Manager, Systems and Programming

In addition to a competitive compensation structure, Palomar College also offers an extremely generous benefits package.

The estimated maximum value of this employer-paid benefits package is approximately $31,245.84 annually.

To be eligible for this position, you must meet and provide evidence of the following minimum qualifications:

Experience: Five years of information systems and programming experience, including two years of supervisory experience.

Education: Equivalent to a bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field.

Transcripts must be included to receive credit for education and/or to substitute education in lieu of experience (i.e. Bachelor’s degree = 4 years of experience). Click here for Guidelines for Equivalency for Classified Positions.

Only coursework completed at, and degrees awarded by, accredited institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education will be considered as satisfying the minimum qualifications. Coursework and degrees that are completed outside of the United States are required to have transcripts evaluated (evaluation to U.S. equivalency and a course by course analysis) by an appropriate U.S. credentials evaluation service. For a list of credentials evaluation agencies accepted by Palomar College, visit the National Association of Credentials Evaluation Services (NACES) website at https://www.naces.org/index, or the Association of International Credential Evaluators, Inc. (AICE) website at http://aice-eval.org/.

Palomar College serves over 30,000 students from a variety of backgrounds and we are proud to be a Hispanic Serving Institution. Our student body is rich in its diversity. Click here to see a quick overview of our student demographics on our recent Student Fact Sheet.

Palomar College is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility and antiracism (DEIAA). We are dedicated to empowering students to succeed and are guided by our core values; some of which are the following:

All positions require cultural competency which includes the sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, faculty, and staff.

1. Performs full supervisory activities in accordance with relevant District policies, procedures, and applicable employee contracts/handbooks, which includes selecting and training new employees; planning, assigning, scheduling, and evaluating completed work; approving overtime/compensatory time; preparing and signing employee performance evaluations; recommending reclassifications; responding to grievances and taking appropriate disciplinary action; and performing related supervisory activities.

2. Plans, organizes, and coordinates the day-to-day activities of the systems and programming unit of the Information Services Department; assists in directing departmental operations and serves as the acting Director in their absence.

3. Oversees, administers, and maintains applicable enterprise business application programs, including PeopleSoft, using the District’s current application programming and relational database management toolset which consists of Oracle, SQL, SQR, PS Query, BI Publisher, PS nVision, and PeopleTools.

4. Oversees and participates in the installation of applications software; monitors and adjusts system configurations for optimum performance; maintains system utilization and backups; develops and implements system security procedures.

5. Provides training to programming staff on software development best practices, documentation standards, and introduction of new techniques, standards and software products to meet the needs of various departments; develops, implements, and enforces programming standards.

6. Works with the database administrators to define database items, structures and relationships; develops and maintains database procedures; monitors and tunes database performance such as records storage accuracy and efficiency; monitors and adjusts dataset capabilities.

7. Analyzes and evaluates systems and application software and recommends needed solutions; analyzes and reviews new applications development and maintenance projects of systems and programming staff; reviews development code and provides assistance and training as needed.

8. Reviews user programming requests and determines appropriate response; performs primary and preliminary systems analysis; meets with users to analyze, clarify, and define needs to determine optimum solutions; analyzes effects on existing systems.

9. Develops unit and project goals, objectives and timelines; evaluates and determines project tasks and assigns work to programming and systems personnel; monitors project progress and adjusts staffing, resources, objectives and timelines as needed.

10. Provides technical assistance to departments and staff in the design of automated information systems.

11. Prepares and maintains a variety of records and reports related to department operations, including projects, personnel, system usage, system performances and capacities and government required reports.

12. Serves as a consultant to multiple functional areas and management in the planning and implementation of long-range information systems goals.

13. Develops programming standards and procedures, including specifications, documentation and production turnover.

14. Works in conjunction with the Director and other department managers in developing plans and standards for the deployment and support of enterprise business applications.

15. Provides planning, project management and technical support for enterprise application installation, implementation and modification projects.

16. Documents assignment status and apprises the Director, Information Services of problems or unexpected resource requirements.

1. Provides responsible staff assistance to the Director, Information Services.

2. Participates in/on a variety of committees, task forces, boards, meetings, and/or other related groups in order to receive and/or convey information.

3. Participates in shared governance through service on planning and/or operations committees and task forces.

4. Performs related duties and responsibilities as required.

1. Managerial principles and practices.

2. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) HR, Student and Financial systems such as PeopleSoft.

3. Computer programming languages, utilities, business applications and operating systems used within the District.

4. Database management systems.

5. Advanced principles and techniques of systems analysis application design and computer programming and documentation.

6. Operation, capabilities and limitations of enterprise systems.

7. Computer and network equipment information service operations.

8. Computer backup and security techniques and issues.

9. Higher education administrative practices.

10. Budgeting principles and practices.

11. Project management principles and practices.

12. Policies and objectives of assigned program and activities.

13. District organization, operations, policies and objectives.

1. Leadership, supervisory and managerial principles and practices, including selection, training, evaluating and discipline.

2. Planning, organizing, and managing the day-to-day activities, services and operations of the Department’s systems and programming staff.

3. Analyzing user needs and developing effective systems and programs.

4. Analyzing and evaluating enterprise business systems.

5. Designing, coding, compiling and implementing structured computer programs.

6. Analyzing and troubleshooting difficult situations accurately and adopting an effective course of action.

7. Planning and coordinating the effective utilization and customization of software and hardware to meet District needs.

8. Performing difficult and complex programming in the analysis of systems requirements and development of computer applications.

9. Interpreting complex data and information.

10. Applying principles and techniques of computer programming to specific user needs and problems.

11. Developing technical documentation.

12. Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.

13. Reading, interpreting, applying, and explaining rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.

14. Communicating clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.

15. Maintaining sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, age, cultural, physical or mental disability, medical condition, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, nationality, race, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, faculty, and staff.

16. Mediating difficult and/or hostile situations.

17. Preparing and administering department budgets.

18. Providing technical assistance to District’s system users.

19. Working independently with little direction.

20. Preparing and maintaining detailed records and prepare reports, proposals, policies, and programs.

21. Providing project leadership for user department staff, vendors and other project personnel.

22. Translating departmental requirements into technical specifications, database designs, and web page layouts.

23. Establishing and meeting project schedules and timelines.

Environmental Conditions: Office environment; exposure to computer screens, noise and electrical energy; and extensive contact with faculty and staff.

Physical Conditions: Essential functions may require maintaining physical condition necessary for extensive use of a computer keyboard; maintaining physical condition necessary for ambulating for extended periods of time; and visual acuity for creating computer-generated work and reading printed materials.