Lca Assistant Team Lead

Job

Requisition
Closing Date: 01/30/2026 Agency:
Department of Military Affairs
Class

Title:

LCA ASSISTANT TEAM LEAD (79435)
Salary:
Anticipated annual starting salary $44,959
Job Type: Salaried
Category:
Full Time
County:
Champaign;
DeWitt;
Douglas;
Effingham;
Ford;
Iroquois;
Kankakee;
Livingston;
Madison;
Mason;
McLean;
Menard;
Piatt;
Sangamon;
Vermilion

Number of Vacancies : 4
Bargaining Unit Code:
None

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• Supervises the daily activities of cadets including meals, recreational, instructional, work activities and service communities.
• Applies military training principles and practices in guiding and training cadets using TAC Method.
• Trains assigned cadets in drill & ceremony as well as physical training.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of duties enumerated above.

Military Applicants:

• Requires the knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to the completion of a high school diploma.
• Requires satisfactory completion of a four-year active military service tour or a six-year Reserve component tour.
• Requires the completion of Warrior Leadership Course (WLC) or the military equivalent course.

Non-Military Applicants:

• Requires the knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to the completion of a high school diploma.
• Requires six years direct experience working with or leading at-risk adolescents/teenagers in non-profit, governmental or faith-based settings such as youth services, social services, education or law enforcement agencies.

Military Applicants:

• Prefers the knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to the completion of an associate’s degree in a related field.
• Prefers knowledge of military structure and procedures (drill and ceremony, physical fitness, customs & courtesies).
• Prefers the ability to manage a team and maintain a military style atmosphere.
• Prefers the ability to establish patterns of communication with people and present written and/or oral reports.

Non-Military Applicants:

• Prefers the knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to the completion of an associate’s degree in a related field.
• Prefers knowledge of military structure and procedures (drill and ceremony, physical fitness, customs & courtesies).
• Prefers the ability to manage a team and maintain a military style atmosphere.
• Prefers the ability to establish patterns of communication with people and present written and/or oral reports.

• Requires the ability to pass a DoD background investigation.
• Requires a valid driver’s license in the appropriate classification as required by law.
• Required to work a flex work schedule including weekends and evenings when necessary to meet agency needs.
• Required to adhere to organizational grooming standards and present a professional appearance while wearing organizational issued, activity appropriate attire while on shift.
• This position is considered medium work…