Job Requisition ID: 56408
Opening Date: 06/03/2026
Closing Date: 06/17/2026
Agency:Department of Healthcare and Family Services
BPIS# 07765
Class Title: PUBLIC SERVICE ADMINISTRATOR - 37015
Skill Option: General Administration/Business Marketing/Labor/Personnel
Bilingual Option: None
Salary: Anticipated starting salary range $8,500 - $10,500/based on experience.
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time
County: Sangamon
Number of Vacancies: 1
Bargaining Unit Code: None
Merit Comp Code: Gubernatorial (Management Bill) Exclusion from RC063 Collective Bargaining Coverage
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Position OverviewThe Department of Healthcare and Family Services is seeking a highly capable and experienced professional to serve as the Human Resources Transactions Manager in the Division of Personnel and Administrative Services. The ideal candidate will be a dynamic and experienced professional to take on a challenging and rewarding leadership role within our organization. The ideal candidate will bring proven management and supervisory experience in a government setting, with a strong background in personnel action requests and HR processes. This individual will possess exceptional judgment in setting priorities, resolving issues proactively, and ensuring timely, accurate results. Collaboration is key in this role and the ideal candidate will work closely with both internal teams and external partners to achieve shared goals. Strong leadership, initiative, and excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential to drive success and uphold our commitment to service excellence.
Employees receive a robust benefit package including:
- Monday-Friday work schedule
- Flexible work schedules are available in many program areas. (Remote work may be an option for certain positions.)
- Health, Life, Vision, and Dental Insurance
- Pension Plan
- Paid Parental Leave
- Deferred Compensation Program and other pre-tax benefit programs (Medical/Daycare)
- Employees earn (12) paid Sick Days annually.
- New Employees earn (10) paid Vacation Days their first year of service and can earn up to (25) paid Vacation Days annually.
- Employees earn (3) paid Personal Days annually.
- (13-14) paid holidays annually (based on start date).
Essential Functions- Subject to management approval, serves as the Human Resources Transactions Manager for the Division of Personnel and Administrative Services in planning, directing, and evaluating Transactions Unit initiatives by interpreting, explaining, and implementing agency and Department of Central Management Services (CMS) policies and procedures.
- Plans, directs, and evaluates the activities of subordinate sections.
- Serves as full line supervisor.
- Conducts complex and comprehensive studies to determine issues and develop policies, methods, and procedures for dealing with special employee service projects of limited duration but having agency-wide impact.
- Serves as a resource for field and central professional staff concerning program procedures and newly implemented practices.
- Plans and coordinates the utilization of assigned resources.
- Performs other duties as required or assigned, which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.
Minimum Qualifications- Requires knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to completion of four (4) years of college.
- Requires prior experience equivalent to three (3) years of progressively responsible administrative experience in a professional human resource public or business organization.
- Requires two (2) years of prior professional supervisory/team lead experience.
Preferred Qualifications- Five (5) years of professional experience processing, reviewing and approving documents for employment ensuring accuracy and compliance with personnel codes, rules, pay plans, and similar guidelines.
- Three (3) years of professional experience reviewing and approving human resource transactions related to the end to end hiring process. Examples include applications, bid records, and collective bargaining agreements.
- Four (4) years of supervisory experience assigning work, providing guidance to subordinates, recommending counseling and/or discipline following collective bargaining agreements, training staff, and approving time off.
- Five (5) years of professional experience working with Personnel Codes, Rules, Pay Plans, and Collective Bargaining Contracts, and guidelines derived therefrom.
- Five (5) years of administrative experience working in a professional human resources organization.
- One (1) year of experience in human resources related computer systems such as, but not limited to, the Personnel Examination and Eligibility Records System (PEERS) or Success Factors.
Conditions of Employment- Requires completion of a background check and self-disclosure of criminal history.
- Requires the ability to utilize and maintain state issued equipment such as a laptop.
- 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 requires the ability to work evenings and weekends.
- The conditions of employment listed here are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as listed in the job description.
Work Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Headquarter Location: 2946 Old Rochester Rd, Springfield, Illinois, 62703
Work County: Sangamon
EmailPosting Group: Leadership & Management
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