MONITORING & TECH ASSISTANCE ANALYST - 60007618

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Successful completion of background screening will be required for this position.

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The Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF or Department) is the state of Florida’s social services agency. The agency oversees services for child safety, fostering, adoption, domestic violence, adult protective services, refugees, homelessness, mental health, substance abuse, childcare providers, human trafficking and public assistance. The agency’s mission is to work in partnership with local communities to protect the vulnerable, promote strong and economically self-sufficient families, and advance personal and family recovery and resiliency.

Within DCF, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health (SAMH) Program office is recognized as the single state authority for substance abuse and mental health services. The Office of SAMH is statutorily responsible for the planning, evaluation, and implementation of a comprehensive statewide system of care for the prevention, treatment, and recovery of children and adults with serious mental illnesses or substance use disorders.

TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION RESPONSES TO THE QUALIFYING QUESTIONS ARE REQUIRED AND MUST BE VERIFIABLE BASED ON YOUR SUBMITTED APPLICATION.

THIS IS NOT A TELEWORK POSITION.  CANDIDATE WILL BE REQUIRED TO WORK IN THE Ft. Lauderdale OFFICE.

This is a highly responsible and professional position that will serve as Monitoring and Technical Assistance Analyst. This position will collaborate with each section within the program office and be required to use independent judgement, take initiative in carrying out duties and responsibilities and should be extraordinarily detail oriented.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities include:

• Providing related technical assistance to Regional and HQ SAMH staff, Managing Entities, as well as relevant stakeholders, professional organizations, and other state agencies, in person.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on the Managing Entity Continuing Oversight Team as specified in Section 287.057(26), if applicable.
• Responsible for the compliance technical assistance and monitoring activities, in person; ensure technical assistance and training is provided related to SAMH programs.
• Responsible for the regional Readiness Monitoring.
• Conduct compliance monitoring of subrecipients by providing input to a monitoring plan that ensures adequate coverage to targeted risk factors, participate in developing the scope of monitoring tools to ensure consistent and accurate methods, or recording monitoring activities and outcomes. Subrecipient monitoring may include desk reviews or thorough onsite monitoring.
• Provide technical assistance in compliance with program requirements.
• Draft, route, and track correspondence. 
• Performs other duties as required to meet program and departmental goals and objectives.
• Deploy to communities affected by natural disasters within 24-48 hours of impact to represent the organization to promote and implement post-disaster services.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Two years ’experience working in the field of behavioral services.
• One year of experience writing formal business communications, including emails.
• Two years of experience implementing and managing complex projects.
• A master’s degree from a college or university and four years of professional experience in a behavioral health, public administration, or public health field is preferred.
• Professional experience as described above can substitute on a year-for-year basis for the preferred college education.

Preference will be given to applicants who have:

• Three years’ experience managing public business contracts or grants.
• Working knowledge of Chapter 215, 216 and 287, F.S. and Federal Regulations applicable to grant agreements such as Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles and Federal Awards.Three (3) years’ experience conducting financial analyses of projects, programs or organizations.
• Florida Certified Contract Negotiator (FCCN).

Benefits of Working for the State of Florida:

• Health insurance
• Life insurance: $25,000 policy is free plus option to purchase additional life insurance
• Dental, vision and supplemental insurance
• Retirement plan options, including employer contributions
  • (For more information, please click www.myfrs.com);
• Nine paid holidays and one Personal Holiday each year.
• Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Opportunities for career advancement.
• Tuition waiver for public college courses.
• And more!

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

DCF EMPLOYMENT DISCLOSURES

US CITIZEN REQUIREMENT Only US citizens and lawfully authorized alien workers will be hired.

SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM REGISTRATION All selected male candidates born on or after October 1, 1962, will not be eligible for hire or promotion into an authorized position unless they are registered with the Selective Service System (SSS).  Verification of Selective Service registration will be conducted prior to hire.  For more information, please visit the SSS website: http://www.sss.gov.

RETIREE NOTICE 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 suspended or voided, and you required to repay all benefits received depending upon the date of your retirement.

BACKGROUND SCREENING It is the policy of the Florida Department of Children and Families that any applicant being considered for employment must successfully complete a State and National criminal history check as a condition of employment before beginning employment, and, if applicable, also be screened in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 435, F.S., and Chapter 408, F.S.  No applicant may begin employment until the background screening results are received, reviewed for any disqualifying offenses, and approved by the Agency.  Background screening shall include, but not be limited to, fingerprinting for State and Federal criminal records checks through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and may include local criminal history checks through local law enforcement agencies.