Job Requisition ID: 51685
Opening Date: 05/26/2026
Closing Date: 06/08/2026
Agency: Department of Human Services
Class Title: EXECUTIVE I - 13851
Skill Option: None
Bilingual Option: None
Salary: Anticipated Salary $5,928-$8,493/month ($71,136-$101,916/year)
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time
County: Sangamon
Number of Vacancies: 1
Bargaining Unit Code: RC062 Technical Employees, AFSCME
Merit Comp Code:
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The Division of Family & Community Services is seeking to hire an energetic and detail-oriented individual to serve as a Grants Specialist, organizing, reviewing, reconciling, and auditing financial statements and complex reports from Bureau program providers for the Office of Family Wellness in Sangamon County. Under administrative direction of the Maternal Child Health Programs Manager, independently performs complex accounting and auditing functions for the Bureau of Maternal Child Health programs including the Better Birth Outcomes Comprehensive and Navigation, Illinois Perinatal Quality Collaborative and Family Connects. Reviews, audits, and reconciles complex statements and reports, enters contract obligations, voucher payments and expenditure documentation into the FCS SharePoint system. Reconciles Bureau grant funds including, but not limited to, General Revenue and Social Services Block Grant. Reviews spending plan contract balances and extracts SAP HANA reports to assist in reviewing historic data and forecasting future spending trends in contracts.
*All conditions of employment listed are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as listed in the job description.
Work Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30am-5pm, 1-hour unpaid lunch.
Headquarter Location: 815 E Monroe St, Springfield, Illinois, 62701
Family and Community Services
Office of Family Wellness
Bureau of Maternal and Child Health
Springfield/Sangamon County
Work County: Sangamon
Agency Contact: DHS.HiringUnit@illinois.gov
Posting Group: Leadership & Management; Social Services
About the Agency:
The Illinois Department of Human Services uplifts individuals and communities across Illinois. Our mission is to respond to the needs of all people in Illinois so they can lead healthy, safe, and enriched lives. Our vision is the future we are shaping with dignity and the well-being for everyone in Illinois. Our values are the principles that guide us as we work to remove systemic barriers and create lasting opportunities with Compassion, Accessibility, Responsibility, and Equity.
As a State of Illinois Employee, you will receive a robust benefit package that includes the following:
For more information about our benefits please follow this link:https://cms.illinois.gov/benefits/stateemployee.html
This position DOES contain “Specialized Skills” (as that term is used in CBAs).
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