How does an $87K salary sound? Check out 5 open Illinois government jobs in metro-east

Meredith Howard
·5 min read

The State of Illinois has more than 76,000 employees, and there are dozens of positions in the metro-east accepting applications.

Illinois agencies seeking employees in the area include the Department of Agriculture, Department of Human Services, Department of Natural Resources and more.

The Work for Illinois website displays job listings, deadlines and qualifications, and you can apply for positions online. Additional information about application requirements is available.

Here’s an overview of five open state government positions in the southwestern Illinois region.

Henry White Farm Manager/Program Coordinator

Agency: Department of Agriculture

Wage: $25 per hour (part-time position)

Location: Millstadt

The application for Henry White Experimental Farm manager/program coordinator closes June 23.

The job responsibilities include, from the listing:

  • Responsible for daily management under strict regulatory guidelines

  • Performs a variety of unskilled and routine site tasks required for maintenance

  • Operation of farm equipment of less than 80 horsepower tractors without attachments

  • Coordinates all aspects of harvesting crops and custom harvesting and grain hauling

  • Maintains building interiors; sweeps, mops, cleans and disinfects washrooms and fixtures, dusts and cleans furniture

  • Performs preventative maintenance of agricultural equipment by changing oil, fluids and filters, changing spark plugs, sharpening blades and changing oil

  • Performs minor repairs on farm equipment

  • General maintenance of demonstration center grounds and landscaping

  • Responsible for practicing farm safety

Required qualifications, according to the listing:

  • A high school diploma or equivalent experience

  • At least five years of experience in agricultural production

  • Proficient experience operating farm machinery and mechanical garden/landscaping tools

  • Thorough knowledge in the performance of routine maintenance on farm equipment and facility equipment

Physical Therapy Aide II

Agency: Department of Human Services

Salary: $3,358 to $4,515 per month

Location: Centralia

The application for physical therapy aide II is due June 23.

Here are the job responsibilities, via the listing:

  • “Administers routine and advanced forms of therapy treatment programs as recommended by an interdisciplinary treatment team in consultation with the Therapists and as ordered by the physicians.

  • Administers muscle training and motion exercises, performs massages

  • Provides guidance to technical staff in the use of proper techniques to assist in therapy, positioning and general motor activities, bathing, and daily living activities, such as the use of wheelchairs with and without adaptations.

  • Operates, maintains, and makes minor repairs to therapy equipment.

  • Practices infection control utilizing procedures which include, but are not limited to, frequent hand washing, masking, gowning, food elimination precautions, and proper usage, cleaning, and storage of resident’s equipment.”

Qualifications for the position include one year of experience in “physical therapy aide work and/or training which has provided a working knowledge of the potential hazards involved in physiotherapy treatments and necessary precautionary methods,” the listing says.

Registered Nurse I

Agency: Department of Human Services

Salary: $5,274 to $7,260 monthly

Location: Alton

The application for registered nurse I closes June 27.

Job responsibilities, from the listing:

  • “Utilizing the nursing process, provides professional nursing care to mentally ill patients on a living unit.

  • Provides guidance to lower-level staff for adherence to treatment plans and compliance with applicable operational policies and procedures, current professional standards of psychiatric mental health patient care.

  • Performs a variety of nursing care functions including preparing and administering medication, laboratory specimens, preparing patients for specialized diagnostic testing, providing Basic Life Support (BLS).

  • Consults with physicians and other professional staff regarding patient treatment and care.

  • Monitors the use of appropriate techniques to ensure a safe, secure therapeutic and sanitary environment of care and general performance of duties.

  • Completes mandatory nursing training requirements and continuing education workshops and seminars to maintain professional competency.”

Minimum qualifications for this position include graduation from an approved program resulting in an associate, diploma or bachelor’s degree in nursing and licensure as a registered nurse in Illinois.

Office coordinator, option 1

Agency: Department of Healthcare and Family Services

Salary: $3,471 to $4,729 per month

Location: Collinsville

The application for this position closes June 28.

According to the listing, job responsibilities include:

  • “Provides customer service both in person and via telephone for inquiries received at the regional office

  • Performs complex and specialized procedures to achieve the service of income withholding orders or to otherwise dispose of delinquency referrals for St. Clair County

  • Gathers information and issues notices of delinquency to responsible relatives whose accounts meet established delinquency guidelines

  • Gathers information and issues referrals for accounts in need of adjustment to designated accounting staff and referrals for cases in need of legal action to attorneys for Child Support Specialists

  • Establishes and monitors tracking procedures to monitor status of notices of delinquency, income withholding, and other work in progress”

Minimum qualifications for this position, according to the listing, include the “knowledge, skill and mental development” equivalent to two years of secretarial/business college or completion of high school. It also asks for two years of related office experience or two years of independent business experience

Conservation/Historic Preservation Worker

Agency: Department of Natural Resources

Wage: $15 per hour (part-time, temporary position not to exceed six months)

Location: Granite City

This application deadline is unspecified, but the listing was posted June 16.

The job responsibilities include, according to the listing:

  • Mows grass, cuts weeds and brush

  • Rakes lawns, trims, cuts and waters trees and shrubbery, sweeps sidewalks

  • Paints signs and picnic tables

  • Cleans and disinfects restrooms and buildings/offices

  • Sweeps and mops floors

  • Washes windows

  • Loads and unloads trucks

  • Collects and hauls trash

  • Picks up and disposes of litter and debris

  • Cuts and hauls firewood

  • Clears and/or maintains hunting and fishing access points

  • Assists in placement of hunt stake location (dove and waterfowl)

  • Places information, maps and sign-in sheets for hunting seasons

  • Works hunter check stations based on season, as needed

  • Maintains and prepares site for programs

  • Assists in planting and care of various cover crops and food plots

  • Assists with waterfowl impoundment preparations such as pumping, de-watering, water control structures if required by site.

This position requires “knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to the completion of eight years of elementary school,” the listing says. Employees must be at least 17 years old, hold a valid driver’s license and meet other requirements.