Supervisor of Information Technology

South Shore Regional Centre for Education

The South Shore Regional Centre for Education (SSRCE) practices the culturally responsive pedagogy approach in providing an inclusive, diverse, equitable, safe and healthy education that supports learning and success both personally and academically to the 59,000 residents of Lunenburg and Queens Counties, an area of 5,250 square kilometres and a total of 23 schools.

Regional Centres for Education have Employment Equity Policies and/or processes and we actively encourage applications from under-represented groups, particularly people of African Nova Scotian, African Canadian and African ancestry and Mi’kmaw/Indigenous ancestry. Please ensure that you complete the self-identification portion on the position application.

Position:                               Supervisor of Information Technology

Reports to:                           Manager of Information Technology

Employee Group:                Non-Union

Application Deadline:         Tuesday August 4, 2026 at 11:59pm (AST)

Rate of Pay:                         Band 8 

Work Schedule:                   7 hours per day, 12 months of the year

Start Date:                            Permanent, effective immediately

Qualifications:
•    A degree, diploma or certification in technology.
•    Three years of relevant work experience in a network administration position or Windows/Linux server environment
•    Linux certification would be an asset
•    Email system administration an asset
•    Experience with content management systems Wordpress and Google Sites an asset
•    Certifications such as MCP, MCITP, CCA CompTIA Security+ considered an asset

Characteristics:
•    Team player who works effectively and cooperatively with all SSRCE employees.
•    Self-starter, open to testing new ideas that may improve learning environment and overall performance.
•    Excellent time management and interpersonal communication skills.
•    Confidentiality, diplomacy and tact.
•    Flexibility in work schedule as required.
•    Knowledge of South Shore Regional School Board policies, processes and development that affects web development and IT implementation.
•    Highly developed problem solving skills to overcome and provide solutions to a variety of IT issues that may arise in our environment.
•    A commitment to continued personal growth and development
•    Strong organizational ability

Task Dimensions:
•    Implements and maintains technical and computer-related information systems used by staff in the South Shore Regional Centre for Education office, and bus garages. For example:

• Developing, testing, installing and providing documentation for the various hardware devices (servers, desktops, laptops, handheld wireless devices of all types and access points etc.) and software applications used in the SSRCE office environment.


• Installing and maintaining virtual servers as required.


• Maintaining physical and logical security of hardware and software including proactive intrusion detection and prevention.


• Maintaining network function and service.


• Performing secure backup and restore functions for all Regional office data.


• Maintaining communication and consistency in practice with the Technology Centre.


• Responding to problem reports, machine crashes, support requests, hardware failures and power outages in a timely manner.


• Maintaining systems to be able to respond to these problems within timelines as determined in disaster recovery guidelines.


• Leading and providing expertise in system usage to the office staff.


• Maintaining password and group files, VPN and network configurations.


• Maintaining systems to be able to respond to these problems within timelines as determined in disaster recovery guidelines.


• Performing hardware and software maintenance and upgrading to the office’s laptop and notebook computers and associated hand-held equipment as required and maintains current records associated with equipment of RCE Office employees.


• Participating in professional development activities to remain current and knowledgeable of new developments.


• Actively participating in regional PSS/Ops technology team meetings.

•    Complies with the Occupational Health and Safety Act and Regulations.

•    Other duties as assigned from time-to-time.

Thank you for your interest in the South Shore Regional Centre for Education, however, only those shortlisted for an interview will be contacted.