Position Overview

The Illinois Department of Public Health is seeking a highly motivated individual to perform complex technical and advisory functions to evaluate quality, completeness, and validity of cancer data, to identify program problems and prepare methods to alleviate the problems.

Job Responsibilities

1. Develops a system for tracking grant expenditures; maintains up-to-date tracking of current and planned grant expenditures.
2. Organizes and implements administrative processes for the management of grants and contracts for the Illinois State Cancer Registry, utilizing Departmental procedures.
3. Participates in grant writing and budget preparation for federal grants.
4. Develops and maintains processes for tracking agreements.
5. Performs other duties as assigned or required, which are reasonably within the scope of those enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to completion of four years of college, preferably with coursework in business or public administration.
• Requires two years of responsible administrative experience in a public or business organization.

Preferred Qualifications

• Two years experience related to grants, contracts management or accounting.
• Thorough knowledge of business and grants administration principles and practices.
• One year experience with Federal and State grant and procurement guidelines.
• One year experience estimating and developing budgets and analyzing budgetary line items for compliance with budget guidelines.
• One year experience planning and organizing with attention to detail, accuracy, protocol and deadlines.
• One year grant writing experience.
• One year experience exercising judgement and discretion in developing, implementing and interpreting department policies and procedures.
• One year of experience maintaining cooperative working relationships.