SENIOR CLERK - 48004013

Requisition No: 848376 

Agency: Department of Education

Working Title: SENIOR CLERK - 48004013

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 48004013 

Salary:  $2813.33 

Posting Closing Date: 04/19/2025 

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VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION

ANY AVAILABLE VR OFFICE

POSITION: SENIOR CLERK

POSITION NUMBER: 48004013

SALARY: $2,813.33-$3,094.66 Monthly

Our Mission is "to help people with disabilities find and maintain employment and enhance their independence." Our Vision is "to become the first place people with disabilities turn when seeking employment and a top resource for employers in need of qualified employees."

This Advertisement may be used to fill current and future vacancies for up to 6 months

The incumbent performs the following:

• Collaborates with the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind (FSDB) staff and FSDB-assigned VRC to link FSDB transition student/participants for VR services in their home VR office. 
• Collaborates with Family Center on Deafness, Pinellas County to create seamless assistance to this targeted transition student group for referral, application, and case management within VR system.
• Network to create VR/Deaf-centric agencies relationships to bolster transition services for students with disabilities impacted by hearing-loss.
• Represent DHHDB on other transition projects when needed. 
• Manages specific Sign Language Interpreter coordination for VR staff and participants needing ASL/English communication access.
• Gather data on the annual Vendor English/American Sign Language Interpreters Working Conditions, upload and archive documentation, and analyze trends for report to DHHDB and Field Services.
• Assist with and prepare reports on these and other projects as needed.
• Maintains and updates the VRAvenues DHHDB pages, including annual updates to resource documents located in VRAvenues. 
• Identify resources of comparable benefits and referral resource additions.
• Provides consultation on issues of effective communication for VR rehabilitation team and its stakeholders as a member of a statewide team.
• Communicates with community partners to expedite services for new and existing customers.
• Documents activities in VR customers’ case records.
• Attends meetings as a member of the statewide Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing, and Deaf-Blind section.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

**Preferred but not required**

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university and three years of professional experience in program planning, program research or administrative work.  A master’s degree from an accredited college or university can substitute for one year of the required experience. 
• Fluent in American Sign Language.

APPLICATIONS REQUIREMENTS

Candidate Profile (application) must be complete in its entirety. Your packet may be delayed at the final review step if you are missing the below items:

• Work History (entered with the most recent/current listed first:
  • Any and all State of Florida jobs
  • Any and all Florida University jobs
  • All periods of employment
  • Periods of unemployment
  • Gaps 3 months or more*
  • Education
  • Volunteer Experience
• Include supervisor names and phone numbers including current place of employment.
• *Gaps 3 months or more must be addressed – you will need to account for and explain any gaps in employment including unemployment. You can either list these in your application under Period of Employment or attach a word document listing your gaps.
• Experience, education, training, knowledge, skills and/or abilities as well as responses to pre-qualifying questions must be verifiable to meet the minimum qualifications.
• It is unacceptable to use the statement “See Resume” in place of entering work history. Your candidate profile will convert to your official application.

• If claiming Right to First Interview, candidate MUST attach a copy of your official layoff letter when applying. This only applies to employees laid off from Career Service positions.

Complete and register your State of Florida Employment Application on-line, which will then enable you to electronically submit your application for advertised vacancies in the state agencies. The State of Florida application online can be edited at any time prior to each submission and will automatically populate when you apply to a specific position.

After you have applied to one or more job advertisements, all submitted applications can be viewed from the "Applicant Home Page" by clicking on "View Your Applicant Submissions. "A listing of all the positions to which you have applied will be displayed. You can view and/or print any or all the submitted applications, although this information is also maintained online.

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• Download and then fax a completed application to the People First Service Center at 888-403-2110.  Be sure to include the requisition number on each page of your application.

For assistance in completing the employment application or applying for jobs using the People First system, call the People First Service Center at 1-877-562-7287.

It is the policy of the Florida Department of Education that applicants for employment undergo level 2 employment screening in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 435, Florida Statutes, as a condition of employment or being permitted to serve as a volunteer.

All applicants for employment or to volunteer who are selected for an interview will be provided with the Consent to Background Screening form for level 2 screening, the Affidavit of Good Moral Character, and the Notice of Rights. The leading candidate for employment or to volunteer will be required to execute the Consent form and Affidavit, report to a designated location, and submit fingerprints for level 2 screening.

No applicant for a designated position will be employed or permitted to volunteer until the level 2 screening results are received, reviewed, and approved by the Department.

Level 2 background screening shall include, but not be limited to, fingerprinting for statewide criminal and juvenile records checks through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, and federal criminal records checks through the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and may include local criminal records checks through local law enforcement agencies.

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

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.

VETERANS’ PREFERENCE. Pursuant to Chapter 295, Florida Statutes, candidates eligible for Veterans’ Preference will receive preference in employment for Career Service vacancies and are encouraged to apply. Candidates claiming Veterans’ Preference must attach supporting documentation with each submission that includes character of service (for example, DD Form 214 Member Copy #4) along with any other documentation as required by Rule 55A-7, Florida Administrative Code. Veterans’ Preference documentation requirements are available by clicking here.  All documentation is due by the close of the vacancy announcement                                                                                                            

STATE OF FLORIDA EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

State of Florida Retirement - 3% Employee Contribution Required

10 Paid Holidays annually

104 Hours of Paid Annual Leave annually

104 Hours of Paid Sick Leave annually

Health Insurance for Individual or Family Coverage – State pays 80% of premium-

• Life Insurance – State pays premium for $25,000 basic term life insurance for full time employee
• Additional supplemental insurances available such as dental, vision, etc.
• Tax Deferred Medical and Child Care Reimbursement Accounts available

Benefits information can be found on the following website:

Insurance Benefits: http://www.myflorida.com/MyBenefits 

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

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.

VETERANS’ PREFERENCE.  Pursuant to Chapter 295, Florida Statutes, candidates eligible for Veterans’ Preference will receive preference in employment for Career Service vacancies and are encouraged to apply.  Certain service members may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements.  Candidates claiming Veterans’ Preference must attach supporting documentation with each submission that includes character of service (for example, DD Form 214 Member Copy #4) along with any other documentation as required by Rule 55A-7, Florida Administrative Code.  Veterans’ Preference documentation requirements are available by clicking here.  All documentation is due by the close of the vacancy announcement.