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Requisition No: 877029 

Agency: Department of Health

Working Title: OPERATIONS & MGMT CONSULTANT MGR - SES - 64001827

 Pay Plan: SES

Position Number: 64001827 

Salary:  $50,584.67 - 77,000.00 

Posting Closing Date: 06/26/2026 

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Open Competitive Opportunity

Your Specific Responsibilities:

This is a highly responsible supervisory position located within the Bureau of Preparedness and Response, Community Preparedness Section.  The position is responsible for management of the Community Preparedness Section to include oversight of the County Health Department Expect Preparedness System and deliverables, and all health care coalition activities.  This position is also responsible for ensuring completion of workplans, balanced budgets, federal reporting, and compliance with federal guidance. The incumbent is responsible for supervising staff in the Community Preparedness Section in accordance with state and departmental policies and procedures.

This position spends the majority of the time engaged in supervisory responsibilities. This includes communicating with, motivating, training, and evaluating employees in addition to planning and directing employees' work. The incumbent has the authority to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline subordinate employees or effectively recommend such action. The incumbent will also be required to develop performance expectations, meet with staff regularly to discuss performance, complete performance reviews, maintain vacation and work schedules, ensuring proper coverage, and complete timesheets.

Serves as the State Health Care Coalition Coordinator, working closely with the coalitions on annual contract deliverables, Health Care Coalition Task Force meetings and agenda items and conducting quarterly technical assistance calls individually with each coalition. Works with the coalitions and state grant staff to ensure both the state and coalitions are meeting the coalition specific grant required deliverables for the Hospital Preparedness Cooperative Agreement.

Serves as the State Expect Preparedness Coordinator to the county health departments with regard to the CHD Expect Preparedness deliverables. Conducts annual reviews of the deliverables to ensure viability and provide edits as deemed appropriate.  Provides quarterly technical assistance to each of the 10 preparedness regions, new and existing planners to assist as needed with implementation of the preparedness deliverables. This could include both one-on-one technical assistance, regional, and statewide activities.

Manages the Florida Public Health Risk Assessment Tool.  Works with the vendor to develop, maintain, and create reports on risks at the county, regional, coalition and statewide levels by hazard and capability area. Works with vendor to ensure system is working correctly and to update data sets in the system as needed.

Analyze and evaluate progress on building preparedness capability at the local level by county health departments and health care coalitions through data analysis, assessment, evaluation of programmatic deliverables and providing reports on trends, gaps, and outcomes.

Prepare, administer, and monitor the Community Preparedness Section grant workplans, budgets and federal or state performance measures as applicable.

Oversee the Coalition Verification Readiness System (CRVS) and the CHD Expect Preparedness System used to track health care coalition and county health department deliverable approvals. Works with IT staff to monitor system breaks, fixes, and create system enhancements.

Keep community preparedness content on the Department's website pages and SharePoint sites up to date.

Prepare to and serve as a member of the State ESF-8 Incident Management Team during public health and medical incidents, activations of the State Emergency Response Team and exercises. This includes training for assigned roles, developing professional preparedness kits, and participating in exercises and drills as appropriate.

Perform Other duties as assigned.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of basic management principles and practices.
• Knowledge of the methods of compiling, organizing and analyzing data.
• Effective at public speaking, facilitating groups and coordinating across multiple disciplines or agencies.
• Ability to supervise people.
• Ability to determine work priorities, assign work and ensure proper completion of work assignments.
• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
• Ability to assess budgetary needs.
• Ability to formulate policies and procedures.
• Ability to understand and apply applicable rules, regulations, policies and procedures.
• Ability to organize data into logical format for presentation in reports, documents and other materials.
• Ability to conduct fact-finding research.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to solve problems and make decisions.
• Ability to develop program policy, procedures, manuals, administrative rules and agreements 
• Ability to plan, organize, and coordinate work assignments.

Qualifications:

• At least three years of supervisory experience to include recruitment, developing performance plans and expectations, completion of evaluations, coaching, training, and disciplinary actions.
• Preferred experience providing technical assistance, leading meetings, or coordinating with multi-agency partners.
• Experience creating and tracking contract or programmatic deliverables.
• Preferred experience overseeing or supporting systems such as risk assessment tools, deliverable tracking systems, or webbased reporting platforms.
• Preferred experience managing or coordinating grantfunded programs, including budget creation and monitoring, reporting, and compliance with federal or state guidance.
• Preferred experience in public health preparedness, emergency management or a related programmatic field.
• Working knowledge of Florida's Health Care Coalitions and County Health Departments is desirable.

Travel Time:  25-50%

Florida Department of Health Mission, Vision, and Values:

Mission:

To protect, promote & improve the health of all people in Florida through integrated state, county & community efforts.

Vision:

To be the Healthiest State in the Nation.

Values:

I nnovation: We search for creative solutions and manage resources wisely.

C ollaboration: We use teamwork to achieve common goals & solve problems.

A ccountability: We perform with integrity & respect.

R esponsiveness: We achieve our mission by serving our customers & engaging our partners.

E xcellence: We promote quality outcomes through learning & continuous performance improvement.

Where You Will Work:

This is a full-time, in-office position. 

4052 Bald Cypress Way

Tallahassee, FL 32399

The Benefits of Working for the State of Florida:

Working for the State of Florida is more than a paycheck. The State's total compensation package for employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits including:

• Annual and Sick Leave benefits;
• Nine paid holidays and one Personal Holiday each year;
• State Group Insurance coverage options, including health, life, dental, vision, and other supplemental insurance options;
• Retirement plan options, including employer contributions

(For more information, please click www.myfrs.com);

• Flexible Spending Accounts;
• Tuition waivers;
• And more!

For a more complete list of benefits, including monthly costs, visit www.mybenefits.myflorida.com.

Please be advised:

Your responses to qualifying questions for this position must be verifiable by documentation provided through the electronic application process.  

This position requires a security background check and/or drug screening and participation in direct deposit. Any misrepresentations or omissions will disqualify you from employment consideration. Note: You will be required to provide your Social Security Number (SSN) in order to conduct this background check Successful completion of a drug test is a condition of employment for safety-sensitive positions.

Male applicants born on or after October 1, 1962, will not be eligible for hire or promotion unless they are registered with the Selective Services System (SSS) before their 26th birthday, or have a Letter of Registration Exemption from the SSS. For more information, please visit the SSS website: http://www.sss.gov 

If you are a retiree of the Florida Retirement System (FRS), please check with the FRS on how your current benefits will be affected if you are re-employed with the State of Florida.  Your current retirement benefits may be canceled, suspended or deemed ineligible depending upon the date of your retirement. 

The successful candidate will be required to complete the Form I-9 and that information will be verified using the E-Verify system.  E-Verify is operated by the Department of Homeland Security in partnership with the Social Security Administration to verify employment eligibility.   

Incumbents may be required to perform emergency duty before, during, and/or beyond normal work hours or days.

All Florida Department of Health positions require the incumbent to be able to learn and communicate effectively, orally and in writing, in English. Applicants who do not meet this requirement will not be considered.  

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace. 

Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-877-562-7287). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation. 

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act. 

Florida has the third largest population of veterans in the nation with more than 1.5 million service men and women.  The Florida Department of Health (department) is committed to serving members of the United States Armed Forces, veterans and their families by encouraging them to apply for vacancies that fit their area of knowledge and/or expertise.  Through the Department's VALOR program, which expedites licensing for military veterans, the Department also waives initial licensing and application fees for military veterans who apply for a health care professional license within 60 months of an honorable discharge. These initiatives help ensure that the transition from military service into the workforce is as smooth as possible and reflects our appreciation for the dedication devoted to protecting our country.    

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.