Business Systems Analyst II 1.0 FTE Office of School Modernization

Job description

Posting Timeline

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This job is open until filled.

Applications will be reviewed as received.

Portland Public Schools reserves the right to make a hiring decision at any point during the posting period.

Position Details

Portland Public Schools (PPS) is seeking talented people from diverse backgrounds and experiences to lead change and inspire PPS students.

At PPS, every employee, despite having different roles, is an educator.

We hope to attract talented educators who model the core PPS .

With the District’s focus on eliminating systemic racism and its adverse impact on student learning, we seek to hire individuals who bring to our district a deep commitment to racial equity and social justice.

The District is committed to equal opportunity and nondiscrimination in all its educational and employment activities.

The District prohibits discrimination based on perceived or actual race; national or ethnic origin; color; sex; religion; age; sexual orientation; gender expression or identity; pregnancy; marital status; veteran’s status; familial status; economic status or source of income; mental or physical disability or perceived disability; or military service.

504 Coordinator: Katie Loewen, , 503-916-3337 x63337
ADA Coordinator: Jey Buno,, 503-916-3360
Director of Civil Rights: Dr. Bobby Cruz, , 503-839-3660

Portland Public Schools and the Office of School Modernization (OSM) seek a Bond eBuilder Administrator (IT Business Systems Analyst II) to oversee the cloud-based financial and administrative software solution of the office managing bond-funded, construction capital improvements across the Portland Public School District.

The goal of the OSM is to design and construct capital improvements as identified by approved capital improvement bonds.

To date, voters have approved over $4B in bond funds that are being utilized across a wide range of design and construction projects.

The eBuilder Administrator provides administrative and technical support for OSM’s fiscal and project management system of record, eBuilder (Trimble Unity Construct).

The position develops and implements solutions to system functionality, enhancements, workflow processes, and technical issues.

The position collaborates with internal and external stakeholders, including eBuilder’s technical support team.

This position will be training internal and external users on the platform and is responsible for maintaining the relationship with the software vendor.

This position supports both the Office of School Modernization (OSM) and Facilities and Maintenance (FAM) departments and reports to the Bond Financial Services Manager.

Representative Duties:
The classification specification does not describe all duties performed by all incumbents within the class.

This summary provides examples of typical tasks performed in this classification.

Note: At the end of some of the duty statements there is an italicized “E”, which identifies essential duties required of the classification.

This is strictly for use in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

The Information Technology Business Systems Analyst series provides analysis of district technology systems at a district wide level.

Employees oversee the system development lifecycle from mapping out business needs and processes through the implementation of solutions, process and related testing of district software, databases and other application solutions to ensure the delivery of complete and effective software applications.

Employees collaborate with development and analytic teams, end users, vendors, district staff and others.

The Information Technology Business System Analyst II is the professional level in the classification series.

Employees perform the full scope of a specified functional area of business system analysis and gain familiarity with and participate in the full scope of Business system analysis.

Employees identify and deconstruct the needs of end users into language to assist software programmers, developers and quality testing including the evaluation and modification of systems to assure functionality and smooth integration of software across multiple platforms in the development and deployment of systems.

This classification series is distinguished from the IT Project Management classification series by the focus on workflow systems and quality assurance testing strategies and the requirement to map out processes for software development through live implementation.

Employment Standards:

Knowledge of:

Ability to:

Education and Training:

For all levels is typically obtained through the completion of a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, Computer Science, or closely related field and the following:

Experience: 

Special Requirements: 

Minimum Qualifications: 

Working Conditions:

The conditions herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Persons with certain disabilities may be capable of performing the essential duties of this class with or without reasonable accommodation, depending on the nature of the disability.

FLSA: Exempt
Bargaining Unit: N/A
Salary Grade: BSAII-34
 

Benefits Information

Portland Public Schools (PPS) offers several competitive and comprehensive benefit packages to employees.

Fringe benefits include medical, dental, vision, prescription, life and disability insurance, employee assistance program, 403(b) retirement savings plan and various leave and professional development programs.

Depending on the insurance option selected by the employee, there may be an employee contribution toward insurance.

Portland Public Schools is a public employer and participates in the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS/OPSRP).

Eligible employees are required by statute to contribute 6% of salary on a pre-tax basis to OPSRP/IAP, after serving six months under a PERS employer.

Required Skill Profession

Postsecondary Teachers