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Programmer Analyst Senior

Employer
Hamilton County Department of Education
Location
Chattanooga, TN, United States
Salary
Competitive

Job Details

Overview

Pending approval of the SY23 ESSER 3 carryover budget by TDOE and HCS Board.

Hamilton County Schools, located in Chattanooga, TN, is the fastest improved school district in the state of Tennessee. Our mission is to create pathways to bright futures for all students in our community by helping to equip them with the skills, knowledge and supports required to realize their full potential.

We do this by focusing on five action areas in our strategic plan, Future Ready 2023:
  • Accelerating Student Achievement
  • Future Ready Students
  • Great Teachers and Leaders
  • Engaged Community
  • Efficient and Effective Operations

We are committed to excellence for every student and are seeking outstanding school support and district-wide staff who desire to make a difference in the lives of students. For classified employees who are interested in becoming teachers, we also offer our "Grow Your Own" program, with pathways to becoming a certified teacher. With nearly 80 schools located in urban, rural, and suburban communities, we are confident that you can find your place in Hamilton County.

The purpose of this position is to plan, design, develop, implement, and maintain custom applications across various HCS departments to support data collection, organization, and process workflow improvements.

Responsibilities

  • Imagines, designs, implements, and maintains custom built applications for HCS departments.
  • Works collaboratively across teams to gather team needs, use cases, consumer profiles, and end goals to build out a custom application designed to be user friendly and meet needs/goals of teams.
  • Maintains and improves existing application designs.
  • Works closely with the programming team to create database structures and data types designed to be connected to applications for the collection of data and reporting of data both inside of the application and in HCS Cognos environment
  • Designs user-friendly, branded, and compliant application designs geared towards the end user.
  • Monitors and ensures accuracy of all processing of information of live applications.
  • Handles routine requests for modifications or in-house additions to the applications.
  • Resolves complex problems relating to application error
  • Maintains existing application programs to reflect changes requested by the user.
  • Follows established procedures to ensure assigned areas and/or work areas are safe.
  • Works collaboratively with administrators, faculty, and staff.
  • Attends work regularly and arrives to work on time.
  • Maintains confidentiality.
  • Adheres to the Teacher Code of Ethics.
  • Acts in a professional, respectful, and welcoming manner at all times.
  • Creates a customer-focused climate and provides quality services and support to schools and other stakeholders.
  • Complies with applicable district, state, and federal codes, laws, rules, regulations, standards, policies, and procedures.
  • Writes reports on Cognos Analytics reporting platform.
  • Supports with design and development of other various data projects within the team.
  • Troubleshoots application level issues.
  • Performs other duties and responsibilities as necessary or as assigned.

Qualifications

Knowledge/Education/Experience:
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field preferred.
  • Five (5) years of programming and systems design experience, or other relevant work experience preferred.
  • Knowledge of Visual Basic .NET, C++, VB Script, JavaScript, SQL, HTML, CSS and C# preferred.
  • Knowledge of application development software
  • Knowledge of programming and design methods, practices and procedures required.
  • Or, any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this position.

Skills/Qualifications:
  • Skill in analyzing customer/client needs
  • Skill in creating, designing, programming and implementing and troubleshooting program applications
  • Skill in utilizing verbal and written communication to develop and present reports
  • Skill in utilizing customer service/public relation techniques when responding to inquiries and complaints.
  • Work evenings and weekends, sometimes with little advance notice, as needed.

Compensation:
Salary is based on a combination of relevant education and experience.
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Company

Hamilton County Schools, located in beautiful Chattanooga, TN, is hiring, supporting, and retaining outstanding top teaching talent. We are the fastest improved district in Tennessee and have a goal to become the best. With nearly 80 schools located in urban, rural, and suburban communities, we are confident that you can find your place in Hamilton County.

Why Join our Team?  

New Teacher Support: With our progressive three-year induction program for new teachers, you will have the following supports: 

  • New Teacher Academy 
  • First Year Mentor & Supportive Professional Development 
  • Whole-Teacher/Well-Teacher (wellness & mindfulness training) 

Leadership Opportunities: Grow your career with Hamilton County Schools, no matter your professional goals: 

  • Train to become a mentor teacher or professional development presenter
  • Obtain your National Board Certification and get a $4,000 salary increase 
  • Apply for leadership pipeline programs for instructional coaching or administration 
  • Be a part of innovative programs that are unique to Hamilton County like Teacherpreneur and STEM Fellows
  • Travel the world as a Fund for Teachers recipient

Experience all Chattanooga has to offer:

  • Chattanooga has a metro area of 500,000 people - not too big and not too small - and under two hours from Nashville, Atlanta, Knoxville, and Birmingham
  • Award-winning city for outdoor activities, music, art and culture
  • 25 + local music, art, and food festivals every year

We are seeking teaching candidates who are:

  • Committed to high academic achievement and high expectations for all students
  • Able to be a positive team-player and communicate effectively with colleagues, supervisors, students, and families
  • Open to being coached and receiving feedback in order to advance learning and growth for students
  • Experienced in high-need or Title-I School settings. Experience with English Language Learners is a plus.
  • Professionals with high personal standards and integrity

Compensation & Total Rewards 

  • Competitive salary range commensurate with experience
  • Comprehensive benefits package includes multiple health insurance options, vision, dental reimbursement, short and long-term disability, life insurance, on-site clinics, and a wellness program 
  • Childcare for Hamilton County teachers available in multiple schools 
  • Competitive retirement plans through Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System, including a hybrid 401k and pension plan. In 2018, TCRS was ranked in the top four best funded State Pension plans by the Pew Charitable Trust. 

About Hamilton County Schools

 Hamilton County Schools, located in beautiful Chattanooga, TN, is the fastest improving district in the state of Tennessee. We believe in success for all students and are dedicated to helping all students succeed to their highest potential.  With nearly 80 schools located in urban, rural, and suburban communities, we are confident that you can find your place in Hamilton County.

Who we serve: Hamilton County Schools serves over 42,000 students across our diverse county in urban, rural and suburban communities. Our families speak 125 languages and approximately 8.5% of our students are English language learners.

Our results: The state of Tennessee has recognized Hamilton County as an “Advancing” school district.

A few of our recent achievements include:

  • #2 out of 146 districts in the state of Tennessee for student growth and a Level 5 district for 2018-2019
  • 45 Level 5 schools and 32 reward schools
  • 16 Volkswagen E-Labs - the highest concentration of fabrication labs of any district in the US or abroad
  • Milken Award winning teacher; State Principal of the Year (2017)
  • 13 High Schools with over 18 Future Ready Institutes
Company info
Website
Telephone
4234987048
Location
3074 Hickory Valley Road
Chattanooga
TN
37421
US

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