EXPORT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM COORDINATOR

State of Illinois•Chicago, IL

3d•$8,281 - $12,223•Onsite

About The Position

The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Office of Trade and Investment, is seeking to hire an Export Assistance Program Coordinator (PSA opt 1). This position will work closely with the management team to promote, develop, and coordinate the office’s export assistance program. As part of this high-impact initiative, you’ll play a key role in expanding international trade opportunities for small and mid-sized companies across the state. The Illinois Office of Trade and Investment is charged with promoting Illinois internationally as a place to expand one’s business, providing export assistance, and facilitating bilateral engagement with foreign governments. Illinois is a top exporting state and, as such, also provides financial resources to exporting companies through the ISTEP program. We invite qualified candidates to apply for this high-energy, exciting, and fulfilling position.

Requirements

Requires knowledge, skill and mental development equivalent to completion of four (4) years of college, with courses in business or public administration.
Requires prior experience equivalent to three (3) years of progressively responsible administrative experience in a public or business organization.
Requires two (2) years or more experience of advance level client database management.
Requires two (2) years or more experience developing and delivering written media such as briefs, memoranda, summarizations, research reports or regulations bulletins.
Requires two (2) years or more experience in grant administration or grant monitoring of federal state and/or local grants.
Requires advanced level experience in the utilization of spreadsheet software, document creation, email and cloud-based platforms.

Nice To Haves

Prefers two (2) years or more experience of advance level client database management.
Prefers two (2) years or more experience developing and delivering written media such as briefs, memoranda, summarizations, research reports or regulations bulletins.
Requires two (2) years or more experience in grant administration or grant monitoring, of federal, state, and/or local grants.
Prefers advanced level experience in the utilization of spreadsheet software, document creation. email and cloud-based platforms.

Responsibilities

Formulates and recommends policy rules to the Deputy Director and Assistant Deputy Director of the Office of Trade and Investment (OTI), to help Illinois' small-medium sized enterprises (SMEs) increase their exports through the Illinois State Trade Export Promotion (ISTEP) program.
Collaborates OTI staff with trade program recruitment and overall program coverage.
Collaborates with the fiscal team on processing ISTEP company reimbursements to assure that all guidelines outlined by the U.S. Small Business Administration and Office of International Trade are met.
May be required to report Travels to the Chicago and/or Springfield office for meetings with OTI staff on the STEP program being implemented and managed.
Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above