Job Description
Reporting directly to the Deputy Treasurers, the Director of Special/Strategic Projects primarily supports the office by managing and directing communications and public relations strategies for outreach events. This individual will represent the Cook County Treasurer Office in public events, supervises outreach staff and seasonal members of the department, manages and direct internal and external institutional and community events to promote Cook County Treasurer’s programs.
The Director of Special/Strategic Projects will be tasked with drafting, implementing, and executing other property tax related projects as directed. The individual may will aid in policy tasks and research studies as necessary.
Job Responsibilities
- Manage, direct, and attend events to promote Cook County Treasurer’s outreach program, with an emphasis on seeking to help property owners claim money saving refunds and exemptions.
- Develop partnerships with public and private institutions to promote Treasurer’s initiatives and special program.
- Serve a liaison between Treasurer’s Office and the ethnic media.
- Coordinate Cook County Treasurer’s public events.
- Create and maintain a database of ethnic and community contacts.
- Develop and maintain a weekly and monthly event agenda.
- Manage public appearances for Cook County Treasurer.
- Create daily and weekly reports about department’s projects and ongoing objectives.
- Drafts written correspondence as needed.
- Works extended hours and weekends as necessary.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Chicago, IL |
| Job Type | Full-time |
| Salary | $160,000–$190,000 Per Year |
| Website | https://cookcountytreasurer.com |
Qualifications
- Knowledge of CCTO operations, procedures, polices, practices and guidelines, or the ability to quickly gain such knowledge.
- Knowledge of CCTO procedures related to CCTO operations, function, activities and the property tax system, or the ability to gain such knowledge.
- Knowledge of Cook County Government, or the ability to quickly gain such knowledge.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office platform, specifically Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
- Ability to converse knowledgeably and communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
- Ability to work with others; excellent interpersonal skills in dealing with the public and co-workers.
- Excellent organizational skills.
- Ability to manage multiple projects effectively.
- Ability to develop, coordinate and implement programmatic changes.
- Ability to coordinate contacts with numerous individuals from other elected officials’ offices, the public, and co-workers.
- Ability to demonstrate good administrative skills.
- Ability to interact with the general public and taxpayers, providing guidance and information regarding common functions of CCTO.
- Ability to meet CCTO and departmental deadlines and effectively use time with limited oversight.
- Must be computer literate, with skill and efficiency in entering and retrieving data, and possess the ability to utilize CCTO systems and databases.
Minimum Qualifications
Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor’s Degree PLUS a minimum of three years' experience OR equivalent combination of professional work experience, training and education.
Professional work. experience working on behalf of or working with various community groups, ethnic groups, and/or governmental agencies.
The duties listed are not set forth for purposes of limiting the assignment of work. They are not be construed as a complete list of the many duties normally to be performed under a job title or those to be performed temporarily outside an employee's normal line of work.
Benefits
Paid Time-Off, Military Leave, Prescription Drug Coverage, Life Insurance, Retirement / Pension Plans, Paid Sick Days, Flexible Spending Accounts, Parental Paid Leave, Medical, Dental, Vision
About Company
Duties and Responsibilities of the Cook County Treasurer
In Cook County, the County Treasurer oversees the second-largest property tax collection and distribution system in the United States. Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas is responsible for:
- Printing and mailing bills based on the data provided by other county and state agencies on assessments, exemptions and tax rates
- Collection of $16.1 billion each year in taxes from the owners of more than 1.8 million parcels of property
- Distribution of the tax funds to approximately 2,200 local government agencies that have the jurisdiction to collect taxes. The agencies include school districts, villages, cities, townships, park and forest preserve systems, libraries, public health and safety agencies, election authorities, economic-development agencies and bonds to pay for public-works projects
Treasurer Pappas also must maintain an investment policy and strategy to address:
- Conformance with federal and state laws and local ordinances
- Safety of principal to avoid any risk of loss of public funds
- Diversity of type, maturity and institution to help manage the risk and principal
- Liquidity of funds to provide sufficient funds to meet obligations as they become due
- Returns on investments or yields that provide performance measures with return on investments to be secondary to the role of protecting the safety and liquidity features of the policy
Treasurer Pappas must receive and safely keep the revenues and other public funds of the County and all money and funds authorized by law to be paid to her and disburse the same pursuant to law. Under Illinois law, Treasurer Pappas appoints her deputies, assistants and personnel to assist her in the performance of her duties.
Treasurer Pappas must file regular reports with the President of the County Board to summarize the financial status of her office in the format deemed necessary by the County Board.
Under state law, Treasurer Pappas' office also maintains special funds, from which the County Board shall authorize payments by voucher between board meetings, to include:
- Reasonable amounts needed during the accounting period to pay office expenses, postage, freight, express or similar charges
- Funds to pay necessary travel, dues and other expenses for workshops, educational seminars and organizational meetings established for the purpose of providing in-service training
- Trust funds for such purposes as may be provided for by law
- The Treasurer shall make a monthly accounting to the County Board through the County Clerk of all other special funds maintained by her in the discharge of her duties
In addition, Treasurer Pappas is required by law to:
- Prepare delinquency tax lists and send notices to the last known taxpayer(s) of record
- Obtain a tax-sale judgment order in court
- Conduct an annual sale of tax liens to seek payment of delinquent taxes
Under Illinois law, Treasurer Pappas' office also oversees the process of refunding overpayments of taxes. There are varying statutes of limitation depending upon the type of refund. All refund applications must be submitted on or before the expiration of the specific statute of limitation, which begins on the date the right to the refund arose. These refunds are for overpayments that occur through:
- Duplicate payments of the same taxes
- Overpayments of the amount due
- Reductions in assessments after the original billing as authorized by various tax-assessment agencies or the courts
- Reductions in tax rates after the original billings as authorized by the courts
Skills
- Administrative Skillsunmatched
- People Managementunmatched
- Property Taxunmatched
- Public/Media/Press/Analyst Relationsunmatched
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