Office Manager

Lutheran Social Services of Illinois (LSSI) is a leading not-for-profit organization providing healing, justice, and wholeness to people and communities. For over 150 years, LSSI has made a difference in the lives of children and families, and we're still a strong, viable presence in the State of Illinois, continuing that commitment to making a difference.

LSSI is hiring a full-time Office Manager
, Monday through Friday. To provide specialized and complex office management for a department, a program, or multiple sites, with minimum supervision.

• On-Demand Flexible Paydays for earned wages through an app called Dayforce Wallet.
• Competitive salary based upon relevant education, experience, and licensure.
• Salary $18-$20/Hourly.
• Opportunity for advancement.
• Comprehensive benefits package for Full-Time employees includes healthcare insurance, up to 26 days of paid time off per calendar year, 11 paid holidays, sick time, 403(b) plan, Employee Assistance Program, and flexible hours.
• The paid training you need to learn, grow, and succeed!

• Manage and coordinate general office responsibilities.
• Using independent judgement, establish workflow processes for file and database management.
• Responsible for project management; planning, organizing, communicating, and delegating tasks.
• Interpret and make decisions regarding administrative functions and staff.
• Ensure new employee orientation is conducted for new hires and ensure all new hire paperwork is complete, correct, and submitted to Human Resources in a timely manner.
• Complete administrative tasks and clerical duties, including but not limited to filing, faxing, copying, data entry, and answering phones.
• Maintain confidential information and files.
• Complete all documentation, reports, and other data as required by management and funding sources.
• Provide direct supervision, training, support, review, and evaluation for assigned staff.
• Demonstrate professional, positive behavior and carry out responsibilities with integrity treating clients, families, other LSSI workforce members, and collaborative organizations and/or individual in a dignified, respectful, honest, and fair manner.

• Two (2) years of college or equivalent preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Background check clearance required.
• CANTS background check clearance if required by program.
• Five (5) years of office management experience or related work required.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate in a clear, comprehensible manner, both verbally and in writing required.
• Excellent organization, presentation and PC/computer skills, including experience using Microsoft Office (Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) along with other designated software.
• Demonstrated professionalism with experience working collaboratively with others required.
• Experience accepting responsibility and effectively managing changing priorities preferred.
• Valid driver’s license, in good standing for the state of residency preferred.
• Access to reliable transportation preferred.
• Valid IL statutory minimum liability insurance coverage, bodily injury, and property damage preferred.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, pregnancy, any other characteristic protected by law.