GOVERNMENT ANALYST II - 64005503

Requisition No: 848710 

Agency: Department of Health

Working Title: GOVERNMENT ANALYST II - 64005503

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 64005503 

Salary:  $52,859.88 

Posting Closing Date: 03/31/2025 

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Open Competitive Opportunity

Anticipated Vacancy

Your Specific Responsibilities:

This position is not eligible for teleworking currently.

This position works in a cubicle environment.

This position is required to respond to emergencies.

This is a highly responsible professional position located within the Bureau of Preparedness and Response. The position is responsible to design, monitor, track and implement projects for the Training and Exercise (T & E) Section. Projects are updated annually through a strategic planning process. The incumbent will support the T & E Administrator with documentation and monitoring of all projects assigned to the T & E Section.

Program Execution- The incumbent’s responsibility includes attending meetings, tracking, maintaining, and reporting on the T & E Section’s projects. The incumbent will demonstrate leadership abilities by presenting potential solutions to problems, shares ideas about improvements, efficiencies, and innovations.  Incumbent will be an active participant in the Training and Exercise review process.

Exercise Design & Delivery- The incumbent is responsible to be the project lead in the design, development, and implementation of exercises to test plans and capabilities consistent with established Bureau procedures and federal grant requirements and in coordination with partners. This position will assist the T&E Administrator and provide support in a key role (i.e., Exercise Director, Lead Controller, Lead SIMCELL Controller, Lead Evaluator, Safety Officer, Lead Planner) to all exercises each fiscal year. This responsibility includes maintaining competency with Homeland Security Exercise Evaluation Program (HSEEP) principles and practices.

Integrated Preparedness Planning Workshop (IPPW) - The incumbent is responsible for contributing to the planning, coordinating, and managing of the annual IPPW in accordance with grant requirements. The output of the IPPW effort will be a high-quality regional training and exercise snapshot of the state inserted into the Multi-Year Integrated Preparedness Plan. 

Response Role - During an incident or event, demonstrates ability to effectively serve in a role designated on the Bureau of Preparedness and Response ESF-8, 3-deep roster. 

Meeting Management- Incumbent is responsible to facilitate and/or support meetings necessary to implement T & E projects. Incumbent will participate in routine and ad hoc working groups, advisory groups, or committees necessary to implement T & E projects. Responsibilities include documenting and communicating meeting objectives, agendas, tracking progress and notes based on established Bureau procedures and timelines.

 Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of program planning.
• Knowledge of methods of compiling, organizing and analyzing data.
• Knowledge of problem-solving techniques.
• Effective at public speaking, facilitating groups and coordinating across multiple disciplines or agencies.
• Ability to utilize problem-solving techniques.
• Ability to understand and apply applicable rules, regulations, policies and procedures.
• Ability to prioritize workload.
• Ability to develop various reports.
• Ability to manage program activities.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Ability to conduct fact-finding research.
• Ability to collect, evaluate and analyze data to develop alternative recommendations, solve problems, document work and other activities relating to the improvement of operational and management practices.
• Ability to formulate policies and procedures.

Qualifications:

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 other emergency duties including, but not limited to, responses to or threats involving any disaster or threat of disaster, man-made or natural.

Preferred:

Training and Exercise experience

Experience in Managing Projects, organized and a critical thinker

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience

Travel Time:  25-50%

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:

Work Location: 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Tallahassee, FL. 32399 Suite 135

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.

All Florida Department of Health positions require the incumbent to be able to learn and communicate effectively, orally and in writing, in English. Applicants who do not meet this requirement will not be considered.  

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. 

All Florida Department of Health positions require the incumbent to be able to learn and communicate effectively, orally and in writing, in English. Applicants who do not meet this requirement will not be considered.  

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.