Program Quality Assurance Specialist Trainee

Position Overview

Join our dynamic team as a Program Quality Assurance Specialist Trainee in the Office of Accountability! As a trainee, you'll embark on an enriching journey that includes agency-sponsored training programs to master the art of conducting quality assurance reviews for various programs, from meticulous grammatical reviews to in-depth financial statement assessments. Your role will involve collaborating with diverse stakeholders to ensure accuracy in cost calculations, ledger entries, and financial records, building a strong foundation for precise decision-making. Guided by seasoned professionals, you'll receive comprehensive on-the-job training, transforming your passion for accuracy into an invaluable skill set. 
 
Your journey doesn't end there. As a valued member of our team, you'll provide essential information and technical support to program participants, cultivating relationships that contribute to our program's success. Embrace growth by attending enlightening training seminars that deepen your knowledge and experience in program-related domains. Your multifaceted role also encompasses other responsibilities, contributing to the fluidity of our operations. 
 
To thrive in this role, you'll bring forth skills honed through equivalent college-level coursework in fields such as social sciences, business administration, energy conservation, or related disciplines. As a Program Quality Assurance Specialist Trainee (HSGC Trainee), you'll foster precision, collaboration, and growth, ensuring our programs achieve the highest standards of excellence. 
 
Elevate your career with us—apply now and be part of a journey that shapes quality assurance professionals of the future! 

Essential Functions

• Under immediate supervision, for a period of six to twelve months, participates in an agency sponsored training program to gain knowledge on conducting quality assurance reviews of DCEO programs including but not limited to fiscal and programmatic reviews.
• Completes training for reviewing financial statements, general ledgers, cost ledgers, journals, bank statements, and other supporting documents to ensure costs are charged and recorded accurately.
• Receives on the job training to assist Grantees with external audit requirements.
• Assists with providing information and technical assistance to program participants.
• Attends training seminars to obtain experience and knowledge relative to programs.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to completion of four years of college with coursework in the social sciences, public and business administration, energy conservation or a related field.
• Requires a minimum of six college semester hours of accounting or equivalent professional accounting experience.

Conditions of Employment

• Requires completion of a background check and self-disclosure of criminal history form.
• Requires appropriate, valid driver’s license.
• Requires ability to travel in the performance of duties, with overnight stays as appropriate.
• The conditions of employment listed here are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as listed in the job description.

Agency Statement

The mission of the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity is to support and maintain a climate that enables a strong economy for our customers - taxpayers, businesses, workers and communities - by keeping, attracting and growing businesses, maintaining a skilled workforce, and enhancing communities so that the climate here is one in which businesses, small and large, and workers, can succeed to the greatest extent possible.  The Illinois Department of Commerce delivers impactful and efficient programs and services through focused on business, community, and workforce development.