MOTORIST SERVICES SPECIALIST - 76004892

Requisition No: 864312 

Agency: Highway Safety and Motor Vehicle

Working Title: MOTORIST SERVICES SPECIALIST - 76004892

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 76004892 

Salary:  $34,760.04 Annually 

Posting Closing Date: 11/07/2025 

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Division of Motorist Services

Bureau of Mototrist Compliance

*Career Service*

*Open Competitive*

To be considered for this position, applicant responses to qualifying questions must be clearly stated within the employment history. Software systems, actual work experience, and years of employment must be clearly defined, or the application may not be considered for the position.

Contact Person: Haja Radder, (850) 617-2450

The Organization

The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) provides highway safety and security through excellence in service, education, and enforcement. With a workforce of approximately 4,500 employees throughout the state, the Department is leading the way to A Safer Florida through the efficient and professional execution of its core mission: the issuance of driver licenses, vehicle tags and titles, and operation of the Florida Highway Patrol.

Our Benefits include

• Paid Parental Leave
• Annual and Sick Leave Package
• Nine Paid Holidays
• State Health and Life Insurance
• Educational Benefits
• Contributory Retirement Plan

If you're seeking employment with a meaningful mission, opportunities for skill growth and career advancement, competitive medical and life insurance, retirement benefits, ample vacation and sick leave, paid holidays, and educational assistance, consider building your career at FLHSMV!

To learn more about FLHSMV and why it’s a great place to work, visit our website at: flhsmv.gov/careers.

Duties and Responsibilities

This Motorist Services Specialist position provides clerical support to the Bureau of Motorist Compliance as necessary to enforce Financial Responsibility Laws. The incumbent is authorized to research, compile, evaluate, verify and update information to change driver records and ensure Motorists have met Motor vehicle insurance and Financial Responsibility requirements. The incumbent is responsible for researching and processing motor vehicle insurance information to enforce Florida’s No-Fault law. Ensuring that information is added to the appropriate Florida driver history record and retained for documentation.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Skill in providing customer service to internal and external customers.
• Ability to organize and maintain filing systems.
• Ability to sort and file documents.
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
• Ability to perform basic mathematic calculations such as addition and subtractions of whole numbers and decimals.
• Ability to work well independently.

Preferred Qualifications
Preference will be given to candidates with the following:

• Experience filing and maintaining records.
• Experience in using general office equipment to include personal computer; copier; scanner and/or fax machine.
• Experience in handling confidential and sensitive information.

General Information

• The elements of the selection process may include a skill assessment and/or oral interview.
• Applicants being considered for employment will be required to submit to a fingerprint-based background investigation, which will include a check of the criminal history records of the FBI. Fingerprints and associated information/biometrics will be retained in the FBI’s Next Generation Identification (NGI) system and fingerprints may continue to be compared against fingerprints submitted to or retained by NGI.
• FLHSMV employees are paid once a month on the last workday of each month. All state employees are required to participate in the direct deposit program pursuant to s. 110.113 Florida Statutes.

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.