The Director of CIS will assign specific duties, but most duties will focus on coordinating CIS personnel and resources to provide efficient and responsive services to the members of the Institution. More specifically, the Assistant Director will:

• Assists the CIS Director to evaluate the effectiveness of CIS in meeting the information technology needs of the scientific, technical, and administrative staff of the Institution and to develop recommendations for improvement where appropriate.
  
  
• Coordinates CIS service offerings to ensure they are readily available and efficient to use by the Institution.
  
  
• Coordinates documentation, help desk support, training, and other communication efforts between CIS and the Institution.
  
  
• Identifies issues that cross CIS group boundaries and facilitates the resolution of those issues. Works with group managers to promote communications and cooperation between units. Represents the CIS Director in resolving routine operational issues internal to CIS.
  
  
• Assists in the development of new CIS services, including needs assessment, project planning, managing internal and external project teams, and documenting project progress and results.
  
  
• Assists with the development of operating and capital budgets.
  
  
• Assists in the selection of outside vendor products and in the monitoring of their services; may prepare RFP's.
  
  
• Acts as the CIS Director in his or her absence and represents the Director on internal and external committees as assigned.
  
  
• Performs other such duties as the supervisor may, from time to time, deem necessary.