The successful candidate will be part of a team that manages the school’s PowerSchool Student Information System (SIS) and will provide for, development, data analysis, support, and advice to end-users of The ISF PowerSchool SIS.

Job Responsibilities: 

Development

• Participate in a variety of planning and development activities (e.g. planning meetings, committees, user interviews, etc.) to develop and maintain custom plugins for PowerSchool.
• Create and maintain custom pages and plugins in PowerSchool.
• Create web-based solutions to augment existing software platforms.
• Prepare a variety of materials (e.g. technical specifications, user manuals, project documentation, flowcharts, etc.) to document custom development.
• Assist with the integration of PowerSchool with other application systems.

System Administration and Reporting

• PowerSchool day to day system administration including scheduling, attendance, student data management, faculty data management, emergency/medical and health management, registration, and more.
• Design and administer reports utilizing PowerSchool’s built-in tools, Crystal Reports, and Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services.
• Creates custom reports, manages the PowerSchool report card process, and assists in class scheduling setup.

Training

• Provide support for the creation and delivery of training materials for stakeholder training.
• Perform one-on-one and group PowerSchool training with staff.

General responsibilities

• Work cooperatively with staff to perform job responsibilities as outlined.
• Actively and effectively communicate with stakeholders.
• Shares a commitment to the success of the mission, goals, and objectives of the ISF.
• Maintain a high level of confidentiality regarding student and staff information in order to remain in compliance with legal requirements and to maintain a professional work environment.
• Keep current with trends, developments, research, and initiatives relevant to student information systems and PowerSchool.

Requirements: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field preferred, with at least 3 years of server, database, and development experience. (Preferred in PowerSchool SIS administration and development)
• Experience in programming and application design with HTML, CSS, JavaScript PHP
• Knowledge of database administration and performance tuning in My SQL, MS SQL, and Oracle Database
• Strong customer service orientation, responding to customers (staff, parents, and students) needs in a timely manner
• Good command of Chinese (Cantonese and Putonghua) and English
• Organized and extremely detail-oriented
• Self-motivated, mature, and able to work independently as well as be a team player
• Ability to demonstrate analytical skills

The ISF Foundation, Academy & Pre-School are committed to ensuring safety and well-being of our students. We hold high standards of recruitment practices with the attention to child safeguarding. All applicants to us must be willing to undergo background checks and child protection screening.

Free Shuttle Bus travelling to and from The ISF Academy will be provided:

Route: North Point > Admiralty Centre > Causeway Bay > Aberdeen > The ISF Academy

Application Deadline: 30 September 2020 

Remuneration will commensurate with qualifications and experience. We will offer an attractive benefits package including medical, life, professional development & continuing education and transportation to the right candidate. Please submit your application by completing the Application Form, Reference Check Statement which could be downloaded from our website: www.isf.edu.hk together with full Curriculum Vitae and Covering Letter. Please quote with our “Ref: no.” by clicking 立即申請 

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