GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS CONSULTANT I - 77073047

Requisition No: 846718 

Agency: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

Working Title: GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS CONSULTANT I - 77073047

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 77073047 

Salary:  $39,320.81 Annually 

Posting Closing Date: 02/26/2025 

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FLORIDA FISH & WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION

DIVISION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT

DEPUTY CHIEF’S OFFICE / BUDGET

GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS CONSULTANT I

(LEON COUNTY / POSITION NUMBER 77073047)

This position assists with financial and budget management tasks for the Division of Law Enforcement.

Functions as Division’s State of Florida Purchasing Card Administrator. Recommends operational policies and assists in the establishment and implementation of procedures regarding the Division’s Purchasing Card Program. Trains new employees and processes requests for a State of Florida Purchasing Card for new employees in accordance with department guidelines. Approves, processes invoices, and reconciles transactions for assigned State of Florida Purchasing Card groups in Pcard Works.

Monitors operational activities to meet specific measurable service objectives to assure compliance statewide with the Purchasing Card policies/procedures. Investigates, assesses, analyzes, and makes recommendations to resolve compliance issues and problems within the division’s Purchasing Card Program.

Responsible for the management of Division assigned contracts, travel authorizations and reimbursements, and creation, management, and reconciliation of purchase orders in the State’s electronic procurement system MyFloridaMarketPlace/Ariba On Demand (AOD).

Compiles/coordinates initial allotments and maintains allotment changes in a database and reconciles with FLAIR and Division ledgers. Performs and prepares independent fiscal analyses of the division’s quarterly expenditures and provides management with subsequent expense projections.

Consults with program administrators and administrative staff to resolve programmatic, administrative, and fiscal issues and problems related to Purchasing Card transactions, contracts, invoicing, payments, and travel authorizations and reimbursements. Assists program/field offices in routine reconciliation of Pcard Works and trouble shoots/assists with input errors.

Designs and implements strategies to collect reimbursements of the division’s costs due to its response to FEMA and other declared disasters/emergencies. Compiles statistical information, coordinates collection of input from field offices, and prepares reports for special cost reporting and/or reimbursement related to federal disaster response work details and emergency expenditures

Performs other related duties as required.

Knowledge, skills and abilities, including utilization of equipment, required for the position: 

• Knowledge of the methods of data collection and analysis. 
• Knowledge of basic management principles and practices. 
• Ability to collect, evaluate and analyze data to develop alternative recommendations, solve problems, document workflow and other activities relating to the improvement of management practices. 
• Ability to organize data into logical format for presentation in reports, documents and other written materials. 
• Ability to conduct fact-finding research. 
• Ability to use problem-solving techniques. 
• Ability to work independently. 
• Ability to plan, organize and coordinate work assignments. 
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing. 
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others. 
• Ability to maintain a valid drivers license. 
• Ability to travel.

LEVEL 2 BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION AND FINGERPRINTS REQUIRED

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.