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Job Description

Business Process Improvement (BPI) Consultant works with and alongside business partners to successfully achieve their operational goals, meet University strategic goals, and improve organizational processes. The BPI consultant collects data about an organization’s operations to improve its systems and processes. Their primary duties include researching business processes, determining root causes of inefficiencies, exploring appropriate solutions, and making reports to the process owner and divisional leadership with recommendations and analysis of potential impacts of their recommendations. The BPI Consultant will also help process owners to identify and select appropriate performance measures that can be tracked over time. The incumbent in this position is expected to work independently, use their professional training and judgment to identify both challenges and potential solutions, and work collaboratively with others to optimize business processes.


Additional Information
The Organizational Performance Office is a new unit in the Finance and Planning Division at the University. Incumbents in this position will play an instrumental role in the establishment and development of the new unit, building relationships with key stakeholders, and building organizational capacity through their work with partners.
University Benefit Highlights:
- Insurance benefits, including health, dental, vision, and life
- Retirement and supplemental retirement planning options
- Tuition waiver benefits available to staff as well as their eligible dependents
- Paid holiday/administrative closures during Thanksgiving and Winter Breaks
- Paid benefit time

For more University Benefit information: https://hr.illinoisstate.edu/benefits/

Information regarding eligibility for participation in the State Universities Retirement System and the State of Illinois Group Insurance program can be reviewed here https://hr.illinoisstate.edu/benefits/insurance/

Qualifications

Required Qualifications
1. Bachelor’s or equivalent degree (Transcript required - may be unofficial)
2. Two (2) years of full-time (or part-time equivalent) professional experience executing business processes (Note: a business process is any administrative or operational procedure that requires multiple sequential steps to complete)
3. Six Sigma yellow belt (or higher) certification.

Preferred Qualifications
1.Ability to apply Lean/Six Sigma principles and methodologies, as evidenced by six sigma green belt (or higher) certification.
2.One (1) or more years of experience in either business process improvement or organizational development consulting.

Salary

$65,000 - $80,000/annual

Links

ISU Jobs Website

Contact Information

University/Agency	Illinois State University
Department/College	Human Resources
Contact	Colette Homan
Phone Number	309-438-8311
Address
Comments	Applicants for this position must be authorized to work in the U.S. without ISU sponsorship. Sponsorship for work authorization will not be considered for this position. Please fully complete the entire application including, but not limited to, the education and work history portions. Be specific on your work history, including employment dates (if part-time you must list the number of work hours) and duties for all positions held. Applicable part-time work experience will be considered toward qualifying for this position; however, it will be converted to a full-time equivalency to determine combined length of experience. Please do not put "see resume" in the duties and responsibilities section of the work history. This will be considered an incomplete application and incomplete applications will not be considered. College or university transcripts (may be unofficial) must be submitted prior to the application deadline to receive full consideration. Transcripts can either be uploaded with your application or submitted via the options listed below. To be eligible for Veteran's Preference points on the exam, appropriate military service documentation such as a DD-214 must be submitted prior to the application deadline. Transcripts and/or military service documentation may be emailed, faxed, or mailed to Human Resources by the application deadline: Fax: 309.438.0011, Attn: Colette Homan Address: Illinois State University Human Resources Campus Box 1300 Normal, IL 61790-1300 The Civil Service examination for this classification is based on your application materials and responses to the supplemental questions. No participation other than submission of applicant materials is required from applicants that qualify to take the exam. If you meet the minimum required qualifications for this position, you will receive a score calculated based on your education and experience, and your name will be placed on the active employment register by exam score. After the application deadline, the names within the top three scores will be referred to the department for interview. The active register for this classification will be voided when the position is filled. Illinois State University is authorized to do business within the State of Illinois. All work under this appointment is required to be performed from within the State of Illinois. If hired, out-of-state candidates must establish Illinois residency within 180 calendar days from the start date for this position. Illinois residency requires proof of a valid Illinois driver’s license or a valid State of Illinois ID card. Failure to produce the required documentation within 180 calendar days will result in immediate termination of employment.