Statewide Employment Recruitment Monitor

Position Overview

The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services is seeking an organized, professional, and results oriented individual to serve as Statewide Employment Recruitment Monitor. Under administrative direction, this position will manage the monitoring of statewide employee recruitment efforts for the DCFS Office of Employee Services (OES), with a focus on functions performed by contractual service providers. The position will monitor and review contractual human resources service providers to ensure contractors fulfill all contractual obligations in an effective, efficient manner and adhere to agreed-upon timelines. It will also collaborate with contractual public relations firms, as well as the Office of Communications, regarding the Department’s publicity efforts to promote employment opportunities. Additionally, the position will manage and review event costs and planning, including the coordination of the transport and storage of supplies and equipment at large events. This position provides a great opportunity for an organized, detail-oriented person with a focus on ensuring that Department recruitment efforts yield the greatest possible results. DCFS offers a competitive compensation plan, excellent benefits, and a pension program. The ideal candidate for this position will have excellent organizational skills and strong leadership skills. We invite you to join our innovative team to help make a positive difference in the lives of the children and families of Illinois.

Essential Functions

• Serves as Statewide Employment Recruitment Monitor.
• Develops and manages budgetary planning and preparation regarding recruitment-related expenditures for each fiscal year.
• Collaborates with contractual public relations firms, as well as the Office of Communications, regarding the Department’s publicity efforts to promote employment opportunities.
• Manages and reviews event costs and planning, including the coordination of the transport and storage of supplies and equipment at large events.
• Travels statewide to attend employee orientation sessions as a representative of the Office of Employee Services.
• Reviews the analysis and research of potential resources and methods of enhancing public representations of the Department’s employment opportunities and other effective methods of distributing information about employment.
• 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 of college.
• Requires three years of progressively responsible administrative experience in a public or private organization in the field of public relations, marketing, or human resources.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prefers three years of professional experience utilizing analytical skills to analyze and interpret data and report on trends in a public or private organization.
• Prefers three years of professional experience tracking and reporting key performance indicators (KPI) related to customer retention in a public or private organization.
• Prefers three years of professional experience working in the human resources area of a public or private organization.
• Prefers two years of professional experience using Microsoft Forms, Excel, PowerPoint, and Power Bi in a public or private organization.
• Prefers two years of professional experience working independently and exhibiting self-motivation and a strong attention to detail in a public or private organization.
• Prefers completion of a bachelor’s degree in public relations, marketing, human resource management, or business administration.

Conditions of Employment

1. Requires the ability to pass a background check.
2. Requires the ability to travel in the performance of duties. Requires appropriate, valid driver’s license.
3. 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.
4. The 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.