CCR2010130-Attachment
City of Muskego
Revised(new) Position Description
John Wisniewski GIS/IS Department
Name: Department:
Director of Information Technology M63 E
Position Title: Pay Grade: FLSA:
December 14, 2010 Mayor
Date: Reports To:
2010 Salary Scale: Min. $69,369 Midpoint: $81,610 Maximum: $93,852
Purpose of Position
The purpose of this position is to plan, direct, administer, and supervise city information technology activities,
initiatives, and personnel. The work is performed under the direction of the Mayor and Common Council.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
The following duties are normal for this position. These are not to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive.
Other duties may be required and assigned.
Provides leadership and direction in the development of long and short range information technology plans and
objectives.
Develops information technology policies, procedures, and standards and ensures conformance.
Prepares citywide information technology annual operating and capital budgets. Assures effective and efficient use
of budgeted funds, personnel, and resources. Monitors and approves expenditures.
Researches future system trends and evaluates new technology.
Works with city departments to develop specific technology plans and implement systems that support their
respective goals.
Coordinates technical support and training for city computer users.
Supervises department personnel. Prioritizes, assigns and reviews work. Evaluates performance, recommends pay
increases, and implements discipline. Maintains work standards and evaluates performance. Approves employee
time accounting and vacation/leave requests.
Develops desktop and web based computer applications.
Advises city officials, department heads, employees, and the Mayor regarding the effective use of information
technology.
Identifies and recommends hardware/software system purchases. Manages and coordinates all information
technology related vendor contracts.
Responsible for the design, configuration, installation, and maintenance of the city’s workstation environment,
servers, network infrastructure, websites, software systems, and associated peripherals.
Participates in a variety of city, staff, and departmental meetings regarding information technology matters.
Ensures that city systems properly, efficiently, and securely interface with state, county, and other local systems.
Identifies and resolves computer system problems. Tests systems to ensure proper performance and stability.
Implements security practices and protocols to ensure a stable, secure, and efficient network infrastructure is
maintained.
Responsible for city telecommunication systems, including, cellular, telephone, and 911 operations.
Formulates information technology disaster recovery plans. Responsible for data backup and recovery.
Manages the city Geographic Information Systems (GIS) program. Performs system administration, application
development, and project management. Coordinates GIS data management and dissemination. Plans and
coordinates the development and growth of GIS services within departments.
Maintains knowledge of municipal government information technology functions relating to automated system
applications, technology changes and suitability, personnel training principles and techniques, and computer
languages.
Provides technical support for public access terminals and provides assistance to general public in their use.
Administers Global Positioning System (GPS) software and hardware systems.
Additional Tasks and Responsibilities
While the following tasks are necessary for the work of the unit, they are not an essential part of the purpose
of this position and may also be performed by other unit members.
Assists city departments with technical, physical, and non-technical tasks.
Participates in on-going training.
Performs network/telephone cabling tasks.
Purchases information technology supplies.
Maintains inventory and maintenance records for information technology systems.
Submits bills for payment.
Minimum Training and Experience Required to Perform Essential Job Functions
Bachelor’s degree in, Management Information Systems, Computer Science or related field, with five to seven
years related experience, or any combination of education and experience that provides equivalent knowledge,
skills, and abilities. Supervisory experience is required. Experience with project management, modern IT
principles and technologies, application development, telecommunications, network operations, server
administration, workstations, relational database technology, and GIS is required. Valid Wisconsin motor vehicle
operator’s license required.
Physical and Mental Abilities Required to Perform Essential Job Functions
Language Ability and Interpersonal Communication
Ability to decide the time, place, and sequence of operations within an organizational framework, and to oversee
their execution. Ability to analyze data and information using established criteria, in order to determine
consequences and to identify and select alternatives. Ability to compare, count, differentiate, measure, copy, record
and transcribe data and information. Ability to classify, compute, tabulate, and categorize data.
Ability to counsel, treat and mediate, and/or provide first line supervision. Ability to persuade, convince, and/or
train others, including the ability to act in a lead worker capacity. Ability to advise and interpret how to apply
policies, procedures, guidelines and standards, to specific situations.
Ability to utilize a variety of advisory and design data and information such as budgets, invoices, journal entries,
financial statements, invoices, computer software/hardware manuals, grant applications, flow charts, diagrams,
maps, non-routine correspondence, contracts, computer journals/textbooks, computer languages and accounting
methods.
Ability to communicate orally and in writing with city employees, Mayor, Common Council, other information
technology professionals, computer software and hardware consultants, vendor representatives, schools, and
citizens.
Mathematical Ability
Ability to apply algebraic and trigonometric formulas, calculate percentages, fractions, decimals, ratios, present
values, and spatial relationships. Ability to interpret basic descriptive statistical reports.
Judgment and Situational Reasoning Ability
Ability to use functional reasoning in performing influence functions such as supervising, managing, leading,
teaching, directing, and controlling.
Ability to exercise the judgment, decisiveness and creativity required in situations involving the evaluation of
information against measurable criteria, and against sensory and/or judgmental criteria.
Physical Requirements
Ability to operate equipment and machinery with some requiring complex and rapid adjustments, such as
computers, printers, modems, fax machine, telephone, calculator/adding machine, cabling tools, and common hand
tools. Ability to coordinate eyes, hands, feet and limbs in performing slightly-skilled movements such as rapid
keyboard use.
Ability to exert very moderate physical effort in sedentary to light work, typically involving some combination of
stooping, kneeling, crouching and crawling, lifting, carrying, pushing and pulling. Ability to sustain prolonged
visual concentration and stand for long periods of time.
Ability to recognize and identify degrees of similarities or differences between characteristics of colors, shapes and
textures associated with job-related objects, materials and tasks.
Environmental Adaptability
Ability to work under generally safe and comfortable conditions where exposure to environmental factors such as
repetitive computer keyboard use, irate individuals, intimidation, toxic agents, electrical currents, hazardous
materials, explosives and disease may cause discomfort and poses little risk of injury.
The City of Muskego is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act,
the City will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both
prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with the employer.
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