CRISIS COMMUNITY PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATOR

Position Overview

The Division of Mental Health is seeking to hire a Crisis Community Programs Administrator located in Chicago, Illinois. The incumbent will act authoritatively on policy-making issues impacting agency management and statewide agency operations. Formulates and implements policy impacting Crisis Community Programs which has a statewide impact for the total management process. Identifies federal and state human service funding opportunities and impact of grant funded programs on intellectually disabled communities.

Essential Functions

• Serves as the Administrator of Crisis Community Programs.

• Provides direction and guidance to staff to ensure effective implementation of Division of Mental Health (DMH) program, fiscal, and grant management based on Grants Accountability and Transparency Act (GATA) requirements.

• Identifies federal and state human service funding opportunities and impact of grant funded programs on intellectually disabled communities.

• Develops and maintains relationships with foundations and corporations in order to leverage and maximizes state and federal funding to provide support and enhance delivery of services.

• Develops the reporting and analysis of performance measures specific to grants to various audiences, including the governor’s office and the Department’s service delivery partners, to monitor on-going budget performance of grantees and grant appropriations.

• Serves as full-line supervisor. 

• Maintains awareness of changes to the grant and budget protocols and practices and ensures their implementation.

• Designs, develops, and implements measures to increase federal, foundation, and corporate funding to community mental health service delivery systems, while ensuring for budgeting of administration dollars to support the management of grants.

• Supports the development of evaluation designs to ensure the integration of process and outcome findings into program management.

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

Minimum Qualifications

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

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

Preferred Qualifications

• Three (3) years of management experience over grant-funded programs for a public or private organization.

• Two (2) years of management experience over crisis and/or crisis intervention programs for a public or private organization.

• Prefers a master’s degree in a health or human services related field.

Conditions of Employment

• 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 in the job description.