Associate Director

Position Overview

The Division of Family & Community Services is seeking to hire a dynamic Associate Director; an independent and critical thinker who is organized, detail-oriented, strategic mindset, and a motivational leader with the ability to communicate vertically and horizontally to oversee the Office of Adult Services & Basic Supports for the Department of Human Services. The Associate Director will provide administrative direction to the Departments’ domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, food assistance, Title XX, and other Adult Services and Basic Supports programs and grant management. The Division’s mission is to assist Illinois residents by connecting them with public assistance programs and services. Through its programs, services, and prevention efforts, the Division improves the health and well-being of individuals and promotes self-sufficiency and integrity of families of Illinois.

Essential Functions

• Serves as Associate Director of the Office of Adult Services and Basic Supports, providing policy leadership, overseeing state and federal program design, implementation, and service delivery to Illinois residents.

• Serves as full-line supervisor.

• Leads the strategic development, oversight, and compliance for grant programs, initiatives, funding opportunities, grantee contracts and fiscal management for Adult Services and Basic Supports.

• Provides administrative direction to the Departments’ domestic violence, human trafficking, food assistance Title XX, and other special projects related to Adult Services and Basic Supports programs, assessing fiscal and programmatic compliance and the current service delivery system for appropriateness and effectiveness, and developing and implementing changes where needed.

• Speaks on behalf of the Department, Secretary and the Division Director and commits the Department and the Secretary to specific courses of action.

• Verifies required and mandated legislative reports are submitted, develops, and implements office’s strategic plan, and confirms compliance with applicable State and Federal laws, rules, and regulations governing the services and supports these Bureaus and Offices administer.

• Performs other duties as assigned or required which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to completion of four (4) years of college with coursework in social or human services field.

• Requires prior experience equivalent to four (4) years of progressively responsible administrative experience in a health or human services organization.

Preferred Qualifications

• Five (5) years of professional experience planning for the effective utilization of program design, implementation, fiscal management, and monitoring resources for a public or private business organization.

• Five (5) years of professional experience managing and implementing grant programs, contract obligations and state/federal policies to providers and the public.

• Four (4) years managerial experience working with community groups, funders, and/or government agencies.

• Four (4) years of professional experience communicating clearly and effectively, problem solving as needed, orally and in writing, with small and large stakeholder audiences to ensure detailed and critical analysis of work performed.

• Four (4) years of professional experience meeting deadlines with strong attention to detail and the ability to utilize critical thinking skills while multi-tasking multiple projects.

• Four (4) years of professional supervisory experience assigning work, providing guidance to subordinates, recommending counseling and/or discipline following collective bargaining agreements, training staff, and preparing performance evaluations.

• Four (4) years professional experience planning, coordinating, implementing, and evaluating support services for a public or private organization.

• Four (4) years of professional experience developing, reviewing, implementing, and analyzing budgets for a public or private business organization.

• Three (3) years of professional experience utilizing public and business administration principles and practices.

• Three (3) years of professional experience developing processes, procedures, and guidelines for implementing programs for a public or private business organization.

Conditions of Employment

• Requires ability to travel in the performance of duties, with overnight stays as appropriate.

• Requires the ability to work outside of normal business hours.

• Requires basic proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.

• Certain provisions of the revolving door restrictions contained in 5 ILCS 430/5-45 apply to this position. As a result, the employee should be aware that if offered non-State employment during state employment or within one year immediately after ending State employment, the employee shall, prior to accepting any such non-State employment offer, notify the Office of the Executive Inspector General for the Agencies of the Illinois Governor (OEIG) or may be subject to a fine.

• This position has been found to meet the requirements in section 4A-101 of the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act requiring the occupant/employee to file a Statement of Economic Interest. The Illinois Governmental Ethics Act (5 ILCS 420/4A et seq.) requires certain state officials and employees to file annual Statements of Economic Interest with the Office of the Secretary of State that will be made available for examination and copying by the public. All employees required to file a Statement of Economic Interest are also required to file the Supplemental Statement of Economic Interest with the Executive Ethics Commission. (See Executive Order 15-09) Fines and penalties apply to untimely filings.

*All conditions of employment listed are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as listed on the job description.