RISK MANAGEMENT AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT DIRECTOR

Job Requisition ID: 44824 

Opening Date: 03/04/2025

Closing Date/Time: 03/17/2025

Agency: Department of Human Services
Class Title: SENIOR PUBLIC SERVICE ADMINISTR - 40070 
Skill Option: General Administration/Business Marketing/Labor/Personnel 
Bilingual Option: None 
Salary: Anticipated Salary: $10,417 - $11,084 per month ($125,004 - $133,008 per year)
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time 
County: Sangamon
Number of Vacancies: 1
Plan/BU: None

 

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

Please attach a DETAILED Resume/Curriculum Vitae (CV) to the MY DOCUMENTS section of your application. You WILL NOT be considered for the position if you attach a CMS100, CMS100b or any other document that is not a Resume or CV.

 

When applicable, titles that require specific coursework, professional license or certification will include a notation requesting the appropriate document(s) be uploaded in the Additional Documents section of your application. Failure to upload requested transcripts, license and/or proof of certification when specified may result in ineligibility. Please note that the Department of Human Services must verify proof of higher education for any degree earned (if applicable) regardless of vacancy title before any offer can be extended. 

 

Posting Identification Number  44824

 

 

 

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Position Overview

Under the direction of the Agency Safety Officer, serves as the Director of the Office of Risk Management and Quality Improvement for the Department of Human Services (DHS).  Serves as full-line supervisor. Ensures that Risk Management and Quality Improvement initiatives are developed and managed statewide. Assists the Agency Safety Officer and other DHS personnel in formulating departmental and program policies.  Represents the Agency Safety Officer, Secretary and DHS on various task forces, advisory committees and special interest groups, including committing the agency to specific courses of action.  

Essential Functions

• Under the direction of the Agency Safety Officer, serves as the Director of the Office of Risk Management and Quality Improvement for the Department of Human Services (DHS).

• Serves as full-line supervisor.

• Ensures that Risk Management and Quality Improvement initiatives are developed and managed statewide.

• Assists the Agency Safety Officer and other DHS personnel in formulating departmental and program policies. 

• Represents the Agency Safety Officer, Secretary and DHS on various task forces, advisory committees and special interest groups, including committing the agency to specific courses of action.  

• Performs other duties as assigned or required 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 college with course work in business or public administration.

• Requires four (4) years progressively responsible administrative experience in a public or private organization.

Preferred Qualifications

• Three (3) years of professional experience working with standards and compliance regulatory bodies such as Centers for Medicaid and Medicare (CMS), The Joint Commission and the Illinois Department of Public Health.

• Three (3) years of professional experience drafting, reviewing, and implementing policies and procedures. 

• Three (3) years of professional supervisory experience assigning work, providing guidance to subordinates, recommending counseling and/or discipline following collective bargaining agreements, t