Job Requisition ID: 48711
Agency: Department of Public Health
Class Title: PUBLIC SERVICE ADMINISTRATOR - 37015
Office: Policy, Planning, and Statistics
Division: Health Date & Policy
Posting ID: 21-25-0017/ 48711
Posted: 7/25/2025-8/8/2025
Skill Option: Health and Human Services
Salary: Anticipated Starting Salary $8,281/month; Full Range $8,281-$12,223 /month
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time
County: Sangamon
Number of Vacancies: 1
Bargaining Unit Code: RC063 Professional Employees, Educators,Juvenile Justice School Counselors and Special Education Resources Coordinators,and Physicians AFSCME

WHY WORK FOR ILLINOIS?

Working with the State of Illinois is a testament to the values of compassion, equity, and dedication that define our state. Whether you’re helping to improve schools, protect our natural resources, or support families in need, you’re part of something bigger—something that touches the lives of every person who calls Illinois home.
No matter what state career you’re looking for, we offer jobs that fit your life and your schedule—flexible jobs that provide the gold standard of benefits. Our employees can take advantage of various avenues to advance their careers and realize their dreams. Our top-tier benefits and great retirement packages can help you build a rewarding career and lasting future with the State of Illinois.

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Illinois Department of Public Health is seeking a highly motivated individual to manage projects and the policy aspects of the Health Data and Policy division. Designs and implements the planning, analysis, and coordination of health programs and designs, evaluates, develops, recommends and implements health policy focusing on statewide and especially rural areas. Functions as a team leader of multi-disciplinary, intradepartmental teams dealing with a wide variety of health and health care problems statewide, including but not limited to, health care services for low-income persons, health care for the elderly, health protection, bioethical issues, infant mortality and morbidity, health care cost containment, and increasing access to primary care. Designs complex and specialized research and analytical work relating to health issues and the economy of the State of Illinois and sub-state areas. Provides coordination and management of grant projects for the Division including, but not limited to, the CDC Public Health Infrastructure Grant. Serves as working supervisor.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Requires knowledge, skill and mental development equivalent to completion of four (4) years of college, preferably with courses in health planning, health administration, public health policy, health economics or a closely related field.
• Requires prior experience equivalent to three (3) years of progressively responsible administrative experience in research and program planning, community organization, or social work.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Master’s degree in economics, health planning, health administration, public policy, health economics, or a closely related field.
• Three (3) years’ experience designing and implementing health policy projects.
• Three (3) years’ experience presenting comprehensive written reports on findings and recommendations resulting from research studies and analyses.
• Three (3) years’ experience providing technical direction and support to staff in the collection, organization and analysis of information for health policy projects.
• Three (3) years of experience coordinating grant projects.
• Two (2) years’ experience as a supervisor.

• Using independent judgment, conceptualizes, designs and implements health policy projects on issues related to, but not limited to, coordinating access to primary care, health care cost containment through the promotion of health prevention.
• Provides technical direction and support to Health Data and Policy Division staff in the collection, organization, retrieval and analysis of information in support of health policy projects.
• Provides coordination and management of grant projects Oversees activities of grant programs and measures progress toward programmatic objectives for grantees.
• Serves as working supervisor.
• Serves as Project Manager.
• Prepares draft legislation of amendments to existing statutes and analyze proposed legislation.
• Performs functions of Procurement Assistant.
• Represents the Division of Health Data and Policy by participating in or leading intradepartmental work groups designed to identify, research and resolve policy issues overlapping department jurisdictions.
• Remains current with developing issues in health policy, health care costs, and public health services.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.