Job Description

Job Requisition ID: 48655 
Closing Date: 08/25/2025
​Agency:  Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
Class Title:  PUBLIC SERVICE ADMINISTRATOR - 37015 
Skill Option:  General Administration/Business Marketing/Labor/Personnel 
Bilingual Option:  None
Salary: Anticipated Starting Salary $8,281 - $10,281 monthly
Job Type: Salaried
Category:  Full Time 
County: Sangamon
Number of Vacancies: 1
Bargaining Unit Code:  None
Merit Comp Code:  Gubernatorial (Management Bill) Exclusion from RC063 Collective Bargaining Coverage

All applicants who want to be considered for this position MUST  apply electronically through the  illinois.jobs2web.com  website. State of Illinois employees should click the link near the top left to apply through the  SuccessFactors  employee career portal.

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

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Posting Identification Number 48655

Why Work for Illinois?

Working with the State of Illinois is a testament to the values of compassion, equity, and dedication that define our state. Whether you’re helping to improve schools, protect our natural resources, or support families in need, you’re part of something bigger—something that touches the lives of every person who calls Illinois home.

No matter what state career you’re looking for, we offer jobs that fit your life and your schedule—flexible jobs that provide the gold standard of benefits. Our employees can take advantage of various avenues to advance their careers and realize their dreams. Our top-tier benefits and great retirement packages can help you build a rewarding career and lasting future with the State of Illinois.

Position Overview

Join a World Class Institution!! The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum (ALPLM) is hiring an Education Manager . Under administrative direction of the Education Director, organizes, plans, executes, controls, and evaluates the operations of the Education Department – with a focus on elementary and the Children’s Area Program; establishes and oversees educational programming; implements an evaluates operating policies, practices and procedures; provides advisory assistance and recommendations in developing education program strategy; serves as a representative promoting the Division with the teaching community and the public; assists in the budgetary process; serves as full line supervisor.

Essential Functions

• Organizes, plans, executes, and evaluates the operations of the Elementary Educational Services Program and the Children’s Area Program.
• Implements and evaluates operating polices, practices, and procedures using patron feedback and provides advisory assistance and recommendations to the Education Director in developing the education program strategy.
• Serves as a representative promoting the Division with the teaching community and the public through outreach and professional development.
• Serves as full-line supervisor.
• Reviews and monitors the operations budget.
• 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 the completion of four (4) years of college.
• Requires three (3) years of progressively responsible administrative work experience.
• Requires five (5) years of experience teaching in a K-12 education environment within the past ten (10) years.
• Requires two (2) years of experience creating standards-aligned programs, curricula, and lesson plans.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prefers possession of a current and valid ISBE-issued Professional Educator License in K–12 education.
• Prefers three (3) years of experience creating standards-aligned program curricula and lesson plans for a culturally diverse audience, including alternative ways to develop and deliver educational materials.
• Prefers experience in planning three (3) or more events for large groups (e.g. tour groups, school groups, conference planning, etc.).
• Prefers two (2) years of experience supervising staff or volunteers.
• Prefers two (2) years experience measuring user satisfaction and/or applying user evaluation techniques to ensure programs and materials' effectiveness.
• Prefers one (1) year of experience working in a non-traditional education setting such as a museum, library, or non-profit.

Conditions of Employment

• Requires completion of a background check and self-disclosure of criminal history.
• Overtime is a condition of employment, and you may be requested or required/mandated to work overtime including scheduled, unscheduled, or last-minute overtime. This may require the ability to work evenings and weekends.
• This position is considered sedentary work as defined by the U.S. Department of Labor (20 CFR 404.1567(a)). Sedentary work involves lifting no more than 10 pounds at a time and requires occasional lifting, carrying, walking, and standing.
• Requires the ability to keep and maintain an agency supplied cell phone.
• The conditions of employment listed here are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as listed in the job description.

About the Agency

The ALPLM is passionate in or mission to inspire civic engagement through the diverse lens of Illinois history and sharing with the world the life and legacy of Abraham Lincoln. As caretakers of a one-of-a-kind collection of artifacts, we consider our work to learn, teach and share history a great honor. The people of the ALPLM strive to employ innovate approaches to create a positive impact for the future, as it can be inspired by the past. As preservationists of Illinois' diverse history, we strive to build, maintain, and make accessible a growing record of history for today's inquisitive explorers as well as those who shall, in the future, rely on our efforts. Our learning-centered agency insists on the values of honesty and integrity, intentional leadership, equitable collaboration and transparent accountability. The ALPLM boasts pristine facilities, a creative environment, and a professional staff with a variety of backgrounds and talents.

As a State of Illinois employee, you will receive a robust benefits package that includes the following:

* A Pension Program

* Competitive Group Insurance Benefits including Health, Life, Dental and Vision insurance

* 12 Paid Sick Days annually (Sick days carry over from year to year)

* 13 paid holidays annually - 14 on even numbered years

* 12 weeks paid maternity / paternity leave

* Deferred Compensation Program - A Supplemental retirement plan

* Optional Pre-Tax Programs such as Medical Care Assistance Plan (MCAP) Dependent Care Assistance Plan (DCAP) and more

For more information about our benefits please follow this link

Work Hours: 8:30am - 5:00pm, Monday thru Friday 
Work Location:  112 N 6th St, Springfield, Illinois, 62701 
Agency Contact:  Ashlee Bates
Email:  ashlee.bates@illinois.gov
Phone #:  217-494-2098
Posting Group:  Education

The ALPLM is passionate in our mission to inspire civic engagement through the diverse lens of Illinois history and sharing with the world the life and legacy of Abraham Lincoln. We consider it an honor to share with the world what we learn, the processes and collateral with which we learn it, and innovative approaches to creating a positive impact for the future inspired by the past. As preservationists of Illinois' diverse history, we strive to build, maintain, and make accessible a growing record of history for today's inquisitive explorers as well as those who shall, in the future, rely on our efforts. The ALPLM boasts pristine facilities, a creative environment, and a professional staff with a variety of backgrounds and talents.

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