Leadership Development Program Manager

Job Title: Leadership Development Program Manager

Job Requisition ID: 39414

Closing Date: 07/22/2024

Salary: $95,600 - $100,000 anticipated salary

Work Hours: M-F   8:30am - 5:00pm

Work Location: (Hybrid) 120 W Jefferson St Springfield, IL 62702-5170 

Union Position: No

Work Authorization: The State of Illinois does not provide sponsorship for employment visa status and cannot accept F1 OPT/CPT. To be considered for permanent employment with the State of Illinois, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship now or at any time in the future.

Are you looking for a rewarding career in a workplace that values their staff? The Department of Innovation & Technology (DoIT) is seeking to hire a qualified candidate with the opportunity to work in a dynamic, creative thinking, problem solving environment. 

This position serves as the Leadership Development Program Manager. In this role you will plan, develop, implement, update, and maintain program objectives, policies, and procedures for the DoIT agency wide Leadership Development Program. 

In addition, you will prepare and update training materials and certificates for classroom, on-demand, and/or live virtual trainings and deliver and present training for managerial and supervisory staff. 

If you possess these knowledges, skills, abilities, and experience, we invite you to apply for this position to join the DoIT Team!

As a State of Illinois employee, you receive a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Competitive Group Insurance benefits including health, life, dental and vision plans
• Flexible work schedules (when available and dependent upon position)
• 10 -25 days of paid vacation time annually (10 days for first year of state employment)
• 12 days of paid sick time annually which carryover year to year
• 3 paid personal business days per year
• 13-14 paid holidays per year dependent on election years
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave
• Pension plan through the State Employees Retirement System
• Deferred Compensation Program – voluntary supplemental retirement plan
• Optional pre-tax programs -Medical Care Assistance Plan (MCAP) & Dependent Care Assistant Plan (DCAP)
• Tuition Reimbursement Program and Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program eligibility

For more information regarding State of Illinois Benefits follow this link: https://www2.illinois.gov/cms/benefits/Pages/default.aspx

Job Responsibilities

35% Under general supervision of the Chief Learning Officer, serves as the Leadership Development Program Manager for the Department of Innovation and Technology (DoIT), including the DoIT legacy agencies statewide:

• Plans, develops, implements, updates, and maintains program objectives, policies, and procedures for the agency wide DoIT Leadership Development Program, and the legacy DoIT agencies statewide, which includes emerging, front-line, middle, senior, Chief Information Officers (CIO), Group Chief Information Officers (GCIO) leadership levels.
• Exercises authority to broadly effect the Department's Leadership Development goals and/or means of achieving those goals.
• Designs, develops, and implements orientation and development training and related curricula specifically related to leadership development.
• Coach’s agency leaders on the essential behavioral competencies needed to effectively facilitate learning and on how to apply knowledge in the modern workplace in support of organizational goals.
• Develops instructional outlines for specific segments of training presentations.
• Delivers and presents training programs for managerial and supervisory staff, outlining the elements of state employment contracts collaborating with various sections of DoIT Labor Relations and DoIT Human Resources staff to cover contract inclusions, applications, treatments, and effects.
• Conducts classroom, live webinar, and virtual on-demand training in various job knowledges and skills to enhance leadership performance of staff.
• Utilizes technology to lead video conferencing training sessions for seminars, lectures, and team exercises.
• Spearheads the development of innovative leadership training programs, incorporating cutting-edge methodologies and technologies to enhance learning outcomes.

20% Prepares training aids and written materials for instruction programs:

• Prepares and updates training materials and certificates for classroom, on-demand, and/or live virtual trainings.
• Researches and evaluates current labor relations management development methods, techniques and current literature.
• Collaborates with all relevant sections of DoIT to prepare training aids, to research, and to evaluate current training and/or staff training needs.
• Assesses, designs, develops, implements, and evaluates training programs and related curriculum.
• Researches, develops, and edits lectures, audio-visuals, and written materials necessary to conduct formal classroom, live virtual, and/or e-learning training courses.
• Obtains, reviews, accesses, modifies, and revises materials to be used in training programs.
• Utilizes Microsoft Office PowerPoint, Excel, Word and SharePoint in performance of duties.

10% Conducts workshop registration, maintains attendance records, and distributes training materials and information.

• Utilizes employee transcripts within the Learning Management System (LMS) to enter attendance data.
• In collaboration with the LMS Administrator schedules groups and individuals into courses.
• Develops, maintains, and disseminates records, reports, and certificates regarding training for purposes of providing verification of training completion.
• Investigates employee transcripts for course completion upon request from agencies.

10% Reviews and analyzes course and program evaluations and reporting:

• Conducts training gap analyses
• Conducts training evaluation for individual training courses and updates courses annually.
• Plans, develops, and organizes quality control with the implementation and management of quality enhancement projects.
• Analyzes training evaluations and provide training recommendations based on evaluations.
• Creates training/development plans based on agency needs.

10% Serves as full-line supervisor:

• Assigns and reviews work.
• Provides guidance and training to assigned staff.
• Counsels staff regarding work performance
• Reassigns staff to meet day-to-day operating needs.
• Establishes annual goals and objectives.
• Approves time off.
• Adjusts first level grievances.
• Effectively recommends and imposes discipline up to and including discharge.
• Prepares and signs performance evaluations.
• Determines and recommends staffing needs.

5% Liaises with state and local public jurisdiction officials and employees regarding instruction programs, times, registration requirements, descriptive course content, and other related information.

5% Attends seminars, conferences, and training events provided by industry leaders to remain current on new leadership development methods, tools, and ideologies.

5% Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications

1. Requires knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to completion of four (4) years of college, with courses in business, public administration, talent development, management, or organizational development.
2. Requires three (3) years of professional experience managing and implementing a leadership development program for a large organization.
3. Requires one (1 year of professional experience conducting instructor led, virtual on-demand, and live webinar training.

Preferred Qualifications (In Order of Significance)

1. Three (3) years’ professional experience assessing, designing and developing a leadership development training program, including related curriculum.
2. Two (2) years of professional experience conducting instructor led, virtual on-demand, and live webinar training.
3. Three (3) years’ professional experience strategizing a plan to support organizational goals.
4. Two (2) years’ professional experience supervising professional staff.
5. Proven expertise in leadership coaching, including a track record of successfully coaching and mentoring executives and senior leaders to achieve measurable performance improvements.
6. Extensive knowledge of labor relations and bargaining unit agreements as it pertains to leadership development.
7. Developed verbal and written communication skills to present training and guidance to others with clarity and precision.
8. Ability to gain and maintain effective working relationships with associates, vendors, clients and others.
9. Professional training certification from an industry organization, such as SHRM-SCP (SHRM Certified Professional), CPTM (Certified Professional in Training Management), APTD (Associate Professional in Talent Development), or equivalent.

Conditions of Employment

Applicants must possess the ability to meet ALL of the following conditions of employment, with or without reasonable accommodation, to be considered for this position.

1. Requires the ability to verify identity.
2. Requires employment authorization to accept permanent full-time employment with the State of Illinois.
3. Requires the ability to pass a position specific, agency required background check.
4. Requires the ability to travel in the performance of duties.
5. Requires the ability to serve in an on-call capacity.
6. Requires the ability to work overtime including scheduled, unscheduled, short notice, evenings, weekends, and holidays.
7. Requires the ability to work outside of normal hours to meet deadlines.
8. Requires the ability to use agency supplied equipment such as laptop, personal computer, work cell phone, etc.
9. Requires the ability to attend seminars, conferences, and training to remain current on methods, tools, ideologies, or other industry related topics.
10. Requires the ability to lift and carry objects or equipment weighing up to 20 pounds.
    This is considered light work as defined by the U.S. Department of Labor (20 CFR 404.1567(b)). Light work involves lifting no more than 20 pounds at a time with frequent lifting or carrying of objects weighing up to 10 pounds.

The conditions of employment listed are incorporated and/or related to any duties included in the position description.