Founded in 1961, Sandy Spring Friends School is a progressive, coed, academically-rigorous day and boarding school serving approximately 600 students from age three through 12th grade. The campus is located on 140 acres in the historic Sandy Spring area of Montgomery County, Maryland, and the School is approved by the Maryland State Board of Education and accredited by the Association of Independent Maryland Schools.

SSFS offers an inquiry-based college preparatory program that emphasizes deep understanding throughout the curriculum while encouraging collaboration, instilling confidence, fostering practical experience, and cultivating respect for others. The School's teachers help students internalize a process we call "QRA” —Question, Reflection, Action—which ensures that they think critically, integrate new knowledge, and apply what they learn. We help students develop their individual sense of purpose as they become caring citizens of the world.

Our school’s culture, rooted in the idea that collaboration engenders achievement, can be traced to our Quaker heritage and abiding belief in the Quaker values of simplicity, equality, honesty, stewardship of the environment, and peaceful resolution of conflict. Our teachers are lifelong mentors and strive to identify and cultivate each student’s intellectual, extracurricular, and social passions. In doing so, we help shape students whose actions speak volumes and whose lives become exemplars—not only among their peers and families today but also in their personal, educational, and professional communities long after high school. Sandy Spring Friends School students are taught to act upon what they learn. This call to action propels their accomplishments as graduates, in college, and beyond.

IT Project Manager, Full time, Exempt, 12 month

Summary:  The IT Project Manager supports technology across all of the School’s functional areas. The position will be responsible for designated technology systems and will help ensure continuity of all IT services. We seek an aspiring technology leader, excited by collaboratively managing the technology infrastructure of a pK-12 independent school. The position reports to the Director of IT and works closely with the Director to proactively identify and improve the use of technology throughout all of the school’s operations. The position provides direct support to end-users, and will also manage certain vendor relationships. This position is part of the five-person IT department, and may also be asked to teach technology-related classes in the future. The position works normal school hours (7:45 - 4:45) and occasional evening or weekend hours. This is a full-time, 12 month, exempt position.

Job Functions Include:

• Configure and deploy computers for faculty, staff, and students.

• Support students, faculty, staff, and parents with all types of tech support needs.

• Demonstrate a passionate commitment to the rapid resolution of all support requests.

• Manage IT equipment inventory including ordering and asset management.

• Manage identification badge printing and building door-access system.

• Install projection and audio-visual equipment, including data and AV cabling.

• Support audio-visual needs of various school events including occasional evening or weekend events, both virtual and in-person.

• Manage IT systems including mobile device management, print server, phone server, and copiers.

• Assist in the maintenance of network switches and servers.

• Seek out and proactively move forward improvements to the quality of IT services, customer service, and operational efficiency of IT for teachers, staff, and students.

• Provide training and support on-demand for a variety of software to staff and administrators.

• Regularly review system logs and alerts to interpret events needing remediation.

• Create and maintain detailed documentation for various IT software and hardware systems, including screencasts for end users.

• Collaborate with IT and IG teams implementing IT processes for effectiveness, security, and redundancy, resulting in robust productivity for end-users.

• Support certain administrative needs of the IT department, including purchasing reconciliation.

• Manage the IT department calendar, including audio-visual event coverage assignments.

• Lead the IT department when the Director of IT is unavailable. 

• Other duties as assigned.

Physical Requirements: Lifting, carrying, installing, and positioning computer equipment such as computers, projectors, printers, and peripheral devices. Daily desk work, including significant amounts of telephone and computer time as well as mobility around the entire campus. This includes frequent walking, transporting equipment, as well as managing stairs as a part of daily routines and response to support requests. 

Required Experience/Knowledge:

• Bachelor’s degree.

• Experience configuring computers, printers, and related peripherals.

• Experience with computer systems management and mobile device management.

• Experience creating user-friendly documentation for technology systems.

• Experience with computer projection audio-visual systems.

• Experience with Windows Active Directory user management.

• Experience with Mac OS.

• Experience with databases.

• Experience within a customer-service focused environment.

• Ability to work independently and prioritize complex project-oriented work with competing priorities.

• Ability to efficiently troubleshoot and resolve complex technology issues in a high-paced environment.

• Ability to communicate concise, meaningful, timely information to a variety of audiences.

• Demonstrated oral and written communication skills, organization, attention to detail, and desire to meet or exceed deadlines.

• Willingness to pitch in wherever needed, take responsibility, and lead by example.

Desired Experience:

• Experience teaching students and supporting teachers at the K-12 level.

• Experience configuring iPads and ChromeBooks.

• Experience with Windows Server, PowerShell, batch scripting, group policy, sites & services, DNS, DHCP, etc.

• Experience with Veracross, Canvas, Google Workspace, PaperCut, FileMaker, Adobe Creative Cloud, Casper JAMF, Mitel Connect, Ricoh copiers, and Microsoft Intune.

• Experience with database administration.

• Experience with Linux OS/CLI and Xen virtualization.

• Experience with wireless controllers, network switches, and LAN/WAN topology.

• Experience with microphones and sound boards.

• Experience hosting Zoom meetings and webinars.

• Experience with a coding or scripting language.

Commitment to Diversity:  Sandy Spring Friends School embraces the Quaker testimony of Equality and seeks applicants who represent all backgrounds and demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We greatly value our diverse student population with 42% of students self-identifying as people of color and 89 international students representing 21 different countries. We actively seek faculty representative of our students’ diversity. Click to learn more about diversity at Sandy Spring Friends School. Special consideration may be given to members of The Religious Society of Friends.   

Sandy Spring Friends School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or a person's status as a qualified candidate with a disability in administration of its educational program, admission policies, financial aid program, staff hiring and other school-administered programs.

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