SUPERINTENDENT (CHICAGO)

POSITION OVERVIEW:

Subject to administrative approval of the Deputy Director, plans, develops, organizes, controls and manages the programs and operations at the Illinois Youth Center Warrenville; develops, recommends and implements policies and procedures pertaining to the programs and operations facility wide; develops and maintains ongoing communications with private and public organizations, officials of other departments, law enforcement agencies and various outside organizations; supervises staff.

Essential Functions:

• Plans, administers, and directs overall facility operations and programs activities.
• Serves as full line supervisor.
• Formulates and implements institutional directives, policies, procedures, and objectives governing employee and youth activities.
• Conducts inspections of facility grounds, buildings, and equipment for safety, security, sanitation, efficiency, and maintenance procedures to ensure the operational effectiveness of the facility.
• Maintains required records.
• Consults with court and law enforcement officials and other agencies or specialists regarding care and custody of youth.
• 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 a bachelor’s degree or advanced degree from an accredited college or university with a specialization in criminal justice, education, psychology, social work, or a closely related social science.

• Requires prior experience equivalent to four (4) years of progressively responsible administrative experience managing projects or people in a public or business organization with two (2) years of specific experience serving adolescents or young adults who are involved with the legal, child welfare, or behavioral health system.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prefers management experience within a juvenile justice secure facility or other residential setting.
• Prefers management experience in a collective bargaining environment, specifically following a labor contract while managing staff.
• Prefers experience delivering trauma-informed services to adolescents or young adults.
• Prefers knowledge of juvenile justice best practices including community-based alternatives to incarceration, Prison Rape Elimination Act requirements, and strategies to reduce confinement.
• Prefers knowledge of behavioral health care including adolescent brain development and trauma, crisis intervention, and individual and group skill-building modalities.
• Prefers experience with 24/7 on-call and management of crises.

Conditions of Employment:

• Requires the ability to pass an Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC)/ Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice (IDJJ) background check.
• Requires ability to pass a drug screen.  The use of unauthorized drugs, including cannabis, by an employee, regardless of position held is prohibited. 
• Requires the ability to travel in the performance of duties, with overnight stays as appropriate. 
• Overtime is a condition of employment, and you may be requested or required .mandated to worke overtime including scheduled, unscheduled, or last-minute overtime.  This requires the ability to work evenings and weekends.  This also required the ability to work in a 24-hour 'on call' capascity. 
• 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.
• The conditions of employment listed here are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as listed in the job duties as listed in the job description.