PERSONNEL SERVICES SPECIALIST-LEAVE MGMT - 60073383

Requisition No: 859002 

Agency: Children and Families

Working Title: PERSONNEL SERVICES SPECIALIST-LEAVE MGMT - 60073383

 Pay Plan: SES

Position Number: 60073383 

Salary:  $40,320.81 annual, bi-weekly $1,550.80 

Posting Closing Date: 08/24/2025 

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Personnel Services Specialist – Leave Management

Department of Children and Families

Statewide opportunity in Florida.

This position reports to a DCF office, telework is not an option.

Open Competitive 

Current employees will be compensated in accordance with the DCF salary policy.

What you will do:

We’re looking for a positive, professional Personnel Services Specialist - SES to join our Human Resources Office. This role supports key leave and support programs including FMLA, FSWP, Sick Leave Transfer, Workers’ Compensation, and Military Leave for a department of over 12,000 employees.

How you will make an impact:

• Review and process requests for FMLA, FSWP, Sick Leave Transfer, Workers’ Compensation, and Military Leave to ensure compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, policies, and procedures, while upholding employee rights and responsibilities.
• Conduct in-depth research and analysis across all HR programs to deliver effective support and guidance to supervisors and managers.
• Accurately document all calls, requests, and actions in the appropriate tracking systems, and actively monitor and follow up on ticketed items to ensure timely resolution and recordkeeping.
• Prepare and send correspondence regarding Leave Management matters.
• Create and maintain spreadsheets, logs, processes, and documents using Excel, Word, the People First system and other applicable databases to ensure accurate and up-to-date records related to leave.
• Assist with special projects with responsibility for providing input for developing solutions to Human Resource issues or concerns.  Communicate the Departments concerns and expected results to project teams engaged in researching issues.   

Qualifications:

• One year of professional Human Resources experience preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of computer software including applications (i.e., Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Knowledge of the Department’s (DCF) and Department of Management Services' (DMS) Personnel rules, policies, and procedures as it pertains to FMLA, FSWP, the Sick Leave Transfer Plan, Worker's Compensation and Military Leave.
• Knowledge of People First.
• Knowledge of research methods and tools, personal computers, data collection and analysis.     
• Skilled in business professional written and verbal communication.
• Skilled in research techniques, analysis, and operating personal computers.
• Skilled in time management.
• Skilled in learning strategies using multiple approaches when learning.
• Ability to utilize problem-solving techniques and make independent decisions.
• Ability to plan, organize and coordinate work assignments.
• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Ability to compose correspondence.
• Ability to utilize problem-solving techniques.

 Candidate Profile (application) must be completed in its entirety.

• Include supervisor names and phone numbers for all periods of employment.
• Account for and explain any gaps in employment so that the hiring process is not delayed.
• 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.
• If you experience problems applying online, please call the People First Service Center at (877) 562-7287.   

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 employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits including:

• No state income tax for residents of Florida;
• 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.

Growth Opportunities:

With over 12,000 employees statewide, DCF is committed to providing opportunities and training for all staff.   work is among the most challenging and complex in state government and the most rewarding.  We encourage all employees to take advantage of the professional development and advancement opportunities available within the Department.

About Department of Children and Families:

Mission:  The mission of the Department of Children and Families 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.

Vision:  We are a highly skilled workforce committed to empowering people with complex and varied needs to achieve the best outcomes for themselves and their families. In collaboration with community stakeholders, we will deliver world class and continuously improving service focused on providing the people we serve with the level and quality that we would demand and expect for our own families.

Values:  A workforce that operates with integrity maintains loyalty to a code of ethics that requires the courage to take responsibility for providing the highest quality of service to the vulnerable. We are a solutions-focused learning organization built on a foundation of transparency in action and accountability of results. Both within the organization and among our stakeholders, we thrive in a culture of respect for diversity of opinion that is nurtured through open communication. High performing and committed, we are unified in our goal of excellence in achieving quality outcomes for those we serve. 

To learn more please visit https://www.myflfamilies.com/.

• 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 the date of your retirement.
• The position will perform all job tasks in accordance with laws, rules, regulations, policies, and requirements applicable to state and federal laws or procedures.

We hire only U.S. citizens and lawfully authorized alien workers.

Participation in the State of Florida Direct Deposit Program is required as a condition of employment per F.S. 110.113, and enrollment must be completed within the first 30 calendar days of your appointment.

SELECTIVE SERVICE:  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) before their 26th birthday or have a Letter of Registration Exemption from the SSS.  Verification of Selective Service registration will be conducted prior to hire.  For more information, please visit the SSS website: http://www.sss.gov.

BACKGROUND SCREENING REQUIREMENT:  It is the policy of the Florida Department of Children and Families that any candidate being considered for employment must successfully complete a State and National criminal history check as a condition of employment, and also be screened in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 435, F.S., and, if applicable, Chapter 408, F.S.  Employment may be terminated based on the background investigation results if the candidate begins employment before the background results are received, reviewed for any disqualifying offenses, and approved by the Department.  

Background investigations shall include, but not be limited to, fingerprinting for State and national criminal records check 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.  Employees will be retained in state and national rap back program, providing real-time arrest hit notifications.   

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.