Grant specialist

Job Requisition ID: 57509 Opening Date: 09/08/2026 Closing Date: 09/22/2026 Agency: Criminal Justice Information Authority Class Title: CRIM JUSTICE SPEC I - 10231 Skill Option: None Bilingual Option: None Salary: Anticipated starting salary $5572 monthly; Full Range $5572 - $7898 monthly Job Type: Salaried Category: Full Time County: Cook Number of Vacancies: 2 Bargaining Unit Code: RC062 Technical Employees, AFSCME

This position is a union position; therefore, provisions of the relevant collective bargaining agreement/labor contract apply to the filling of this position.

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Position Overview We are looking for a Grant Specialist I to work at the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority in the Federal and State Grants Unit (FSGU). FSGU offers a rich environment for a self-driven person desiring to enhance community-based programming and strengthen relationships with partner agencies. Grant Specialist I responsibilities include monitoring grantee performance, budgets, ensuring compliance with grant regulations, and site visits.

The ideal candidate for this role should have superior organizational skills, exceptional time management skills, and experience working in grant programs and/or with public funds. The Grant Specialist I will maintain relationships with grantees and will aid in serving the public by ensuring grantee success in effective and growing programs.

Essential Functions

• Provides technical assistance in the review, examination, approval, implementation and monitoring of interagency agreements and contracts relating to ICJIA grant programs.
• Travels to conduct on-site reviews or conduct enhanced desk review of grantee records.
• Reviews and analyzes quarterly and close-out program and fiscal reports.
• Reviews allocations requests and works with Grants Team members to determine approvability of requests.
• Conducts random reviews of quarterly subcontract/subrecipient program and fiscal reports submitted by grantees.
• Conducts research and recommends development or revisions to budget or fiscal report format, site visit and compliance review procedures and forms.
• Prepares and distributes written drafts and final reports of site and enhanced desk review findings relative to the progress of agreements.
• Establishes and maintains a system/method to track grantee program performance, expenditures, objectives, and outcomes.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires knowledge, skill and mental development equivalent to completion of four years of college with coursework in law, criminal justice, government, public administration, sociology, accounting or political science or related field.
• Requires completion of an agency approved training program or one year of professional experience in planning, development, implementation or assessment of programs in criminal justice, government, public administration, sociology, accounting, political science or equivalent advanced academic work.

Conditions of Employment

• Requires proper documentation for approved work in the United States.
• Requires ability to travel.
• Requires a valid and current driver’s license.
• Requires ability to pass a background check.
• Requires the ability to work remotely and in-person as operational needs require.

Work Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30am - 5:00pm Headquarters Location: 60 E Van Buren, Chicago, Illinois, 60605 Work County: Cook Email: CJA.HRDepartment@illinois.gov Posting Group: Public Safety

This position DOES NOT contain “Specialized Skills” (as that term is used in CBAs).

Agency Statement: ICJIA responds to community needs with research and federal and state grants administration. ICJIA administers over 100 million dollars in grants, including the R3 (restore, reinvest, renew) grants (funded through the tax on legalized cannabis), state violence prevention grants, and federal grants including under the Violence Against Women Act and the Victims of Crime Act. ICJIA convenes groups and collaborates on efforts to reform the criminal justice system. ICJIA leads criminal justice reform efforts by supporting policy makers through research.

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