Agency: Department of Human Services
Work Location: Park Forest, IL 60466
Opening Date: 4/08/2025
Closing Date: 4/21/2025
Salary: Anticipated Salary: $10,093 - $11,549 per month ($121,116 - $138,588 per year)
County: Cook
Number of Vacancies: 1
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Posting Identification Number: 45197
Position Overview
The Division of Developmental Disabilities is seeking to hire an energetic, self-motivated professional to fill the Assistant Center Director of Programs position. This position will provide leadership and oversight of the services provided at the Ludeman Developmental Center located in Park Forest, Illinois which includes planning, directing, and evaluating the operation of Residential Units, Quality Enhancement and Medical Records. The Ludeman Developmental Center strives to provide equitable access to social/human services, supports, programs and resources to enhance the lives of all who we serve.
Essential Functions
- Serves as Assistant Center Director of Programs.
- Assists in the direction, review, and enforcement of standards of habilitation in accordance with Department, Administrative and program Directives, Center policies and procedures, federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and accreditation standards.
- Serves as full-line supervisor.
- In the absence of the Center Director, assumes full responsibility, with full authority, for operations of the Center.
- Encourages community interest and involvement in the Center and its 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.
- Requires four (4) years of progressively responsible administrative experience in the fields of health or human services.
Preferred Qualifications (in priority order)
- Four (4) years of professional experience organizing, administering, and evaluating ongoing services in a multi-disciplinary operation.
- Four (4) years of professional experience interacting with and communicating in oral and written form with internal and external stakeholders including the use of computers.
- Three (3) years of professional supervisory experience assigning work, providing guidance to subordinates, recommending counseling and/or discipline following collective bargaining agreements, training staff, preparing, and signing performance evaluations and approving time off.
- Three (3) years of professional experience developing and interpreting policies and procedures for a public or private organization.
- Three (3) years of professional experience working with the Federal and State standards and regulations relative to residential care and treatment programs.
- Three (3) years of professional experience developing strategic plans, long and short-term goals for a residential treatment program.
- Five (5) years of professional and/or managerial experience in a public or private organization.
- Three (3) years of professional experience interpreting, recommending, designing and implementing staffing plans for a public or private organization.
- Master’s degree in a health or human service-related field.
Conditions of Employment
- Requires ability to pass the IDHS background check.
- Requires ability to pass a drug screen for drugs prohibited from recreational use under Illinois Law.
- Requires the ability to serve on-call, after business hours, weekends and holidays.
- Requires the ability to travel in the performance of job duties, with overnight stays as appropriate.
- Requires the ability to utilize office equipment, including personal computers.
- 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 Interest with the Office of the Secretary of State that will be made available for examination and copying by the public. All employees required to file a Statement of Economic Interest are also required to file the Supplemental Statement of Economic Interest with the Executive Ethics Commission. (See Executive Order 15-09) Fines and penalties apply to untimely filings.
*All conditions of employment listed are incorporated and related to any of the job duties listed in the job description.
Work Hours: Mon - Fri, 8:30am - 5:00pm; 1-hour unpaid lunch, on-call coverage rotation
Center Directors Office
Work Location: 114 N Orchard Dr Park Forest, IL 60466-1200
Division of Developmental Disabilities
Ludeman Developmental Center
Administration
Agency Contact: DHS.HiringUnit@illinois.gov
Posting Group: Leadership & Management; Health Services; Social Services
About the Agency:
The Illinois Department of Human Services serves families in need all across Illinois. Our mission is providing equitable access to social services, supports, programs and resources to enhance the lives of all who we serve. We are committed to the core values of Human Dignity, Equity, Community, Urgency, Transparency and Kindness.
As a State of Illinois Employee, you will receive a robust benefit package that includes the following:
- A Pension Program
• Competitive Group Insurance Benefits including Health, Life, Dental and Vision Insurance
- 3 Paid Personal Business Days annually
- 12 Paid Sick Days annually (Sick days carry over from year to year)
• 10-25 Days of Paid Vacation time annually - (10 days in year one of employment)
* Personal, Sick, & Vacation rates modified for 12-hour Work Schedules (as applicable)
• 13 Paid Holidays annually, 14 on even numbered years
• Flexible Work Schedules (when available dependent upon position)
• 12 Weeks Paid Parental Leave
• Deferred Compensation Program - A supplemental retirement plan
• Optional Pre-Tax Programs such as Medical Care Assistance Plan (MCAP), Dependent Care Assistance Plan (DCAP)
• Tuition Reimbursement Program and Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program eligibility
• 5% Salary Differential for Bilingual Positions
• Commuter Savings Program (Chicago only)
For more information about our benefits please follow this link: https://www2.illinois.gov/cms/benefits/Pages/default.aspx