IS Business Automation Specialist (Water Division)

The Department of Natural Resources is recruiting for an IS Business Automation Specialist for the Water Division http://dnr.wi.gov/environmentprotect/water.html. The position is located in our Central Office in downtown Madison with responsibilities statewide. Travel within the state and occasional national travel is required.

Job Duties:
This IS Business Automation Specialist is responsible for leading, from inception to completion, multifaceted IS projects with significant impact to the DNR Division of Water and federal and local units of government within and outside the State of Wisconsin. This position must ensure project compliance with agency development policies, procedures and standards as well as enterprise-wide standards.

In addition to the analysis, design, and project maintenance, this position manages the fiscal resources associated with projects and is responsible for the planning and budgeting of resources, work flow and project delivery. S/he will identify statistical needs and develop programs capable of producing meaningful data reports for the Department. Through interviews and communication with Division, Bureau, Region and federal management, this automation expert must continually maintain information systems for the support of the water program’s business needs focusing on WEB and related technologies. S/he must understand the water program’s organizational goals to enable him/her to identify process refinements and potential ideas for process improvements that might benefit from the application of automation technology. S/he must coordinate work efforts, communicate status, effectively negotiate timelines and project concerns and provide direction and consultation to all levels within the organization including Division Administrators, Bureau Directors, Water program specialists and IS staff and other municipal and Federal agencies.

Under general supervision, this position provides professional program area liaison, business process and data steward work for the Division of Water. This position is the primary division representative for IS purposes, translating user, managerial and system operational requirements among constituencies, as well as various reporting processes and interfaces to other Departmental and Federal software applications. The position incumbent also function as the Division’s representative or contact for various Agency/Department-wide IT committees.

Job Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge and experience with water management programs including data systems, software and web-based application design principles.
• Knowledge and experience in the development and management of natural resource information systems including, field data collection (e.g. field computers and GPS), data modeling, GIS, and the creation of natural resource applications.
• Knowledge of information system analysis, investigating parameters, and developing prototypes for employing complex technology into system development projects.
• Knowledge of short and long-range planning methods, team building and negotiating.

How To Apply:
If you wish to apply for this position you will be required to complete an online exam. Your responses are considered an examination and will be used to determine the eligibility for this vacancy. To find out how to apply online, go to Wisc.Jobs, http://wisc.jobs/public/index.asp by either clicking on “Log In” to access existing Wisc.Jobs Account and completing a Job Search for keyword 1001279 and clicking on “Apply Now” or applicants new to Wisc.Jobs will need to create a new account. You will be asked to complete an initial application, you will then take the examination. Responses should be limited to a maximum of two pages per question.

When you are finished with each page of the exam, click the ‘Save and Continue’ button (bottom of the screen) to save your answers. When you are finished with the exam, click the ‘Save and Finalize’ button and at the exam summary window click the ‘Finalize’ button. If you return later to update your exam you must Finalize again or your exam may not be considered.

The deadline to apply is April 12, 2010. Application materials will be evaluated and the top candidates will be invited to the next step in the selection process.

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