GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS CONSULTANT II - 60011153

Requisition No: 847072 

Agency: Children and Families

Working Title: GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS CONSULTANT II - 60011153

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 60011153 

Salary:  $60,000 - $90,000 Annually 

Posting Closing Date: 02/25/2025 

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 The Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) 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 TALLAHASSEE HQ OFFICE.

The selected candidate will serve as a Data Scientist within the Office of Substance Abuse & Mental Health (SAMH), providing research and data analytics support. The focus is centered around mining, analyzing, and visualizing data by leveraging advanced analytical/statistical techniques often from separate databases/sources. This role will also be expected to help draft narratives around analytics and create visual representations of findings. Key responsibilities of this position encompass data analysis and evaluation and providing consultation and subject matter expertise regarding trends and patterns impacting programs managed by the department.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities include:

Data Analysis: Mine data and metadata from primary, secondary, and tertiary sources, then reorganize the data in a format that can be easily read. Use statistical tools to interpret data sets, paying particular attention to trends and patterns that could be valuable for diagnostic and predictive analytics efforts. Develop advanced quantitative models using a variety of tools to support predictive assessments. Identify business problems or management objectives that can be addressed through data analysis. Identify relationships and trends or any factors that could affect the results of research. Test, validate, and reformulate models to ensure accurate prediction of outcomes of interest.

Reporting: Create appropriate documentation that allows stakeholders to understand the steps of the data analysis process and duplicate or replicate the analysis if necessary. Communicate model behavior and results to SAMH Executive Leadership and other stakeholders. Deliver oral or written presentations of the results of mathematical modeling and data analysis to management or other end users.

Data Storytelling: Create graphs, charts, or other visualizations to convey the results of data analysis using specialized software. Design data visualization elements, prepare reports, and create graphical level presentations that effectively communicate trends, patterns, and predictions using relevant data.

Training: Complete topic research and train internal and external partners on key data analytics initiatives. Identify emerging analytic trends and technologies, staying up-date by reading scientific articles, conference papers, or other sources of research.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities required for the position:

• An analytical mindset: problem-solving, attention to detail.
• Demonstrate effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrate experience working under pressure with minimal supervision.
• Work both independently and collaboratively on shared projects with others.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
• Proficiency in Microsoft software, including Office, Teams, OneDrive, and SharePoint.
• Familiarity with data modeling and data architecture.
• Perform data quality assessments and statistical testing to verify data quality and data integrity.
• Translate and visualize data into information and insights to discover trends and patterns for solving the problem and improving performance.
• Develop custom data models, standard statistical models, deep learning algorithms for building diagnostic, predictive and prescriptive data science solution.
• Proficiency with business analytics/visualization tools, such as Tableau, PowerBI, etc.

Minimum Qualifications:

• A minimum of four years of professional experience in data analysis, a bachelor’s degree in computer science, data science, mathematics, statistics, business analytics, or a related field.

Preference will be given to applicants who have:

• A master’s degree in computer science, data science, mathematics, statistics, business analytics, or a related field.
• Experience applying robotic process automations.
• Working knowledge of creating scripts (Python, R, SAS) to build machine learning models.
• Experience in data cleansing, data wrangling, and data merging.
• Working knowledge of database systems and querying languages (e.g., SQL) to extract and manipulate data efficiently.

Benefits of Working for the State of Florida:

• Health insurance
• Life insurance; $25,000 policy is free plus option to purchase additional life insurance
• Dental, vision and supplemental insurance
• Retirement plan options, including employer contributions
• • (For more information, please click www.myfrs.com);
• Nine paid holidays and one Personal Holiday each year;
• Flexible Spending Accounts;
• Opportunities for career advancement
• Tuition waiver for public college courses

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. 

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.