Transportation Assistant Division Director - Kanawha Co.

West Virginia; Charleston (WV); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

West Virginia Department of Transportation seeks an Assistant Division Director for the Information Technology Division. You will lead the division, report to the Division Director, manage major projects, supervise staff, and shape administrative strategy and budgeting across a complex IT environment.

This exempt, at-will position requires deep interpretation of statutes, regulations, and agency policies, with responsibility for directing operations and staff through a range of technical and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university.
• Seven (7) years of full-time or equivalent supervisory/admin experience in accounting, budgeting, operations, personnel, purchasing or technology.
• Travel may be required; a valid driver’s license is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Information Technology Division and report to the Division Director.
• Manage high-impact projects and supervise staff across the division.
• Develop administrative strategy, budget needs, and regulatory interpretations.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Budgeting

Operations management

Technology management

Administrative leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

**Disclaimer-this position will be considered classified-exempt and “at will.”

As the Assistant Division Director for the Information Technology Division at the West Virginia Department of Transportation, you will help lead the Division and report directly to the Division Director. In this role, you will manage high-impact projects, supervise staff, drive administrative strategy, and partner closely with teams across the agency to deliver reliable technology solutions. This position performs administrative work at the advanced level, managing an organizational section providing administrative and support services in a division where operations, policy, work processes, and regulatory requirements of the section are complex, varied, and dynamic. Work requires substantial depth of analysis and interpretation of theory, principles, practices, and regulations of a professional or administrative field. Duties involve the supervision of managerial, professional, technical and clerical employees. The scope of responsibility includes planning the operations and procedures of the unit; directing the work of employees; developing employees; evaluating unit operations; developing budget needs; researching new procedures and improvements; interpreting statutes, regulations, and policies. Direction at this level is over a larger more complex division with professional, technical and clerical employees. This position is granted the latitude to develop new methods and policies to improve overall organizational effectiveness. Complexity involves varied duties and many different and unrelated processes and methods are applied to a broad range of activities or substantial depth of analysis, typically for an administrative or professional field. Performs related work as required.

Note: More technical divisions will not have a training/education substitution.

**Preference may be given to Candidates with these qualifications**

TRAINING/EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university.
• Substitution: Experience, as described below, may be substituted for the training/education requirement through an established formula.

EXPERIENCE

• Seven (7) years of full-time or equivalent part-time paid administrative or supervisory experience in accounting, budgeting, business operations, personnel, purchasing or technology.
• Substitution: Successful completion of graduate coursework from a regionally accredited college or university may be substituted for up to two (2) years of the required experience through an established formula.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT

• Travel may be required, therefore; a valid driver’s license is required.

• Candidate Contact Name: Lena Shavers
• Phone Number:304-414-6816
• Email Address: [e-mail]