IT Manager

IT Manager duties and responsibilities of the job

As a leader in the IT department, and an employee responsible for organisation-wide systems and information, an IT Manager's job description should include the following duties and responsibilities:

• Running regular checks on network and data security
• Identifying and acting on opportunities to improve and update software and systems
• Developing and implementing IT policy and best practice guides for the organisation
• Designing training programs and workshops for staff
• Conducting regular system audits
• Running and sharing regular operation system reports with senior staff
• Overseeing and determining timeframes for major IT projects including system updates, upgrades, migrations, and outages
• Managing and reporting on allocation of IT budget
• Providing direction for IT team members
• Identifying opportunities for team training and skills advancement

IT Manager job qualifications and requirements

As a manager in the organisation, the IT Manager job description should ask for several years of industry experience, and a qualification or degree in one of the following fields:

• Information Technology
• Science or Computer Science
• Management

Preferred Desirable experience and skills

• Programmers and software development
• Analyst-programmer
• Database developer
• Games programmer
• Programmer
• Web design and development professionals
• Internet developer
• Multimedia developer
• Web design consultant
• Information technology and telecommunications professionals not elsewhere classified
• IT consultant
• Quality analyst (computing)
• Software tester
• Systems tester (computing)
• Telecommunications planner

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