BUILDING/GROUNDS LABORER

Position Overview

Under immediate supervision of the Executive I, coordinates the logistics of conference room planning; arranges furniture in accordance with meeting room outline; monitors to ensure that all conference rooms are set up in advance of all scheduled meetings and events; serves as laborer at various regional field office locations; moves furniture within field offices; moves equipment; assists with the maintenance of records and files; delivers and checks quantity and quality of supplies; prepares receiving reports; provides property control for the region and conducts physical inventory of facilities.

Essential Functions

• Coordinates the logistics of conference room planning; arranges furniture in accordance with meeting room outline; monitors to ensure that all conference rooms are set up in advance of all scheduled meetings and events; drives to various regional office locations in performance of duties.
• Serves as laborer at various regional field office locations; moves furniture within field offices; moves equipment; assists with the maintenance of records and files; organizes and boxes closed case files and assists with shipping; keeps logs of furniture and equipment moves.
• Delivers and checks quantity and quality of supplies; prepares receiving reports; assembles and packs materials; loads and unloads supplies and equipment.
• Provides property control for the region; schedules and conducts physical inventory of facilities; coordinates, assigns and places tags to all newly purchased equipment, transferred items from other state agencies and all lease purchased equipment; provides assistance in resolving inventory discrepancies; assists in movement of the surplus of equipment to CMS Property Control from Chicago.
• Operates various types of equipment such as postage meter, duplicating, faxing, and copying machinery; monitors to ensure the maintenance of equipment in various field offices.
• Prepares and maintains a variety of records on supportive operations.
• 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 years high school.

Conditions of Employment

1. Requires possession of an appropriate valid driver’s license.
2. All conditions of employment listed here are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as listed in the job description

About the Agency

DCFS is deeply committed to the welfare and protection of children. Our goal is to protect children by strengthening and supporting families. In every effort, from receiving hotline calls to reaching family reunification or foster care and adoption, children and families are our focus.

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)