INNOVATION INCUBATOR - 67016226

Requisition No: 834567 

Agency: Agency for Persons with Disabilities

Working Title: INNOVATION INCUBATOR - 67016226

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 67016226 

Salary:  $55,000.00 - $60,000.00 Annually 

Posting Closing Date: 10/15/2024 

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AGENCY FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

 POSITION: Government Analyst II - Career Service

WORKING TITLE:  Innovation Incubator

POSITION NUMBER:  67016226

OPEN COMPETITIVE OPPORTUNITY

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 eligible 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, visit www.mybenefits.myflorida.com.
• Paid Maternity and Parental Leave.

The Agency seeks team members who demonstrate the qualities of being humble, hungry, and smart and lead others to embody the same. This entails lacking excessive ego, sharing credit, being self-motivated, and exercising good judgment and intuition regarding the subtleties of group dynamics. 

This position with APD will serve staff and management across the Agency. Your work will impact the workplace culture, our community, and the population we serve as we continuously strive to achieve the Agency’s mission.

*Responses to the qualifying questions are required and must be verifiable based on your submitted application, and “see resume” will not be considered an acceptable response.

SALARY RANGE

$55,000.00 - $60,000.00 Annually                   $2,115.38 - $2,07.69 Bi-weekly

Position Summary

This is a professional position located in the Quality and Accountability Division within the Agency for Persons with Disabilities. The Innovation Incubator is responsible for leading the efforts to challenge the status quo. This position would endeavor to understand the needs of the Agency through coordination efforts, integration of programs, and tracking of project requests through the Agency Governance structure. Responsible for identifying strategies, business opportunities, and developing areas of opportunity to better serve clients and enhance program effectiveness. Within this role, the Innovation Incubator will actively identify key areas for innovative transformation, assists program areas with developing plans according to varying timelines, and manage these processes by aligning innovation goals with the Agency’s mission. The Innovation Incubator will play an integral role in the Agency's Governance process. The duties include but are not limited to:

The Work You Will Do 

• Working with program areas to support and direct initiatives across the Agency that directly advance the Agency's mission through research and project management by leading, organizing, coordinating, and tracking projects via the Agency's Governance process.
• Meeting with stakeholders at various levels of the Agency to identify areas for innovation and growth, by coordinating Governance meetings, tracking and reporting on projects approved and having an agency-wide view of all initiatives to help reduce duplication of efforts or siloed approaches.
• Monitors project achievements, facilitates movement of tasks and projects, and reports progress to leadership by incorporating a project management framework to support multiple project teams and deliverables.
• Identifies strategic business opportunities and interventions that will drive innovation and exercises a disciplined thought process to evaluate the problem statement and possible solutions resulting in a work product which is a qualified concept with a formal recommendation to program partners.
• Developing metrics to report on the outcomes of projects through a visible dashboard for senior leadership.
• Evaluate change management strategies to determine change readiness, barrier points, and effectiveness of organizational change.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree preferred and four years of professional experience in project management, change management, program planning, or program research.
• Experience developing and leading teams.
• Experience developing performance guidelines and reporting of performance to leadership.

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

Knowledge of:

• Various project management & lean principles with the ability to oversee projects.

Ability to:

• Lead multifunctional teams, develop project plans, assign work, monitor progress, and deliver briefings with written reports to management on project milestones.
• Partner with teams and leaders to communicate ideas, formulate recommendations and to execute projects and change management.
• Use Microsoft Office, statistical analysis, and process modeling software.
• Recommend process improvement strategies and actions to mitigate risks, to improve quality, reduce costs and establish appropriate sustained process controls.
• Implement measures to evaluate effectiveness of automations and new strategic efforts; Maintain current knowledge of market trends and advise management of effectively using emerging technology to achieve business objectives.

Additional Information

Profile Completion

To qualify for this position, applicants must complete all fields in the Candidate Profile, including their work history with the month and year. 

Resumes and other documentation can be attached to provide additional information but will not replace the required completed Candidate Profile.

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 will be required to repay all benefits received depending upon your retirement date.

Direct Deposit Program

As a condition of employment, a person appointed to a position in the State Personnel System is required to participate in the Direct Deposit Program.  Rather than receiving a paper paycheck, your funds will be deposited directly into your account at your financial institution. This will be accomplished by Electronic Funds Transfer. Banks, savings and loan associations, and credit unions are eligible to accept such deposits. Retirement funds are also required to be in the Direct Deposit Program.

Background Screening Requirement

It is the policy of the Florida Agency for Persons with Disabilities that applicants for employment undergo Level 2 employment screening in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 435, Florida Statutes, as a condition of employment or being permitted to serve as a volunteer.

No applicant for a designated position will be employed or permitted to volunteer until the Level 2 screening results are received, reviewed, and approved by the Agency.
Level 2 background screening shall include, but not be limited to, fingerprinting for Statewide criminal and juvenile records checks through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and Federal criminal records checks through the Federal Bureau of Investigation and may include local criminal records checks through local law enforcement agencies.

Pursuant to S. 110.1127(1), Florida Statutes, this position requires a background investigation, including fingerprinting.

APD only hires U.S. citizens and those lawfully authorized to work in the U.S. APD participates in the U.S. government’s employment eligibility verification program (E-Verify), which electronically confirms an employee’s eligibility to work in the U.S. after completing the employment eligibility verification form (I-9).

All applicants should complete the online application process. If you need assistance applying for this position, please call the People First service center at 1-877-562-7287. 

Responses to the qualifying questions are required to be considered for this position. Answers to the qualifying questions must be verifiable based on your submitted application.

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.