Trinity School, located on the Upper West Side of New York City, is a premier, nationally ranked institution with over 300 years of history dedicated to excellence in education and service to its community. Serving just over 1,000 students, Trinity is a school where teacher-student engagement, interpersonal relationships, and palpable joy are not only easily observed but also unapologetically paramount. To address the growing significance and complexity of the school’s technology program over the past several years, Trinity has created a new executive role, a chief information officer (CIO), to begin in the spring or summer of 2025. The CIO will oversee a new division and lead the integration of three currently separate technology units at Trinity: information technology, data / systems, and educational technology. The IT unit is led by a director who in turn manages a team of six; the other two units are smaller but play an important role in day-to-day school operations. The unification of these units will be essential to help academic and non-academic departments leverage technology more efficiently, effectively, and seamlessly. As such, the CIO will be empowered to improve workflows, examine policies, adjust operations, and reimagine roles and departmental structures. In addition, the CIO will have an opportunity to be a part of an early hire in the data / systems unit later this spring. The ideal candidate will be forward-looking and innovative, with an ability to lead at an enterprise level. At the same time, the next CIO must be ready to address immediate areas of opportunity with a hands-on, can-do, human-centered mindset. The CIO should also be mission-aligned and eager to serve Trinity’s relational community of learners and educators. Trinity is flexible on the start date for this on-site position, which could begin as early as the spring, or as late as summer 2025 if the right candidate needs more time to transition. The CIO will report directly to the head of school and serve as a member of the executive management team. 12M & Ed Tech Recruiting is running the search on behalf of Trinity School. Applications received by January 6, 2025 will receive priority review. For application instructions and the full job opportunity statement, please visit: www.EdTechRecruiting.com/jobs/Trinity/CIO
Important Information:
Priority Deadline: January 6, 2025 On-site Semifinal Round: Late January / Early February On-site Final Round: Weeks of February 10 & 17 Decision Announced: March 17, 2025 Start Date: July 1, 2025 Salary Range: $260,000 – $290,000 Reports To: Head of School Classification: Full-time, Exempt
Specific Duties:
Technology Division Administration
Oversee multiple functional units—IT infrastructure, data/systems, and educational technology—and all operations and project coordination within those units.
Serve as the direct supervisor to the director of technology and the SIS coordinator, and serve in a shared supervisory capacity with the divisional directors to the ed tech team.
Allocate time and resources toward sustaining a positive departmental culture, including goal setting and team building, and ensure that each member of the department has opportunities for professional growth.
Report directly the head of school, manage the departmental budget and perform other duties as assigned.
Technology Strategy
Lead a collaborative process to develop a strategic vision for technology that is aligned to Trinity’s overall strategic plan, values, and culture, and oversee the implementation of that strategy.
Run a technology department that supports academic innovation in a scalable and sustainable fashion while adhering to best practices for an enterprise environment.
Build departmental connections with academic, administrative, and operational constituents throughout the school.
Establish and maintain local, regional, and national partnerships to support the strategic goals of the school’s technology program.
Technology Operations Oversight
Ensure that the department responds to end-user needs, provides a reliable IT backbone, designs and delivers excellent end-user training, and aligns procedures to all-school needs.
Implement technology governance, planning, policies, and procedures within a management framework that both department members and constituents support.
Lead strategic decisions regarding hardware, software, systems, back-end infrastructure, and services to ensure cost-effectiveness; customer satisfaction; compliance; asset management; quality of service; and performance.
Provide executive oversight for compliance, data governance, and cyber resilience, safeguarding the school’s digital assets and operational continuity.
Qualifications and Qualities:
Qualifications
A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university is a minimum requirement, though a graduate degree is highly desirable
Director-level knowledge of departmental leadership, staff supervision and development, change management, and setting and achieving departmental goals
Experience in major areas of technology planning and administration, such as:
enterprise systems design and implementation, instructional technology innovation,
dataflow and data interoperability, project management, fiscal planning and
oversight, and end-user training
Qualities
An enterprise approach to technology management that supports individual needs
within a scalable framework for a multifaceted department at a dynamic K-12 school
An ability to plan and oversee concurrent technology-related programs and projects, and empower departmental leads to ensure completion and success
A passion and interest for managing all areas of technology—IT, data/systems, and instructional—even if prior experiences in these areas are not equal
An ability to build consensus among diverse groups, facilitate critical discussions within large groups, and instill confidence in colleagues during times of transition
A thoughtful but determined approach to team building and staff development
Inspirational and diplomatic leadership sensitive to the needs of a diverse faculty
A collaborative, cooperative, empathetic, collegial, innovative, and patient mindset
Exceptional communication skills: written, verbal, presentation, and training
An understanding of the diverse technology needs and organizational complexities of a large, high-achieving, multidivisional, and independent school
A commitment to the mission and values of Trinity School
Confidence and humility, together with a sense of humor and a warm personality
TO APPLY:
For more information please visit the following link, which contains the job opportunity statement and complete application instructions: http://www.edtechrecruiting.com/jobs/Trinity/CIO
Trinity School is a college preparatory, coeducational independent day school for Grades K-12, located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Founded as a charity school at Trinity Church in 1709 for 40 students, it moved to its current location in 1895 and now has an average enrollment of 1,000. Trinity is no longer sponsored by a specific religious body, and the Trinity community is characterized by religious, racial, and ethnic diversity. Since its founding, Trinity has continued its commitment to enroll a talented, motivated, and diverse student body from every economic and social background by providing over $4.5 million in financial aid to students at all grades. The school is organized into a Lower School (K-Grade 4), a Middle School (Grades 5-8) and an Upper School (Grades 9-12). The ratio of students to teachers is six to one. The faculty members of the school, with over 20 doctorates and 96 master's degrees from selective colleges and universities around the world, are extraordinarily talented and dedicated. Conversation between students and teachers is the essence of the Trinity education.
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An Equal Opportunity Employer, Trinity School seeks candidates who will add to the diversity of our school community. More than this, Trinity School is expressly committed to deepening its anti-racism practices and calls on all community members to engage in this work.
