HIRING & CLASSIFICATIONS MANAGER

Position Overview

Essential Functions

• Serves as the Hiring Team Manager.
• Serves as the Classifications Team Manager.
• Organizes, plans, attends and tracks Agency career fair attendance and community outreach related to recruiting.
• Serves as full-line supervisor.
• Serves as a member of the DCEO Labor Relations Advisory Team by making recommendations to DCEO’s Labor Relations Administrator and providing interpretation of union contracts, supplemental agreements and past practices, CMS Personnel Rules, Code, Pay Plan and DCEO rules and policies.
• Manages administration of Personal Service Contracts (PSCs).
• Perform 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 years of college, with courses in human resources, talent acquisition, management, or business.
• Requires prior experience equivalent to three years of progressively responsible administrative experience in human resources in a public or business organization.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prefers at least two (2) years of professional experience developing, reviewing, and/or revising position descriptions to ensure duties, responsibilities, and qualifications accurately reflect the work performed.
• Prefers at least two (2) years of professional experience interpreting and applying personnel rules, policies, procedures, and/or collective bargaining agreements to recruitment, hiring, and filling vacancies.
• Prefers at least two (2) years of professional experience analyzing organizational structures, position assignments, and reporting relationships to support staffing decisions and the effective allocation of personnel resources.
• Prefers at least two (2) years of professional experience providing technical guidance and recommendations to management regarding position classifications, staffing needs, or recruitment and hiring processes.
• Prefers at least two (2) years of professional experience using a human resources information system to maintain personnel data, track recruitment or staffing activities, and prepare reports or analyze workforce metrics.
• Prefers at least three (3) years of professional experience supervising staff, including assigning and reviewing work, providing training and guidance, and evaluating employee performance.
• Prefers possession of a professional human resources certification, such as SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, PHR, or SPHR.

Conditions of Employment

• Requires completion of a background check and self-disclosure of criminal history.
• Requires appropriate, valid driver’s license.
• Requires the ability to travel in the performance of duties, with overnight stays as appropriate.
• Overtime is a condition of employment, and you may be requested or required/mandated to work overtime including scheduled, unscheduled, or last-minute overtime. This may require the ability to work evenings and weekends.
• 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 Statement of Economic Interest with the Office of 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.
• 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

The mission of the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) is to create equitable economic opportunities acress the State of Illinois. By attracting and supporting major job creators, investing in communities, strengthening Illinois' world-class workforce, fostering innovation, and ushering in the new clean energy economy, DCEO works to fortify Illinois' reputation as a global economic powerhouse while ensuring Illinois is the best state to live, work and do business.