Community Services Regional Administrator
Blue Island, IL, US, 60406
Job Requisition ID: 52020
Opening Date: 01/12/2026
Closing Date: 01/26/2026
Agency: Department of Human Services
Class Title: SENIOR PUBLIC SERVICE ADMINISTR - 40070
Skill Option: General Administration/Business Marketing/Labor/Personnel
Bilingual Option: None
Salary: Anticipated Salary: $9,174 - $11,174 per month ($110,088 - $134,088 per year)
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time
County: Cook
Number of Vacancies: 1
Bargaining Unit Code: None
Merit Comp Code: Federally Funded, Gubernatorial (Management Bill) Exclusion from Collective Bargaining Coverage
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No matter what state career you’re looking for, we offer jobs that fit your life and your schedule—flexible jobs that provide the gold standard of benefits. Our employees can take advantage of various avenues to advance their careers and realize their dreams. Our top-tier benefits and great retirement packages can help you build a rewarding career and lasting future with the State of Illinois.
Position Overview
The Office of Contract Administration seeks to hire a Community Services Regional Administrator to expedite policy and plans and develop, coordinate and execute activities to monitor and support the programs of the Bureau with local agencies and oversee the Fiscal and Administrative Compliance Monitoring Activities to meet Grant Accountability and Transparency Act (GATA), 2 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 200 and 89 Illinois Administrative Code section 509.70 and Uniform Grant Agreement. Manages and coordinates multi-disciplinary planning, development and administration of quality assurance monitoring and certifications at the grantee level. Plans and directs collaboration with Division bureau/program staff regarding grant reviews, orientations. Travels in the performance of job duties.
Essential Functions
- Serves as the Regional Administrator for Region 2, Bureau of Community Support Services.
- Manages and coordinates multi-disciplinary planning, development and administration of quality assurance monitoring and certifications at the grantee level.
- Serves as full-line supervisor.
- Plans for the efficient utilization of Community Support Services resources, i.e., fiscal management, personnel management, budget analysis and preparation, area goals and objectives, development and public relations.
- Directs and coordinates the development of monitoring tools, criteria and procedures in conjunction with Division programs, to ensure that program guidelines and policies are monitored in accordance with DHS/OCA rules.
- Plans and directs collaboration with Division bureau/program staff regarding grant reviews, orientations.
- Performs other duties as required or assigned 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.
- Requires four (4) years progressively responsible administrative grant experience in a public or private organization.
Preferred Qualifications
- Four (4) years of professional experience ensuring detailed and critical analysis of work performed is consistent with Grants Accountability and Transparency Act (GATA) and 2 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 200, 89 Illinois Administrative Code, Section 509.70, and Uniform Grant Agreements.
- Four (4) years of professional supervisory experience managing personnel, assigning work, providing guidance to subordinates, recommending counseling and/or discipline following collective bargaining agreements, training staff and approving time off.
- Four (4) years of professional experience directing, planning, and implementing successful administrative and fiscal monitoring and quality assurance analysis/assessments of funded grantees for a public or private business organization.
- Four (4) years of professional experience working with and communicating with private and public entities, recommending and ensuring best practices and strategies to ensure intended grantee outcomes are reflected in the communities served including composing, proof reading, and editing professional correspondence and reports.
- Four (4) years of professional experience developing, analyzing, ensuring implementation of and/or approving budgets, policies and procedures for a public or private organization.
- Four (4) years of professional experience providing training and technical assistance to staff relative to grantee’s fiscal and administrative performance outcomes.
Conditions of Employment
- Requires the ability to travel statewide with overnight says.
- Requires the ability to utilize software programs such as Microsoft Office Suite
*All conditions of employment listed are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as listed in the job description.
Work Hours: Mon - Fri, 8:30am - 5:00pm; 1-hour unpaid lunch
Headquarter Location: 3301 Wireton Rd, Blue Island, Illinois, 60406
Office of Contract Administration
Bureau of Community Support Services
Region II
Work County: Cook
Agency Contact: DHS.HiringUnit@illinois.gov
Posting Group: Leadership & Management; Social Services
About the Agency:
The Illinois Department of Human Services uplifts individuals and communities across Illinois. Our mission is to respond to the needs of all people in Illinois so they can lead healthy, safe, and enriched lives. Our vision is the future we are shaping with dignity and the well-being for everyone in Illinois. Our values are the principles that guide us as we work to remove systemic barriers and create lasting opportunities with Compassion, Accessibility, Responsibility, and Equity.
As a State of Illinois Employee, you will receive a robust benefit package that includes the following:
- A Pension Program
- Competitive Group Insurance Benefits including Health, Life, Dental and Vision Insurance
- 3 Paid Personal Business Days annually
- 12 Paid Sick Days annually (Sick days carry over from year to year)
- 10-25 Days of Paid Vacation time annually - (10 days in year one of employment)
- Personal, Sick, & Vacation rates modified for 12-hour & part-time work schedules (as applicable)
- 13 Paid Holidays annually, 14 on even numbered years
- Flexible Work Schedules (when available dependent upon position)
- 12 Weeks Paid Parental Leave
- Deferred Compensation Program - A supplemental retirement plan
- Optional Pre-Tax Programs such as Medical Care Assistance Plan (MCAP), Dependent Care Assistance Plan (DCAP)
- Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program eligibility
- GI Bill® Training/Apprenticeship Benefits eligibility for qualifying Veterans
- 5% Salary Differential for Bilingual Positions
- Commuter Savings Program (Chicago only)
For more information about our benefits please follow this link: https://cms.illinois.gov/benefits/stateemployee.html
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