Overview
Position Overview
The Department of Public Health is seeking a highly motivated individual looking to work in a fast-paced environment to serve as the statewide Facility Coordinator within the Physical Services Division of the Office of Finance and Administration. Physical Services Division is responsible for ensuring the successful maintenance, renovation, and continuity of 17 Public Health sites throughout Illinois.
Under the supervision of the Division Chief of Physical services, the selected candidate will be responsible for coordinating office moves. Planning and executing renovations and reorganizations of IDPH space. Serve as a liaison to other agencies, such as Central Management Services, Department of Innovation and Technology, and the Capital Development Board. And coordinate with outside contractors and building managers.
We welcome all qualified candidates to apply today.
Essential Functions
- Under general direction of the Division Chief of Physical Services, as a policy implementing manager, performs highly sensitive and professional level duties performing a variety of assignments, and serves as the statewide Facility Coordinator for the Illinois Department of Public Health.
- Conducts IDPH statewide space planning projects for site renovations, office moves, and staff expansions and reductions.
- Serves as a member of the IDPH Capital Projects Team.
- Serves as statewide leasing coordinator for IDPH.
- Serves as Fiscal Coordinator for Physical Services Division.
- Under the supervision of IDPH’s Appointed Records Officer, the Division Chief of Physical Services, assists with the IDPH Record Retention Program.
- Assumes responsibility for division operations during the absence of the Division Chief and makes decisions requiring knowledge of current regulations and practices as well as Division priorities.
- Assumes responsibility for Telecommunications Coordinator and/or IT Service and Physical Security Coordinator during an absence.
- Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.
About Illinois Department Public Health
In Illinois, if you have eaten at a restaurant ... required hospital or nursing home care ... vacationed at a campground or swam at a public beach or pool ... drank a glass of milk ... got married or divorced ... had a baby, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has touched your life in some important way.
Assuring the quality of our food, setting the standards for hospital and nursing home care, checking the safety of recreation areas, overseeing the inspection of milk producing farms and processing plants, maintaining the state's vital records and screening newborns for genetic diseases are just some of the duties of IDPH.
In fact, IDPH has 200 different programs that benefit each state resident and visitor, although its daily activities of maintaining the public's health are rarely noticed unless a breakdown in the system occurs. With the assistance of local public health agencies, these essential programs and services make up Illinois' public health system, a system that forms a frontline defense against disease through preventive measures and education. Public health has provided the foundation for remarkable gains in saving lives and reducing suffering. Today, life expectancy is 80 years for women and 74 years for men compared with fewer than 50 years at the at the beginning of the 20th century.
In the past, IDPH directed state efforts to control smallpox, cholera and typhoid, virtually eliminated polio, reduced dental decay through fluoridation of community water supplies, and corrected sanitary conditions that threatened water and food supplies.
Today, IDPH has programs to deal with persistent problems that require continued vigilance – infectious diseases, such as AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome), HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) and meningococcal disease; foodborne and communicable diseases, such as E. coli 0157: H7, monkeypox, salmonella and West Nile virus; vaccine preventable diseases; lead poisoning; lack of health care in rural areas; health disparities among racial groups, breast, cervical and prostate cancer; Alzheimer's disease; and other health threats -- sexually transmitted diseases, tobacco use, violence, and other conditions associated with high-risk behaviors. In addition, IDPH has been charged with handling the state's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the threat of bioterrorism.
IDPH, which is one of the state's oldest agencies, was first organized in 1877 with a staff of three and a two-year budget of $5,000. IDPH, now has an annual budget of $2.9 billion in state and federal funds, headquarters in Springfield and Chicago, seven regional offices located around the state, three laboratories, and 1,200 employees.
IDPH is organized into 12 offices, each of which addresses a distinct area of public health. Each office operates and supports numerous ongoing programs and is prepared to respond to extraordinary situations as they arise.
