ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT I

Job Requisition ID: 49508 

Opening Date: 09/18/2025
Closing Date: 10/01/2025
​Agency: Department of Human Services
Class Title: ADMIN ASSISTANT I - 00501 
Skill Option: None 
Bilingual Option: None
Salary: Anticipated Salary $5,637-$8,026/month ($67,644-$96,312/year)
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time 
County: Cook
Number of Vacancies: 1
Bargaining Unit Code: RC028 Paraprofessional Human Services Employees, AFSCME
Merit Comp Code: 

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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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Position Overview

The Office of the Secretary is seeking to hire an Administrative Assistant to provide administrative support to the Deputy Director for Colbert/Williams Consent Decree.  This position performs duties of a highly responsible administrative nature; performs a variety of staff functions; assists in the management of Colbert and Williams Consent Decree programs; provides reports of activities to Consent Decree Administrators and other stakeholders; assists in developing and maintaining critical relationships at administrative levels within Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS); monitors incoming communications via email, phone, and postal mail and responds or routes messages appropriately; assists with supporting Colbert and Williams Class Members in ensuring they retain housing by completing regular recertifications as required by subsidy administrators; serves as the timekeeper for identified program staff; and reviews some confidential Class Member information as the primary point of contact for many Class Member interactions.

Essential Functions

• Serves as highly responsible staff assistant for the Community Reintegration Programs Administrator. 
• Serves as special assistant to the Deputy Director assisting with the implementation of IDHS processes and procedures and office management. 
• Assists with supporting Colbert and Williams Class Members