Coordinating Architect
About the role
withparagraphs. Then responsibilities: list bullet points after "The Coordinating Architect will be held accountable for the following responsibilities:" then list items. We'll put
Responsibilities
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Then qualifications: after "In order to be successful and achieve the above responsibilities, the Coordinating Architect must possess the following qualifications:" then subheadings: Education Required, Experience Required, Other Requirements. Could combine into Requirements section? The instruction says we can have sections: Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to decide where each piece goes.
Education Required, Experience Required, Other Requirements are qualifications. Could put under
Qualifications
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Then Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities list: that's skills. So
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Now Benefits: we have sections.
Health & Wellness: Your Care, Your Choice CPS Is Committed To Providing Comprehensive Health Coverage To Our Employees And Their Eligible Dependents. You'll Have Access To a Variety Of Choices To Best Fit Your Needs Medical Plan Options Pharmacy Dental Vision Behavioral Health & EAP Employee Wellness Program
Financial Security: Planning for Today and Tomorrow We understand the importance of financial stability, which is why CPS offers strong retirement and savings options: Basic Life Insurance Life and Disability Insurance Pension Plans Supplemental Retirement Plans (403(b) and 457(b)) Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) Spot Pet Insurance
Work-Life Balance: Supporting Your Personal and Professional Life CPS values the well-being of its employees and offers competitive paid time off policies: Paid Leave Sick Leave Vacation Days Parental Leaves Short-Term Disability Religious Holidays Leaves Reference the Chicago Public Schools: A Comprehensive Benefits Overview or the benefits handbook for comprehensive details.
We need to preserve all substantive information. We'll create list items for each benefit category maybe.
We could break into sub-items but just list each benefit.
Let's extract distinct benefits:
- Comprehensive health coverage (medical, pharmacy, dental, vision, behavioral health & EAP)
- Employee wellness program
- Basic life insurance
- Life and disability insurance
- Pension plans
- Supplemental retirement plans (403(b) and 457(b))
- Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
- Spot pet insurance
- Paid leave
- Sick leave
- Vacation days
- Parental leaves
- Short-term disability
- Religious holidays leaves
We'll include those as list items.
Now Pay: Estimated Annual Salary Range 90,000.00. So we can say: The position offers an estimated annual salary of $90,000.
Now Schedule: Extended hours and weekend work, especially during construction season including during typical school breaks (thanksgiving, Water, Spring & Summer break) is required. Also frequent and regular travel to various locations throughout the district... is required. Access to reliable transportation is required. We could combine travel and transportation under schedule? Travel is more about schedule but we already have travel under Other Requirements. Might be okay to keep travel under Qualifications. For schedule we can mention extended hours and weekend work.
We'll create Schedule section with
about extended hours and weekend work. Now we need to ensure we don't repeat info. Travel already in Other Requirements; we might keep it there. Schedule only about hours. Now we need to output only HTML
Skills
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Benefits: there is a Benefits section with subcategories Health & Wellness, Financial Security, Work-Life Balance. So we can put
Benefits
with- maybe each benefit as list items.
Pay: there is "Estimated Annual Salary Range 90,000.00". That's a pay figure. So we can include
Pay
withmaybe. Schedule: there is mention of "Extended hours and weekend work, especially during construction season including during typical school breaks (thanksgiving, Water, Spring & Summer break) is required". That's schedule info. Also "Frequent and regular travel to various locations throughout the district... is required". Travel could be schedule? But schedule section is for work hours etc. We have extended hours and weekend work. So we can include schedule. Also there is "Conditions of Employment" about residency requirement. That could be part of Requirements? Might be other requirement. Could include under Requirements or Qualifications? It's a condition of employment. Could be included in Requirements as a bullet. We must not include boilerplate like EEO etc. Already removed. We must not include duplicated lines. We must not include application instructions. We must not include navigation etc. We must not include headings with filler. We need to preserve all substantive information. Let's extract content. First, About the role: combine introductory paragraphs about CPS mission, department, job summary. We need to avoid repeating job title. The job title is Coordinating Architect. We can mention role but not as heading. Let's craft About the role paragraph(s): - Chicago Public Schools (CPS) serves over 325,000 students in 500+ schools and employs over 45,000 people, most of them teachers. CPS aims to provide every student with a world-class learning experience preparing them for college, career, and civic life. Six core values guide the work: student-centered, whole child, equity, academic excellence, community partnership, and continuous learning. Each role supports the vision of a rigorous, joyful, and equitable learning experience. - The Department of Capital and Facilities Operations manages day-to-day operations of CPS schools, modular buildings, annexes, and administrative offices, ensuring schools and facilities are clean, safe, heated and cooled, and dry. - Reporting to the Executive Director of Capital Planning and Construction, the Coordinating Architect oversees processes and procedures that reduce cost and increase reliability of project delivery. The role ensures projects are formulated correctly, designed to meet facility requirements, and constructed within time and budget targets. It focuses on capital program projects ($35,000 to over $20,000,000) including new construction, additions, annexes, large complex renovations, selective renovations for educational initiatives, facility upgrades, playgrounds, etc., and also advises operations teams on small capital and maintenance projects. That seems good. Now Responsibilities: list each bullet. From text: - Supervises the work of planning and design staff (contracted consultants); - Oversees consultants and supervises the work of in-house architectural staff engaged in establishing design criteria, project schedules and cost estimates for architectural projects. - Plans and implements work standards and evaluates the performance of architectural staff (contracted consultants). - Reviews completed design plans to ensure compliance with project specifications, space requirements, and funding guidelines - Conducts site visits to monitor work in progress and to ensure adherence to project schedules, contract specifications, and budget targets - Represents Chicago Public Schools (CPS) in City Council matters, Department of Buildings and Zoning meetings, and community forums; Act as a direct liaison between departments - Supervises the preparation of administrative and technical reports to keep leadership apprised of all project life cycles - Serves as the primary contact for ADA-related inquiries and provide annual updates to CPS Design Standards - Supervises furniture contracts, including specification development, ordering, and installation - Coordinates the implementation and maintenance of capital project data systems and programmatic software - Other duties as assigned We need to keep punctuation but okay. Now Qualifications: Education Required, Experience Required, Other Requirements. Education Required: - Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Architecture or related field is required - Registration as Professional Architect (R.A.) in the State of Illinois is required Experience Required: - Minimum of five (5) years of professional architectural work experience in planning, coordination and development of major architectural projects is required - Minimum of three (3) years of experience supervising architectural work and projects is required - Experience working with the City of Chicago including various departments and sister agencies is required - Experience working on commercial, industrial and educational k-12 projects is required - Experience with Green, sustainable and LEED projects is required Other Requirements: - Frequent and regular travel to various locations throughout the district, including, but not limited to professional development locations, CPS offices, and school sites is required - Access to reliable transportation is required - Extended hours and weekend work, especially during construction season including during typical school breaks (thanksgiving, Water, Spring & Summer break) is required We could also include Conditions of Employment: Establish/Maintain Chicago Residency - Employees are required to live within the geographic boundaries of the City of Chicago within six months of their CPS hire date and maintain residency throughout their employment with the district. The Chicago residency requirement does not apply to temporary/part-time positions; however, all CPS employees must be residents of Illinois. That could be another qualification or requirement. We'll add under Qualifications maybe as "Other Requirements" or separate "Requirements". Since we have a Qualifications section, we can add residency under Other Requirements. Now Skills: Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities list. Let's extract each bullet: - Strong verbal and written communication skills, including presentations, listening, and writing - High levels of instructional expertise, integrity, honesty, credibility, and the courage to make difficult yet necessary decisions - Effective strategic planning capabilities, including the ability to establish long-term vision and goals, and align/manage activities toward goal fulfillment - Strong leadership and team building skills (e.g., ability to develop high-performing teams united around a clear vision for serving schools and achieving student success) - Knowledge of operations, budget/finance, management, and organizational development - Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build collaborative relationships with a variety of constituent groups, including external partners, to ensure the entire system operates in the most effective manner possible to support schools and principals - Ability to define problems, analyze data, and outline valid conclusions and action steps - Demonstrated strong leadership and project management skills - Solid knowledge of programming, design, construction management, and financial reporting - Strong Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access, etc.) skills. - Strong knowledge of design, construction project, and financial applications, including Oracle Primavera, AutoCAD, BIM, BlueBeam, Google Suite, E-Builder and others - High level of initiative and leadership, commitment to drive exceptional level of collaboration with all direct reports, interdepartmental staff, and external organizations - Proactive approach to problem solving, strong analytical acumen; ability to quickly process complex information and present it clearly and simply to varied stakeholders - Self-starter, structured, and creative - Ability to quickly analyze a problem/question and decide the level of importance and necessary higher-level intervention. 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Now Benefits: we have sections.
Health & Wellness: Your Care, Your Choice CPS Is Committed To Providing Comprehensive Health Coverage To Our Employees And Their Eligible Dependents. You'll Have Access To a Variety Of Choices To Best Fit Your Needs Medical Plan Options Pharmacy Dental Vision Behavioral Health & EAP Employee Wellness Program
Financial Security: Planning for Today and Tomorrow We understand the importance of financial stability, which is why CPS offers strong retirement and savings options: Basic Life Insurance Life and Disability Insurance Pension Plans Supplemental Retirement Plans (403(b) and 457(b)) Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) Spot Pet Insurance
Work-Life Balance: Supporting Your Personal and Professional Life CPS values the well-being of its employees and offers competitive paid time off policies: Paid Leave Sick Leave Vacation Days Parental Leaves Short-Term Disability Religious Holidays Leaves Reference the Chicago Public Schools: A Comprehensive Benefits Overview or the benefits handbook for comprehensive details.
We need to preserve all substantive information. We'll create list items for each benefit category maybe.
We could break into sub-items but just list each benefit.
Let's extract distinct benefits:
- Comprehensive health coverage (medical, pharmacy, dental, vision, behavioral health & EAP)
- Employee wellness program
- Basic life insurance
- Life and disability insurance
- Pension plans
- Supplemental retirement plans (403(b) and 457(b))
- Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
- Spot pet insurance
- Paid leave
- Sick leave
- Vacation days
- Parental leaves
- Short-term disability
- Religious holidays leaves
We'll include those as list items.
Now Pay: Estimated Annual Salary Range 90,000.00. So we can say: The position offers an estimated annual salary of $90,000.
Now Schedule: Extended hours and weekend work, especially during construction season including during typical school breaks (thanksgiving, Water, Spring & Summer break) is required. Also frequent and regular travel to various locations throughout the district... is required. Access to reliable transportation is required. We could combine travel and transportation under schedule? Travel is more about schedule but we already have travel under Other Requirements. Might be okay to keep travel under Qualifications. For schedule we can mention extended hours and weekend work.
We'll create Schedule section with