CRISIS COMMUNITY PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATOR

Agency: Department of Human Services
Class Title: SENIOR PUBLIC SERVICE ADMINISTR - 40070 
Skill Option: Health and Human Services 
Bilingual Option: None 

Opening Date: 10/10/2024
Closing Date/Time: 11/12/2024
Salary: Anticipated Salary: $11,000 - $12,480 per month ($132,000 - $149,760 per year)
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time 
County: Cook
Number of Vacancies: 1
Plan/BU: None

 

 Crisis Community Programs Administrator

 

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****A RESUME IS REQUIRED FOR THIS JOB POSTING****

A resume and cover letter should be submitted to the Agency contact listed below.

 

Posting Identification Number: 41824

Position Overview

The Division of Mental Health is seeking to hire a Crisis Community Programs Administrator located in Chicago, Illinois. The incumbent will act authoritatively on policy-making issues impacting agency management and statewide agency operations. Formulates and implements policy impacting Crisis Community Programs which has a statewide impact for the total management process. Identifies federal and state human service funding opportunities and impact of grant funded programs on intellectually disabled communities.

Essential Functions

• Serves as the Administrator of Crisis Community Programs.

• Provides direction and guidance to staff to ensure effective implementation of Division of Mental Health (DMH) program, fiscal, and grant management based on Grants Accountability and Transparency Act (GATA) requirements.

• Identifies federal and state human service funding opportunities and impact of grant funded programs on intellectually disabled communities.

• Develops and maintains relationships with foundations and corporations in order to leverage and maximizes state and federal funding to provide support and enhance delivery of services.

• Develops the reporting and analysis of performance measures specific to grants to various audiences, including the governor’s office and the Department’s service delivery partners, to monitor on-going budget performance of grantees and grant appropriations.

• Serves as full-line supervisor. 

• Maintains awareness of changes to the grant and budget protocols and practices and ensures their implementation.

• Designs, develops, and implements measures to increase federal, foundation, and corporate funding to community mental health service delivery systems, while ensuring for budgeting of administration dollars to support the management of grants.

• Supports the development of evaluation designs to ensure the integration of process and outcome findings into program management.

• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonable within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires knowledge, skill and mental development equivalent to completion of four (4) years college with course work in a social or human services field.

• Requires four (4) years progressively responsible administrative experience in a health or human services organization.

Preferred Qualifications

• Three (3) years of management experience over grant-funded programs for a public or private organization.

• Two (2) years of management experience over crisis and/or crisis intervention programs for a public or private organization.

• Prefers a master’s degree in a health or human services related field.

Conditions of Employment

• 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 I