFITS PACKAGE:
Generous PTO, including 3 weeks of vacation leave
Wellness leave
Health & Wellness programs
403(b) Retirement plan with employer contribution
For full job description and to apply please visit: https://www.vs4.vscyberhosting.com/oppcouncil/
We strongly encourage people of color, LGBTQIA+ individuals, Veterans, and people with disabilities to apply. Our goal is to be a diverse workforce that is representative, at all job levels, of the community we serve. We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and do not permit discrimination based on creed, color, national origin, gender, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, family status, pregnancy, military or protected veteran status, age, genetic status, and/or physical, mental or sensory disability, use of a service animal, and any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.
