INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND INVESTMENT DATA SPECIALIST

Job Requisition ID: 48924 
Closing Date: 08/25/2025
​Agency: Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
Class Title: METHODS AND PROCEDURES ADV II - 27132 
Skill Option: None 
Bilingual Option: None
Salary: Anticipated Starting Salary $5,384 monthly; Full Range $5,384- $7,631 monthly
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time 
County: Sangamon
Number of Vacancies: 1
Bargaining Unit Code: RC062 Technical Employees, AFSCME
Merit Comp Code: 

 

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

 

All applicants who want to be considered for this position MUST apply electronically through the illinois.jobs2web.com website. State of Illinois employees should click the link near the top left to apply through the SuccessFactors employee career portal.

Applications submitted via email or any paper manner (mail, fax, hand delivery) will not be considered.

 

 

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Position Overview

The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Office of Trade and Investment is seeking to hire a Methods and Procedures Advisor. This position will work closely with the management team to develop and coordinate the office’s program performance measures, track and report client data relative to trade and investment programs, and track and report on relevant export, import and investment statistics. The Illinois Office of Trade and Investment is charged with promoting Illinois internationally as a place to expand one’s business, provides export assistance and facilitates bilateral engagement with foreign governments. Illinois is a top exporting state, and as such also provides financial resources to exporting companies through the ISTEP program. We invite qualified candidates to apply for this high energy, exciting and fulfilling position.

Essential Functions

• Liaisons with the Office of Trade and Investment (OTI) management in developing and coordinating the Office’s program performance measures, goals, and objectives. 
• Confers with OTI senior management and DCEO’s information technology team to develop manual data collection methods for reporting and tracking program activities and performance measure data. 
• Coordinates the collection, and reporting of program and client data, including client reimbursements, statistics and recruitment databases for OTI’s global network of offices and staff.  
• Writes and maintains policies and procedures governing the utilization of the OTI electronic data-base and provides technical assistance, training, and support to OTI foreign and domestic staff.
• 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 with courses in public administration, accounting, industrial relations, prelegal or personnel management.
• Requires two (2) years of professional experience in public administration, business management or accounting.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prefers advanced experience utilizing client database management systems.
• Prefers two (2) years of experience organizing facts and findings, presenting such information orally and in written formats such as briefs, memoranda, summaries, research reports, or regulatory bulletins.
• Prefers two (2) years of experience establishing and maintaining public contacts and working relationships wit