IT Team Leader

Agricorp is looking for a **Team Leader, IT portfolio** to join our Information Technology division. The Team Leader will be part of the Enabling Services portfolio and will provide day-to-day people management as well as technical leadership to a group of three team members, consisting of Senior Programmer Analysts and Senior Test Analysts with expertise on.Net system development, GIS systems and SharePoint 2013 and 2016 configuration.

As Team leader, and in collaboration with Business Analyst and Application Designer you will participate in the requirements review, system design, development and implementation of new initiatives on systems within your area.

**The Role**:

- Provide leadership to Senior Programmer Analysts and Senior Test Analyst for timely and effective delivery of the projects and production support activities
- Act as a resource to the development and design team to ensure the quality and timeliness of deliverables
- Gather related metrics, understand priorities and coordinate priorities across the team, reporting risks to the Senior Manager, Enabling Services on an on-going basis
- Monitor and provide related team metrics to the Senior Manager, Enabling Services such as status updates, team activities, time and resource allocations, risk assessments and project progress
- Ensure procedures and processes are in place to support production and operational activities
- Set and maintain coding standards, conduct code walkthroughs and reviewing technical specifications
- Contribute, along with peers, to annual planning activities under the direction of the Manager, Development Services ensuring alignment of team’s individual performance planning objectives to the strategic plan and departmental goals
- Develop annual performance objectives and individual development plans in partnership with each team member and conduct performance review meetings
- Provide coaching and mentoring to the team, develop learning goals and ensuring their ongoing professional development through training

**Job status**: Permanent position
**Salary**: $79,981 - $94,095
**Work Status**: full-time in office, remote or hybrid work arrangements available

**Qualifications**:

- Bachelor’s degree in computers, math, engineering or equivalent experience
- Experience in system development life cycle - prefer 5-7 years
- Minimum 3 years **.Net** development
- Minimum of **2 years of team leadership** or supervisory experience
- Experience with ARC**GIS** version 10.9.1 or higher (ESRI product) and associated software such as ARCMAP, ARCSDE and VertiGIS
- Experience with configuration of **SharePoint** version 2016 or higher as a document management repository
- Experience in data analysis with strong analytical skills to identify and address production issues
- Experience in code review, test code coverage and release management. C# development an asset
- Experience in system integration and data synchronization
- Experience with Agile methodology and Jira for task and work management

**Key Competencies**:

- **Client focus** - Provides service excellence to internal and external clients
- **Critical judgment, decision making, and problem solving** - Uses critical judgment to make decisions and solve problems involving varied levels of complexity, ambiguity, and risk
- **Leading teams** - Leads and supports the performance of a team towards achieving excellent results
- **Analytical thinking** - Interprets, links, and analyses information and situations by breaking them down into component parts, and identifying patterns, connections, and underlying issues
- **Initiative** - Identifies and deals with situations and issues proactively and persistently, seizing opportunities that arise
- **Achieving quality results** - Focuses efforts on managing one’s self to achieve high-quality results consistent with the organization’s standards and measures, while managing risk
- **Planning and organizing** - Develops, implements, evaluates and adjusts plans to reach goals, while ensuring the optimal use of resources

**Background**:
**Agricorp, an agency of the government of Ontario.**

Agricorp delivers government programs. These programs help protect the livelihood of over 47,000 Ontario farmers against the many risks farm businesses face every day. Our employees are skilled professionals who respond when industry and government need us, manage public funds with great care and integrity, and deliver a quality customer experience.

Agricorp helps grow Ontario agriculture. We underwrite $7 billion in risk each year. The agency was established in 1997, and in our first 25 years we made $7.5 billion in payments to farmers when they needed it most.

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted directly.