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City of Freeport Employment Opportunities

Notice Under the Americans with Disabilities Act

Grievance Procedure Under the Americans with Disabilities Act

The Human Resource Department of the City of Freeport provides such services as benefits administration, recruitment, orientation, safety training, workers' compensation administration and salary and benefits administration according to municipal ordinance and bargaining unit contracts with AFSCME, IAFF, and PBLC. The Human Resource Manager is the City's Benefits Coordinator and acts as liaison between the City's employees and its administration.

The City of Freeport Human Resource Department accepts applications for the following departments:

• Mayor's Office
• Legal Department
• Finance Department
• Community Development
• Building Department
• Public Works Department
• Water & Sewer Department
• Freeport Public Library

The City of Freeport is an Equal Opportunity Employer which means that we do not discriminate based upon age, color, handicap, national origin, race, religion, sex and veteran status.
Working for the City of Freeport means helping our community run more smoothly, efficiently and safely.

HIRING PROCESS:

Applications are accepted only for positions currently posted.

Applications are taken for a limited time. An expiration date is noted on each individual vacancy posting. Any application or resume not received prior to the close of the business day on the expiration date will be rejected.

All applications are reviewed using a matrix that lists the required and preferred knowledge, skills, and abilities that the ideal candidates should possess to the degree it can be determined by written materials. Following use of the screening matrix, the top candidates will be contacted for testing or interviews, if no testing is required. Testing may include: data entry test, speed typing test, various computer software application tests, Internet research ability tests, etc.

The City of Freeport does not require civil service testing.

Pre-employment tests for illegal drug use are required as a condition of employment.

Applications for open positions can be picked up at the City Hall Building, Human Resource Department, 524 W. Stephenson, St., Freeport, Illinois.

Resumes may be mailed directly to:

City of Freeport
Human Resource Department
524 West Stephenson Street, Suite 322 C
Freeport, Illinois 61032
OR faxed to (815) 599-5872

The following departments accept their own applications at the address listed:

• Police Department 320 W. Exchange St., Freeport, Illinois 61032
• Fire Department 524 W. Stephenson St., Suite 332, Freeport, Illinois 61032

EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS

• Paid sick leave
• Paid vacation
• Paid holidays plus birthday
• Paid life insurance
• Health and dental insurance (cost shared by employer & employee)
• Voluntary 457(k) Deferred Compensation Plan
• Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund for or Police Pension / Fire Pension
• PEHP (Post Employment Health Plan)
• Tuition reimbursement
• Voluntary Section 125 Flexible Spending Plan
• Voluntary supplemental AFLAC insurance
• Freeport City Employees Credit Union (Contact Kevin Countryman at 235-8217)
• Voluntary retiree continuation of group health and/or life insurance

RELATED LINKS:
The following is a list of external links to some of our benefit carriers:

FHN
Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund
Security Benefit

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Freeport City Hall
524 W. Stephenson St.
Freeport, IL 61032
Phone: 815-235-8200 or 815-235-8203