Assistant Superintendent

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Position Overview

The Illinois Center for Rehabilitation and Education-Roosevelt (ICRE-R) provides a comprehensive transition program for students with disabilities. ICRE – R strives to provide transition services including independent living, post-secondary education, vocational training, advocacy, community participation and services to assist students with disabilities in achieving the highest level of independence in community living and employment. The Assistant Superintendent plans, directs and coordinates professional and management programs and assists the Superintendent with the overall responsibility for the entire operation of ICRE-R including the transitional, residential, rehabilitation, social services, and program development activities. ICRE R is seeking to hire an individual with strong leadership and communication skills for this position.

Essential Functions

• Serves as Assistant Superintendent at the Illinois Center for Rehabilitation and Education-Roosevelt (ICRE-R).

• Coordinates programs and services of various school units to achieve effective school wide integration of efforts for achieving maximum compliance with applicable standards of performance.

• Serves as full-line supervisor.

• Provides administrative support to school and support service departments in the areas of staff in-service training, committees, professional development, budget planning and management/labor relations.

• Serves as School Superintendent, assuming responsibility for the school when the Superintendent is away on business or otherwise absent.

• Performs 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 (4) years of college with course work in a social or human services field.

• Requires four (4) years progressively responsible administrative experience in a health or human services organization.

Preferred Qualifications

• A master’s degree in a health or human service field.

• Four (4) years of professional experience in a rehabilitation, education, or related field providing services to meet the diverse needs for individuals with disabilities.

• Four (4) years of professional experience working with residential and/or educational programming ensuring compliance with applicable health, safety, education and residential childcare policies, procedures and laws.

• Three (3) years of professional experience formulating, interpreting, and executing educational policies and procedures for a public or private organization.

• Three (3) years of professional experience interacting with and communicating clearly and tactfully with a wide range of individuals that include employees, students and family, agency staff, state agency officials, employees, legislators, internal and external stakeholders, community service providers, professional groups and the public.

• Three (3) years of professional supervisory experience, assigning work, providing guidance to subordinates, recommending counseling and/or discipline following collective bargaining agreements, training staff, and preparing and signing performance evaluations.

Conditions of Employment

• Requires ability to pass the IDHS background check.

• Requires ability to pass a drug screen for drugs prohibited from recreational use under Illinois Law.

• Requires the ability to travel.

• Requires the ability to work outside of normal business hours.

• 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 Statements of Economic Interest with the Office of the 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.

• All conditions of employment listed are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as listed in the job description.