Assistant Director For Grants Management

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR GRANTS MANAGEMENT

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Job Requisition : 52373
Closing Date: 01/05/2026
Agency: Illinois Community College Board
Class

Title:

Assistant DIRECTOR - 60264
Salary: $43,700.00 - $50,000.00
Job Type: Salaried
County: Sangamon;
Cass;
Christian;
DeWitt;
Macon;
Macoupin;
Mason;
McLean;
Montgomery;
Morgan;
Tazewell
Number of Vacancies: 1

All applicants who want to be considered for this position MUST apply electronically through the  website. State of Illinois employees should click the link near the top left to apply through the Success Factors employee career portal.

Applications submitted via email or any paper manner (mail, fax, hand delivery) will not be considered.

The Illinois Community College Board is the state coordinating board for community colleges and has statutory responsibility for administering state and federal grants to community college districts and adult education providers and managing high school equivalency testing for Illinois. The Illinois Community College Board is assisted by an executive director and staff of approximately 50 located in Springfield, Chicago, and East St. Louis.

Illinois community colleges serve almost 600,000 residents each year in credit, noncredit, and continuing education courses. Illinois is home to 48 colleges in 39 community college districts which provide high quality, accessible, cost-effective educational opportunities to the entire state.

All ICCB staff are employees of the State of Illinois. Our employment practices are governed by the Statutes and Rules of the State Universities Civil Service System (SUCSS). Within SUCSS, each position is assigned to a civil service job classification that carries its own specific and distinct set of minimum qualifications. Those job qualifications are used in…