Requirements for position:

• Must have been an active volunteer with the Chapter for one year prior to the election date.
• Have a general background in the usage of current technologies to include web site continuity of operations.
• Have the ability to interface in a friendly and courteous manner with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, internal and external to the chapter.
• Develop a disaster recovery plan in the event of a catastrophic event to recover electronic information of the chapter that has been verified. 

• Demonstrated ability to provide vision and motivate teams towards execution of NCPMI corporate objectives. 

• Values membership input and works to uphold excellent customer relations.
• Ability to negotiate conflict and interpersonal dynamics to promote unity and realization of corporate objectives in support and alignment of the mission and objectives of the chapter per Article X, of the Chapter Bylaws.

The specific duties and responsibilities for VP of IT and Communications shall include, but not be limited to the following: 

• Comply with specifics for the role as written in Article V, Section 11 of the NCPMI Bylaws.
• Development of the Vice President Information Technology’s Annual Plan and Budget that must be submitted prior to the start of the relevant fiscal year.
• Support the VP of Marketing in the management of the approved Marketing budget to ensure that all funding is available and necessary for the successful execution of planned events to enhance chapter visibility to both internal and external stakeholders.
• Management of the approved information budget to ensure that funding is available as necessary for the successful execution of planned events.
• Oversight of the preparation and execution of other Chapter events as agreed to by the NCPMI Board. 

• Maintain an active awareness and understanding of the NCPMI Bylaws.

The Vice President of IT and Communications shall support the VP of Marketing in efforts to publicize the NCPMI chapter to the public, generate awareness of the NCPMI Chapter in the greater Triangle area and provide membership notices of meetings and other functions. In addition, the VP of IT and Communications will work with the VP of Marketing to provide liaison to the news media.

The VP of IT and Comm oversees the NCPMI Chapter e-mail account and website.                  

• The functions of the VP Information fall into three broad areas:
  • Communications
  • Technology 
  • Administration 

Responsibilities for each area will be generally described below in terms of the vision or mission for the responsibility.  It will be incumbent upon the Vice   President to appropriately staff their function to accomplish the specific operational and strategic objectives for their term. 

• Manage and coordinate all efforts of Communications, Technology and Administration Directors. 

• Establish a communications strategy and appropriate plans, policies and procedures to execute the strategy within the tenure of the position. 

• Establish a plan for coordinating past and future technology initiatives with the current chapter’s strategic plan and the tenure of the position.
• Establish a plan for the storage and retention of associated chapter documentation to include all meeting minutes for the Board of Directors.
• Establish formal processes and procedures to document all activities in communications, technology and administration to assure as feasible as possible, the knowledge transfer among team members and for successive Vice Presidents of Information Technology when assuming the position.
• Cross train positions when resources are available.