MONITORING & TECH ASSISTANCE ANALYST OPS - 60909044

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

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 a Monitoring and Technical Assistance Analyst within the SAMH Regional Office. This is a professional position performing highly responsible technical, consultative, and administrative work.  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. 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:

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.  The person in this position has the following duties and responsibilities:

• 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.

An ideal candidate will be able to:

• Communicate and engage cooperatively and professionally with internal and external stakeholders.
• Simultaneously and effectively manage multiple priority projects nimbly and seamlessly.
• Be flexible and able to function and succeed both with and without extensive direction.
• Understand and appreciate SAMH’s vision and demonstrate the ability to execute projects, assignments, and policy updates timely and accurately within a fast-paced environment.
• Function both independently and in a team environment.
• Propose solutions to complex problems.
• Determine the best “yes,” through the use of comprehensive research.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities required for the position:

• Knowledge of statutes, regulations, and policies related to community and facility-based substance abuse and mental health services.

• Knowledge of basic management principles.
• Knowledge of methods for compiling, analyzing and evaluating data.
• Ability to conduct fact finding research.
• Knowledge of mental health and substance abuse service and regulatory systems.
• Knowledge of quality assurance techniques.
• Skill in writing and preparing operational procedures and project reports.
• Skill in understanding and applying laws, rules, regulations, policies and procedures.                                                                                     
• Proficiency using basic computer equipment and Microsoft Office software applications.                                                                              
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.                                                                                                                     
• Ability to understand and apply applicable statues, rules, regulations, policies and procedures.                                                                  
• Knowledge of problem-solving techniques.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.

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 bachelor'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:

Working for the State of Florida is more than a paycheck. The State’s total compensation package for Other Personal Services (OPS) employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits including:

• State Group Insurance coverage options (for OPS employees who are reasonably expected to work 30 hours or more per week on average), including health, life, dental, vision, and other supplemental insurance options;
• Savings & Spending Accounts;
• 401 (a) FICA Alternative Plan administered through VALIC
• 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.