Requisition No: 871515 

Agency: Department of Education

Working Title: VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION TECHNICIAN - 48004693

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 48004693 

Salary:  $3,466.67 Monthly 

Posting Closing Date: 03/19/2026 

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Florida Department of Education

Division of Vocational Rehabilitation

Bureau/Office of Field Services

Location: Area 7 /Sunrise /Unit 21E

Position Title: Vocational Rehabilitation Technician (Financial Liaison) - CS

Salary: Monthly $3,466.67 / Annually $41,600.04

ANTICIPATED VACANCY 

CANDIDATES ARE TYPICALLY HIRED AT THE MINIMUM SALARY

This advertisement may be used to fill multiple vacancies up to six months.

APPLICATION INFORMATION & HIRING REQUIREMENTS

Application Information:

• Your Candidate Profile (application) must be complete in its entirety.
• Work History (in easy to review chronological order) Consists of:

• • Any position held by a State of Florida Agency
  • Any position held by a Florida University
  • All periods of employment from high school graduation
  • All periods of current or prior unemployment
  • Gaps 3 months or more must be accounted for*
  • Any Education
  • Any Volunteer Experience
  • Your resume and application must match
• *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.
• It is unacceptable to use the statement “See Resume” in place of entering work history. Your candidate profile will be converted to your official application.
• Include supervisor names and phone numbers for reference checks or the contact information for your Human Resources office to verify current or former employment.
• Experience, education, training, knowledge, skills and/or abilities as well as responses to pre-qualifying questions must be verifiable to meet the minimum qualifications.  

Hiring Information and Requirements:

• The Bureau of Personnel Management reviews every application for prior State of Florida and Florida University work history in the People First system.

• If claiming Veteran’s Preference, the candidate MUST attach supporting documentation such as the DD214 and your VA Letter that reflects level of disability if applicable. Applicable to career service positions only.
• If claiming Right to First Interview, the candidate MUST attach a copy of your official layoff letter when applying. This only applies to employees laid off from Career Service positions. Applicable to career service positions only.

If you are missing any of the items above, your packet may be held up at the final review step.

NOTE: Responses to qualifying questions must be clearly supported by the state application and any omission, falsification, or misrepresentation in the answering of the qualifying questions will be cause for immediate elimination from the selection process.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

This is professional work assisting Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors with casework providing services to eligible individuals with disabilities related to the coordination of consumer activities or special projects and in compliance with Federal and State requirements, and monitoring client/reimbursement activities.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

(Note: The omission of specific job duties does not preclude management from assigning specific duties not listed herein if such duties are a logical assignment to the position.)

VR Technician – Financial Liaison  for Area 7

• Maintains cooperative relationships and communicates effectively.
• Performs work in line with the Division’s vision and principles, with acceptable responsiveness and accuracy.
• Demonstrates strong work habits, accountability, and ownership.
• Attends meetings, participates in case staffing and training, and provides technical assistance.
• Manages and tracks activities associated with the authorization process in the Area.
• Identifies area-wide activities and necessary resources (both internal and external) with the Area Leadership Team.
• Consults (regularly) with the Area Director, Financial Payments Office (FP), and Bureau of Vendor and Contracted Services (BVCS) to identify issues, trends, and process improvements.
• Improves overall fiscal process alignment, performance, and efficiencies affecting daily operations.
• Monitors and coordinates authorization, payment and fiscal reporting corrections needed within the area in collaboration with FP, BVCS and Area Leadership.
• Reports on real-time updates about changes in the financial processes to VR staff.
• Reviews authorization errors for all VRT staff in Area.
• Improves Payment Processing through effective technical assistance and staff development.
• Implements and evaluate technical assistance and professional development initiatives for Area employees using efficient methods to meet the Area's needs, as instructed by the Area Director, Financial Payments and the Bureau of Vendor and Contracted Services.
• Provides accurate, aligned, and data-driven technical assistance and consultation specific to area fiscal processes.
• Coordinates projects and disseminates validated findings resulting from reviews and analysis to assist the Area in improving fiscal processes.
• Ensures all efforts align with division requirements, goals, and objectives as outlined in the DVR Strategic Plan.
• Works with Financial Payments Unit to ensure proper payment and resolution of issues.
• Provides regular reports to management.
• Provides data, information, analysis, and reports.
• Regularly collaborates with Financial Payments (FP), and the Bureau of Vendor and Contracted Services (BVCS) to support aligned and informed decision-making and achieve DVR requirements and priorities.
• This includes attending and actively participating in BVCS meetings relevant to this role.
• Communicates with vendors, staff, community rehabilitation providers, community partners, and employers to expedite services for new and existing customers.
• Assists in identifying resources of comparable benefits in the community. 
• Provides comparison costs for purchases.
• Assists vendors with researching payments that have not been resolved at unit office(s).
• Identifies practices with internal and external customers that can result in creating a need for POP authorizations. Track and monitor through resolution.
• Research authorization and fee code problems for Area staff.
• Researches warrant payment status, cancellations, duplicate warrants, unredacted warrants, and copies of warrants.
• Creates authorizations for closed cases.
• Documents activities in customers’ case records.
• Serves as the area subject matter expert for activities related to fiscal payment processes.
• Provides 1:1 support for VRT staff who requires additional support. Travel may be required as needed.

Performs other duties as required.

WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR:

Employee must be productive under tight timeframes, balance multiple and competing priorities and maintain goal-directed behavior and performance sometimes under stressful conditions; the employee must interact courteously with others; employee’s performance and behavior must demonstrate consideration of the workload concerns of others and must not negatively affect productivity and morale of the unit.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university. Experience in a counseling, job placement, job coaching or public vocational rehabilitation program can substitute on a year-for-year basis for the required education.

MISSION

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."

Division of Vocational Rehabilitation  (Vocational Rehabilitation | Florida Department of Education 

WORKING FOR THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAS BENEFITS!

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

LEAVE INFORMATION: (CS)

• Annual Leave - All full-time Career Service employees filling established positions earn annual leave in varying increments dependent upon years of creditable service. Employees with up to 5 years of creditable service earn 8.667 hours per month, with 5 to 10 years earn 10.833 hours per month and those with over 10 years of service earn 13 hours per month. Employees in Senior Management Service and Selected Exempt Service positions are credited with 176 hours of annual leave upon appointment. In subsequent years, the annual allotment is credited on the anniversary date of the initial appointment.
• Sick Leave -. Career Service employees earn 8.667 hours of sick leave credits per month

BACKGROUND SCREENING REQUIREMENT

It is the policy of the Florida Department of Education that applicants for employment/volunteer undergo Level 2 background screening in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 435, Florida Statutes, as a condition of employment or being permitted to serve as a volunteer. You will be required to provide your Social Security Number to conduct required verifications. No applicant for a designated position will be employed, contracted 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, finger printing for all purposes and checks under this requirement, statewide criminal and juvenile records checks through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, federal criminal records check through the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and local criminal records checks through local law enforcement.

SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM (SSS) AND REQUIREMENT

Male applicants born on or after October 1, 1962, will not be eligible for hire or promotion in the Other Personal Services (OPS) or Career Service, or appointment in the Selected Exempt Service (SES) or Senior Management Service (SMS) unless they are registered with the Selective Service System (SSS) before their 26th birthday, or have a Letter of Registration Exemption from the SSS. Verification of Selective Service registration will be conducted prior to hire. 

For more information, please visit the Selective Service website.

If you experience problems applying online, please call the People First Service Center at (877) 562-7287

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.