Requisition No: 869766 

Agency: Department of Education

Working Title: OPERATIONS & MGMT CONSULTANT MANAGER - 48004267

 Pay Plan: SES

Position Number: 48004267 

Salary:  $55,000.00-$60,000.00 

Posting Closing Date: 02/20/2026 

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DIVISION OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION
LOCATION:  TALLAHASSEE
POSITION TITLE: SES OPERATION & MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT MGR
Position Number: 48004267

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

Anticipated Vacancy

Our Organization and Mission:

Vocational   Rehabilitation (VR) is a federal-state program that helps people who have physical or mental disabilities get or keep a job. VR is committed to helping   people with disabilities find meaningful careers.  Our Mission is   "to help people with disabilities find and maintain employment and   enhance their independence." Our Vision is "to become the first place people with disabilities turn when seeking employment and a top resource for employers in need of qualified employees."

Please visit our link at www.rehabworks.org to learn more about our mission.

This is intermediate-level managerial, administrative, and consultative work relating to the Division of Vocational Rehabilitations facilities management. Moderate decision-making is required under limited supervision. This position supervises the daily operations of the Facilities Section. This work involves identifying potential problems and resolving operational and managerial issues in coordination with the Division Senior Leadership, the Area Leadership Teams and administrative staff to resolve issues and problems. The position provides information, consultation, and technical assistance to all levels of VR staff concerning facilities administrative policies, rules, and regulations. Recommends revisions to policies and procedures to achieve goals and objectives or resolve operational problems. The position monitors, analyzes, plans, provides technical assistance and training. Recommends resolution of problems concerning facilities management and administrative issues. Monitors facilities management related administrative activities to ensure compliance with policies, rules, and regulations, and investigates, assesses and analyzes job-related problems. Confidentiality is a requirement for the position. ADA Certification is a requirement for this position.

This position spends the majority of their time communicating with, motivating, training, and evaluating employees, and planning and directing employees’ work, and has the authority to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline subordinate employees or effectively recommend such action, including all employees serving as supervisors, administrators, and directors in accordance with Section 110.205(2)(w), Florida Statutes.

This position communicates with and motivates staff, and provides and/or coordinates training, and directs the work of subordinates. In addition, the employee must complete timely performance appraisals, develop timely and accurate work plans, and timely approve monthly timesheets, and attendance and leave requests for each position under direct report. The position has authority to make hiring recommendations, as well as disciplinary recommendations.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Communicating with, motivating, providing or coordinating training, and directing the work of subordinates

• Completing timely performance appraisals, developing timely and accurate work plans, and timely approving monthly attendance and leave for each subordinate position

• Approving timesheets in the People First system by the 5th business day of the following month

• Coordinating leasing of office space for the Division’s field offices

• Coordinating facilities management and general administrative activities

• General office maintenance/housekeeping

• Ensuring that ADA accessibility guidelines are met in the development of new space

• Completing ADA assessments and corrective action plans as required

• Serving as a member of the Division’s Emergency Preparedness and Response team. 

• Managing the Division’s staff information in the Everbridge system

• Coordinating and preparing offices for closure

• Notifying employees of office closures

• Coordinating remediation of office damage

• Restoration of operations

• Monitoring post-event issues

• Serving as the lead Safety Officer for the field offices concerning:

• Employee safety

• Reviewing, assessing, and completing corrective actions regarding safety issues

• Serving as the liaison with the Division/Department's Purchasing Office

•  Monitors the seven VR Areas’ field offices operating spending plans

•  Coordinates facilities related purchasing

•  Analyzes encumbrances, and makes recommendations regarding expenditures

•  Ensures that expenditures are made from the appropriate purchasing categories

•  Tracks and reports each field offices’ facilities-related expenses to the Budget Section

•  Monitors facilities related purchasing activities using My Florida Marketplace (MFMP)

•  Troubleshoots MFMP reports, expenditures, and vendor payments in MFMP

•  Coordinates purchasing insurance for equipment and state property

•  Coordinates purchasing or leasing new office equipment

•  Coordinating property control, and surplus property in coordination with the appropriate entities

•   Performing related work as required

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities, including utilization of equipment required for the position:

Knowledge of:

Basic management principles and practices

Standard business practices and procedures

Methods of data collection and analysis

Relevant statutes and administrative rules

Skills include:

Analyzing and interpreting data

analyzing policy and procedures

decision-making techniques in evaluating, planning or integrating analysis of data to formulate solutions, strategies, policies or recommendations of a specialized or technical nature

strong analytical skills

communication skills

convey complex concepts

Ability to

Supervise people

Work independently, performing a full range of assignments under limited supervision

Communicate effectively, understand and use business vocabulary to perform standard operating    procedures

Understand basic arithmetic to perform standard operating procedures

Prepare documents and reports using standard business formats

Create fiscal, purchasing, and statistical reports

Plan, organize and coordinate work activities

Follow up on work in process to ensure timely reply or action

Work from general instructions to adapt and apply knowledge in a variety of complex situations

Accurately apply relevant statutes and administrative rules

conduct monitoring and auditing activities

provide analysis, consultation, and policy guidance

recommend solutions to problems of a specialized or general nature

conduct complex negotiations

Direct purchasing, property control, and maintenance activities of a state agency

Establish and maintain effective working relationships with others

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:

Candidate Profile (application) must be complete in its entirety. Your packet may be delayed at the final review step if you are missing the items below:

• Work History (entered with the most recent/current listed first:

• Any and all State of Florida jobs
• Any and all Florida University jobs
• All periods of employment
• Periods of unemployment
• Gaps 3 months or more*
• Education
• Volunteer Experience

• Include supervisor names and phone numbers including current place of employment.
• *Gaps 3 months or more must be addressed – you will need to account for and explain any gaps in employment including unemployment. You can either list these in your application under Period of Employment or attach a word document listing your gaps.
• Experience, education, training, knowledge, skills and/or abilities as well as responses to pre-qualifying questions must be verifiable to meet the minimum qualifications.
• It is unacceptable to use the statement “See Resume” in place of entering work history. Your candidate profile will convert to your official application.

• If claiming Right to First Interview, candidate MUST attach a copy of your official layoff letter when applying. This only applies to employees laid off from Career Service positions.

Complete and register your State of Florida Employment Application online, which will then enable you to electronically submit your application for advertised vacancies in the state agencies. The State of Florida application online can be edited at any time prior to each submission and will automatically populate when you apply to a specific position.

After you have applied for one or more job advertisements, all submitted applications can be viewed from the "Applicant Home Page" by clicking on "View Your Applicant Submissions. "A listing of all the positions to which you have applied will be displayed. You can view and/or print any or all the submitted applications, although this information is also maintained online.

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• Download and then fax a completed application to the People First Service Center at 888-403-2110.  Be sure to include the requisition number on each page of your application.

For assistance in completing the employment application or applying for jobs using the People First system, call the People First Service Center at 1-877-562-7287.

It is the policy of the Florida Department of Education 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.

All applicants for employment or to volunteer who are selected for an interview will be provided with the Consent to Background Screening form for level 2 screening, the Affidavit of Good Moral Character, and the Notice of Rights. The leading candidate for employment or to volunteer will be required to execute the Consent form and Affidavit, report to a designated location, and submit fingerprints for level 2 screening.

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 Department.

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.

The Benefits of Working for the State of Florida:

State of Florida employees enjoy top tier benefits offerings including comprehensive health coverage to meet the needs of you and your family while maintaining low deductibles and low monthly out of pocket contributions; state pays 80% of premium.  Employees also enjoy the option of selecting between two retirement options, including the FRS Pension Plan and the FRS Investment Plan with a required 3% employment contribution.  

Other benefits:

• Life Insurance – State pays premium for $25,000 basic term life insurance for full time employee
• Additional supplemental insurances are available such as dental, vision, etc.
• Tax Deferred Medical and Child Care Reimbursement Accounts available
• Take part in the tuition fee waiver program within the state university and community college systems (accepted by major Florida colleges/universities)
• Student Loan Forgiveness Program (Eligibility required)
• Maternity and Parental Leave Benefits
• Annual Leave - Employees in Senior Management Service and Selected Exempt Service positions shall be credited with 176 hours of annual leave upon appointment. In subsequent years, the annual allotment is credited on the anniversary date of the initial appointment.
• Sick Leave -. Employees in Senior Management Service and Selected Exempt Service positions shall be credited with 104 hours of sick leave upon appointment. In subsequent years, the annual allotment is credited on the anniversary date of the initial appointment.

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.