Senior Career Services Manager
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full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Chicago • Illinois • United States
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Salary
💰 $8,300 - $8,732 per month
Job Level
About the role
- Directs the organization, planning, execution, and oversight of the Illinois Works Career Services Program for the Upstate Region, ensuring alignment with regional workforce development strategies and goals
- Oversees the delivery of comprehensive Career Planning Services to Illinois Works graduates, ensuring alignment with regional workforce development goals and objectives
- Serves as full-line supervisor
- Manages contractor and graduate relations
- Prepares and distributes reports
- Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of duties enumerated above.
Requirements
- Requires knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to completion of four (4) years of college, preferably with courses in business or public administration
- Requires prior experience equivalent to three (3) years of progressively responsible administrative experience in a public or business organization
- Prefer three (3) years’ experience working with contractors/employers to secure job opportunities for Illinois Works graduates, or similar programs
- Prefers two (2) years’ experience providing guidance counseling or career counseling
- Prefers three (3) years’ experience developing and implementing programmatic policies and procedures
- Prefers three (3) years’ experience supervising staff
- Prefers one (1) year experience overseeing program compliance and process improvement
- Prefers intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Excel Word, Outlook SharePoint and databases, with working knowledge of reporting tracking systems
- Prefers three (3) years’ experience and/or comprehensive working knowledge of state and/or federally funded pre-apprenticeship/apprenticeship training programs preferably of construction trades training programs and Dept. Of Labor apprenticeship program requirements
- Requires appropriate, valid driver’s license.
- Requires ability to travel in the performance of duties, with overnight stays as appropriate
- Requires completion of a background check and self-disclosure of criminal history.
Benefits
- Flexible jobs that provide the gold standard of benefits
- Various avenues to advance their careers and realize their dreams
- Top-tier benefits and great retirement packages
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
career planningprogram managementpolicy developmentprocess improvementreportingguidance counselingcareer counselingsupervisioncontractor relationsadministrative experience
Soft skills
organizational skillsleadershipcommunicationinterpersonal skills
Certifications
valid driver's license