Special Projects Administrator
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full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Chicago • Illinois • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $82,000 - $92,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Develop, implement, and evaluate agency projects in coordination with appropriate Directors.
- Collaborate with Executive Staff, state agencies, and partners to ensure seamless execution of agency grant projects.
- Conduct in-depth analyses of project outcomes, providing actionable insights for improvement and optimal outcomes.
- Assist appropriate Directors in NOFO development and application reviews.
- Conduct regular meetings with relevant staff, facilitating effective communication and coordination.
- Coordinate and facilitate committee meetings, ensuring effective communication and decision-making.
- Manage correspondence related to committee activities, maintaining accurate records for reference.
- Identify and discuss projects, problems, and issues arising from board or commission meetings.
- Liaise with representatives of other agencies or external parties, fostering collaborative relationships.
- Undertakes additional responsibilities as necessitated or delegated, commensurate with the outlined duties and responsibilities specified herein.
Requirements
- Requires knowledge, skill and mental development equivalent to completion of four years of college with coursework in law, criminal justice, government, public administration, sociology, accounting or political science.
- Requires prior experience equivalent to five years of progressively responsible administrative experience in a public or business organization.
- Prefers five years of professional experience in planning, development, implementation, or assessment in programs in criminal justice, government, political science, public administration, sociology, human services, or social services.
- Prefers intermediate experience working as an administrator of grant programs.
- Prefers intermediate knowledge of budget preparation and analysis.
- Prefers intermediate knowledge of expenditure tracking and reporting.
- Prefers intermediate knowledge of program performance tracking and reporting.
- Prefers advance proficiency analyzing complex information, identify problems, and propose creative and effective solutions.
- Prefers advance proficiency utilizing Word and Data software.
- Prefers extensive experience communicating effectively both orally and in writing.
- Prefers three years of experience supervising staff.
- Prefers intermediate experience engaging and communicating effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
- Must have a valid driver’s license.
- Must be available to travel, including occasional overnight travel, in performance of duties.
Benefits
- Flexible jobs that provide the gold standard of benefits.
- Opportunities to advance careers and realize dreams.
- Top-tier benefits and great retirement packages.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
grant program administrationbudget preparationexpenditure trackingprogram performance trackingdata analysisproblem identificationsolution proposal
Soft skills
effective communicationcollaborationcoordinationsupervisionrelationship building
Certifications
valid driver's license