ASSISTANT REGIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYMENT OPERATIONS MANAGER

Job Requisition ID: 43164 
 Closing Date/Time: 12/10/2024​
Agency: Department of Employment Security
Class Title: PUBLIC SERVICE ADMINISTRATOR - 37015 
Skill Option: General Administration/Business Marketing/Labor/Personnel 
Bilingual Option: None 
Salary: Anticipated Starting Salary $7,966 - $9,701 monthly
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time 
County: Kane
Number of Vacancies: 1
Plan/BU: None

 

Posting Identification 43164

 

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Position Overview

The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) is seeking an organized, professional, and results oriented individual to serve as an Assistant Regional Unemployment and Employment Operations Manager. This position will direct subordinate supervisors and staff in the delivery of unemployment insurance and employment programs. Responsibilities include monitoring and evaluating organizational performance and implementing policy, policy changes and program enhancements. This position provides a great opportunity for someone who has a strong knowledge of state and federal unemployment insurance legislation and is dedicated to providing unemployment insurance benefits and employment services to clients. The ideal candidate for this position will have excellent organizational skills, strong leadership skills, and professional supervisory experience in an employment service program, social service program or related area providing employment, human resource development or social welfare services. IDES offers a competitive compensation plan, excellent benefits, and a pension program. We invite you to join our innovative team to help make a positive difference in the lives of Illinois job seekers.

Essential Functions

• Subject to administrative direction, serves as Assistant Regional Unemployment and Employment Operations Manager for the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) for an assigned region
• Directs the planning and implementation of systems to monitor and evaluate individual and organizational performance in the production areas of personnel management, financial and program management
• Serves as full line supervisor
• Initiates and monitors performance and processing reports and records to assure regional goals and objectives are in compliance with program requirements
• Represents the Region in the manager’s absence or as delegated
• Keeps abreast of new developments in applicable laws, rules and regulations as they apply to unemployment insurance and employment services
• 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 (4) years of college, preferably including courses in business or public administration
• Requires prior experience equivalent to three (3) years of progressively responsible administrative experience in a public or business organization

Preferred Qualifications

• Two (2) years of managerial experience in the development, implementation and maintenance of an unemployment insurance or employment services program, or a program in a related area providing employment, human resource development or social welfare services, including developing long term goals and objectives, and directing activities and operations
• Experience requiring knowledge of unemployment laws and regulations and applyi