Agency : Department of Children and Family Services
Closing Date/Time: 09/21/2023
Salary: $6,422 – $9,687 Monthly (Anticipated starting salary: $6,422 – Step 1C)
Job Type: Salaried Full Time
County: Sangamon
Number of Vacancies: 1
Plan/BU: RC062
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.
REQ #30167
Position Summary
The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services is seeking an organized, professional, and energetic individual to serve as Grant Specialist. Subject to management approval, this position will perform highly technical social services grant seeking, writing, planning, and analysis and will perform extensive research into available grants. The position will conceptualize and conduct grant writing to secure new private and public grants on behalf of the Department of Children and Family Services. The position will also develop and administer the budget for assigned grants and contracts. This position provides a great opportunity for someone who is detail oriented and focused on obtaining grants that will enhance the Department’s services. DCFS offers a competitive compensation plan, excellent benefits, and a pension program. The ideal candidate for this position will have excellent organizational skills and strong leadership capabilities. We invite you to join our innovative team to help make a positive difference in the lives of the children and families of Illinois.
Job Responsibilities
1. Serves as Grant Specialist
2. Develops and administers the overall budget for assigned grants and contracts
3. Serves as agency expert on assigned grants and contracts and provides input into work groups and task forces relevant to same
4. Serves as grant liaison to federal officials
5. Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above
Minimum Qualifications
1. Requires knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to the completion of a master’s degree
2. Requires two years of progressively responsible professional experience in community organization, social service work, or in program planning and development
Special Skills: Of the previously noted years of experience, requires 1 year of grant research and grant application writing experience; 1 year of experience developing and managing budgets for grant funded projects; and 1 year of experience performing fiscal and program monitoring activities of a social service program
Preferred Qualifications (In Order of Significance)
1. Prefers 1 year of grant research and grant application writing experience in a public or private organization
2. Prefers 1 year of experience developing and managing budgets for grant funded projects
3. Prefers 1 year of experience performing fiscal and program monitoring activities of a social service program
Conditions of Employment
1. Requires ability to pass a background check.
2. Requires ability to travel in the performance of duties. Requires appropriate, valid driver’s license.
3. The conditions of employment listed here are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as listed in the job description.
About the Agency
DCFS is deeply committed to the welfare and protection of children. Our goal is to protect children by strengthening and supporting families. In every effort, from receiving hotline calls to reaching family reunification or foster care and adoption, children and families are our focus.
Work Hours: Monday – Friday 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Work Location: 4500 S 6th St Rd Springfield, IL 62703-5118
Agency Contact:
Samantha Haynes
Email: samantha.j.haynes@illinois.gov (for questions only)
Phone #:217-558-7775
Job Family: Social Services
PIN #00-0751
This position [DOES] contain “Specialized Skills” (as that term is used in CBAs).
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
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