$211,908 Job Available At Joliet City Hall: State Of Illinois Driver's License Required For Applicants

JOLIET, IL — Have you been thinking about switching jobs, maybe pursuing a different career path? Has the thought of going to work at Joliet City Hall crossed your mind?

On Friday, the city of Joliet website included a job opening post for the administrative position of director of community development.

Last month, city manager Beth Beatty's administration fired Dustin Anderson, the Munster, Indiana resident, who commuted to Joliet since Beatty brought him on board in April 2024. Anderson was relieved of his duties in August and placed on administrative paid leave for a short period of time before receiving his termination letter from the city's human resources director in September.

This week's job posting indicates the next director of community development will make an annual salary of somewhere between $124,875 and $211,908.

As part of Joliet's effort to avoid hiring someone else from the state of Indiana, the City Hall job opening indicates that applicants must possess a valid state of Illinois Class D driver's license.

The city's website indicates that Joliet is now accepting applications and reviewing the applications.

The new director of community development will report to Joliet's new deputy city manager Nolan Ming, a former Yorkville product who just moved back to the area from Tennessee to take the job with Joliet in August.

As for the director of community development, Joliet's job opening wants applicants to meet the following criteria:

• A minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible administrative experience in municipal planning, building codes, permitting, economic development, and/or communitydevelopment, including at least 5 years in a supervisory or management capacity.

• A Bachelor's Degree in planning, public administration, architecture, engineering, construction management, or a related field.
• A comprehensive and broad knowledge of the modern principles and practices of planning, building code administration, economic development, and/or community development.

"Work is generally performed in an office environment, with occasional site visits to businesses, construction sites, and prospective development sites," the city of Joliet job posting informed applicants. "Noise level is usually quiet, except for office equipment background noise, subject to frequent interruptions by telephone callers and walk-in visitors. Occasional evening and weekend work hours to meet deadlines. Travel to various City locations to participate in presentations and meetings."