HOUSING AND RECOVERY SUPPORT ADMINISTRATOR
Chicago, IL, US, 60607
Job Requisition ID: 50021
Opening Date: 10/03/2025
Closing Date: 10/17/2025
Agency: Department of Human Services
Class Title: SENIOR PUBLIC SERVICE ADMINISTR - 40070
Skill Option: Health and Human Services
Bilingual Option: None
Salary: Anticipated Salary: $10,200 - $11,500 per month ($122,400 - $138,000 per year)
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time
County: Cook
Number of Vacancies: 1
Bargaining Unit Code: None
Merit Comp Code: Term Appointment/ Agency
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Position Overview
The Office of Olmstead is seeking to hire a Housing and Recovery Support Administrator to serve as policy-making official responsible for the policies and strategies which guide the operational efficiency and effectiveness of Colbert and Williams Consent Decree programs, particularly those focused on housing and recovery support services. The incumbent will monitor the performance of contracted agencies related to agencies’ compliance with their contracts and assist other members of the program leadership team to ensure that service delivery and transition processes are seamless for Class Members and Front Door Diversion consumers.
Essential Functions
- Serves as Housing and Recovery Support Administrator for the Colbert and Williams Consent Decrees.
- Organizes, plans, executes, controls, and evaluates ongoing recovery support and housing activities related to the Colbert and Williams Consent Decrees.
- Serves as spokesperson on behalf of the Office of Olmstead and the Consent Decree Administrator(s) with delegated authority to commit the Agency to specific courses of action relative to housing and recovery support services.
- Manages cost and provides input into the development of annual budget projects and monitors program expenditures for completion of the transition to ensure compliance.
- Serves as full-line supervisor.
- Reviews and analyzes course of action to determine the most effective strategic, efficient, and logic of the mitigation plans and development.
- 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 the completion of four (4) years of college.
- Requires prior experience equivalent to four (4) years of progressively responsible administrative experience in housing services, behavioral health, recovery support or related human services administration in a health or human services organization.
Preferred Qualifications
- Four (4) years of professional experience in developing and implementing policies, processes and strategies which guide the operational efficiency and effectiveness of vendors administering housing and recovery support programs.
- Four (4) years of professional supervisory experience in managing personnel, assigning work, providing guidance to subordinates, recommending and/or implementing counseling and/or discipline activities and training staff.
- Four (4) years of professional experience working with U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Continuum of Care processes and/or other federal and state housing programs and initiatives to meet consumer housing service needs.
- Four (4) years of professional experience communicating with diverse stakeholders both orally and in writing, including ability to prepare reports, develop policies and written procedural guidelines and presentations for diverse stakeholders, including ability to facilitate productive discussions and workgroups to support strategic planning for housing management and oversight of housing and other Consent Decree programs.
- Three (3) years of professional experience with state and federal statutes and regulations related to affordable or accessible housing for people with disabilities and/or behavioral health needs.
- Three (3) years of professional experience with grant management, budgeting, including financial costs and trends and contract execution.
Conditions of Employment
- Requires the ability to obtain SOAR (SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access and Recovery) certification within 120 days of hire.
- Requires the ability to travel in the performance of job duties.
- Requires basic proficiency in business and presentation software applications, 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
Work Location: 401 S Clinton St, Chicago, Illinois, 60607
Office of the Secretary
Administration
Colbert/Williams Consent Decree
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.
Term Appointment: Candidates hired into a term position shall be appointed for a term of 4 years and are subject to a probationary period. The term may be renewed for successive four-year terms at the Director of the Department of Human Services discretion.
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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