SITE SERVICES SPECIALIST II

​Agency: Department of Natural Resources
Class Title: Site Services Specialist II 
Skill Option: None 
Bilingual Option: None 
Closing Date/Time: 04/24/2025
Salary: Anticipated Starting Salary $5,423 Monthly; Full Salary Range $5,423 - $7,721 Monthly
Job Type: Salaried Full Time
Category: Environmental & Natural Resources 
County: Henry
Number of Vacancies: 1
Plan/BU: RC062

 

 

 

This position is a union position; therefore, provisions of the relevant collective bargaining agreement/labor contract apply to the filling of this position.

 

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Posting Identification Number  12-35-45879 

 

 

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Position Overview

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is looking to hire a Site Services Specialist 2 for the Bishop Hill State Historic Site. The Site Services Specialist will oversee and participate in the research, planning, implementation and demonstration of interpretive programs, conduct tours of the site, participate and train site maintenance staff in the proper handling, cleaning and repair of artifacts, and numbering and cataloguing of historical items The ideal candidate will be possess supervisory experience, maintenance experience, public speaking experience, writing experience and relationship building experience. Bishop Hill was the site of a utopian religious community founded in 1846 by Swedish pietist Eric Janson (1808-1850) and his followers. Many consider the Jansonist emigration as the beginning of Swedish America. A number of historically significant buildings have survived and are scattered throughout the village. We welcome interested applicants who would like to be part of this team to apply today.

Essential Functions

• Coordinate site interpretive programs
• Serves as designated lead worker
• Oversees costume and genealogy programs
• Assists Site Superintendent in coordination and planning of site maintenance
• Organizes and participates in the fabrication of exhibits and educational materials
• Maintains and inventories the site's artifacts
• Oversees various reports related to Bishop Hill
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires knowledge, skills and abilities equivalent to a bachelor's degree with courses in history, archaeology, anthropology, cultural science, park and recreation programming, liberal arts, or museum studies supplemented by four years of related historic site interpretive program coordination or functional supervisory experience. Related experience may be substituted for college education, but completion of high school or possession of a G.E.D. Certificate is a minimum educational requirement. 

Preferred Qualifications

• Two (2) years of working knowledge of the principles and practices of site administration, including site interpretation, natural and/or cultural resource conservation, genealogical research methods, curatorial techniques, structural grounds maintenance, public relations, and personnel administration. 
• Two (2) years of working knowledge of American and Illinois history.
• One (1) year of experience expressing ideas clearly and concisely both orall