GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS CONSULTANT I - 64006459 Working Title Personnel Liaison

Requisition No: 857181 

Agency: Department of Health

Working Title: GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS CONSULTANT I - 64006459 Working Title Personnel Liaison

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 64006459 

Salary:  $48,586.20 Annual 

Posting Closing Date: 07/31/2025 

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Title: GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS CONSULTANT II (Working Title: Personnel Liaison)

Location: Naples

This position serves as a Personnel Liaison (PL) for the Florida Department of Health in Collier County (DOH-Collier). This individual provides a wide variety of HR-related and other critical staffing support services to the County Health Department (CHD) Administrator, Section Directors, program managers, supervisors, and staff. The incumbent in this position must maintain a high degree of confidentiality due to the nature and type of information being processed. This individual is assigned daily work by the Lead Personnel Liaison and assists the PL with various personnel duties to include general services, recruitment, classification, and volunteer/intern coordinator.  Contributes to the organization’s culture of performance excellence by actively seeking to improve personal and organizational performance through measurement, analysis, knowledge management, and processes improvements and participation in performance management committees, councils, and/or workgroups. Continuously demonstrates the Department’s ICARE values. This position reports to the ASST COUNTY HEALTH DEPT DIRECTOR-HLTH.

Your Specific Responsibilities:

General Human Resources Duties

• Maintains various HR lists rosters.
• Revises and ensures Positions Descriptions (PDs) are meeting the current requirements before submission.
• Routes and track PDs for signature
• Prepares PD organizational charts utilizing Microsoft VISIO
• Assists with processing various HR tickets in the FLHealthDesk system.
• Assist with pre-employment onboarding appointments.
• Conducts New Employee Orientation
• Train supervisors as needed on the use of FLHealthDesk-HR.
• Coordinate the issuance of employee identification badge with the Information Technology section.
• Ensure completion of Dual Employment and Outside Employment requests.
• Participate on servicing HR conference calls.
• Ensure sufficient justification is included in all FLHealthDesk-HR tickets.
• Prepare New Hire, Separation, Employee update communications.
• Prepare Service Award Recipient list for All Staff Days.
• Coordinate ordering of service awards and retirement awards.

Recruitment

• Create and ensure the correct FLHealthDesk-HR recruitment ticket is initiated to fill a position.
• Work with supervisors as requested in reviewing, creating, modifying, and submitting requisitions in PeopleFirst and the servicing HR is listed as the final approver.
• Notify servicing HR when an advertisement needs to be re-posted so that the FLHealthDesk-HR ticket is updated or contact PeopleFirst to cancel requisitions as needed.
• Ensure all career service advertisements are posted to Veterans Preference advocacy group website.
• Provide requested information for veterans’ preference management reviews.
• Ensure correct Veteran Preference points are applied in the recruitment process.
• Ensure applications/resumes are reviewed, screened, and scored by utilizing the applicant ranking grid.
• Ensure the candidate checklist is completed during the interview process.
• Collect Social Security Disclosure Form, FRS form, Relatives form from selected candidate at step 11 of the Recruitment ticket.
• Complete Form 3 of recruitment ticket ensuring funding and personal information is accurate and the Background Screening Consent and Statement form is completed. 
• Assist with coordinating and/or conducting screenings for pre-employment and Five Year Rescreen of employees and non-employees.
• Maintain supply of chain of custody forms for drug screening and ensure applicants are provided with instructions to be screened.

TRAIN Administrator

• Registers, monitors and tracks staff completion of mandatory training courses. 
• Provides communications to individual staff members, supervisors and senior managers of staff course completion status. 
• Facilitates upload/link of new local courses into TRAIN and communicates availability to staff. 
• Provides staff assistance with TRAIN as needed. Monitors staff TRAIN accounts and updates as needed.

Classification

• Ensure current version of position descriptions (PDs) are updated to meet Department requirements
• Career Service PDs duties equal 100 percent
• SMS / SES PDs do not contain percentages, and the correct exemption is indicated.
• All required signatures (including incumbent) are obtained.
• Supervisor and subordinate information are accurate.
• Verbiage regarding licensure, registration or certification requirements, education, second language, background screening, financial disclosure, drug testing, emergency duty statement, on-call, cashiering duties, all other appropriate designation information; conditions for new hire.

Assistant Volunteer and Intern Coordinator

• Promote and recruit volunteers and interns.
• Conducts onboarding, orientation, and training of volunteers.
• Actively maintains a database and individual files keeping records of numbers of volunteer and hours.
• Coordinates volunteers and interns with work unit supervisors for proper placement.

Performs other duties as assigned to include but not limited to:

• Participates in quality improvement activities.
• As needed, provide lunch and bank run coverage for purchasing staff. 
• Serves as a backup Courier. Delivers and picks up mail and/or other items at DOH-Collier locations to include temporary Points of Distribution (POD).
• Serves as a backup Equal Opportunity Coordinator.
•  Other duties as assigned.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Proficient in different Computer Software and/or Formats (Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint, VISIO, SharePoint, FIRS, etc.)

• Skills of working independently with self-initiative.
• Ability to communicate effectively with others and maintain a professional working relationship with supervisors and staff.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Ability to maintain strict confidentiality.
• Ability to understand policies and regulations.
• Ability to plan, organize, and coordinate work assignments.

• Knowledge of federal and state labor laws.
• Ability to clearly communicate interpretations of laws, rules, policies and procedures.
• Strong communication skills and excellent interpersonal skills to effectively communicate with staff, program managers and senior leaders.

• Ability to integrate quality improvement tools and processes into daily work activities to increase efficiency and enhance administrative outcomes.

Qualifications:

Notary Public Certification within 60 days of hire.

Valid Driver’s License and reliable transportation.

Incumbent may be required to work before, during and/or beyond normal work hours or days in the event of an emergency.  Emergency duty required of the incumbent includes working in special needs or Red Cross shelters, or performing other emergency duties including, but not limited to, responses to or threats involving any disaster or threat of disaster, man-made or natural.

Incumbent will have access to records containing social security numbers in the performance of job duties.

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: 

3339 East Tamiami Trail, Naples, FL

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. 

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.     

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.