PERSONNEL SERVICES SPECIALIST/CBJA - SES - 79010195

Requisition No: 869322 

Agency: Business and Professional Regulations

Working Title: PERSONNEL SERVICES SPECIALIST/CBJA - SES - 79010195

 Pay Plan: SES

Position Number: 79010195 

Salary:  $1,653.85- $1,846.16 

Posting Closing Date: 02/06/2026 

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OFFICE OF HUMAN RESOURCES

PERSONNEL SERVICES SPECIALIST – SES

Position Number: 79010195

Biweekly Salary: $1,653.85 - $1,846.16

**Anticipated Vacancy**

*STATE PERSONNEL SYSTEM*

***Applicants must complete all fields in the Candidate Profile.  Work history, hours worked, and formal education are required to qualify for this position.  Responses to Qualifying Questions must be verifiable in the Candidate Profile. Resumes and other documentation can be attached to provide additional information. ***

Our Organization and Mission:

License efficiently. Regulate fairly. Florida counts on DBPR to ensure many important matters are handled well. From the safety of food service and the integrity of real estate transactions to the standards of combat sports and the transparency of condominium governance, DBPR’s regulatory programs intersect with a wide range of business and professional activities in Florida.  DBPR also enforces the qualifications of licensure that ensure work requiring a skilled professional is performed safely and sufficiently. Our stakeholders include these professionals and their customers alike.

Under the direction of Secretary Melanie S. Griffin, the agency licenses and regulates individuals and businesses operating in the industries noted above, and many more which can be viewed on our website: myfloridalicense.com.

The Work You Will Do:

This is a professional position responsible for performing payroll and other personnel functions of the Department of Business & Professional Regulation.  The incumbent in this position ensures payroll activities are carried out in accordance with the Bureau of State Payroll's (BOSP) policies and procedures, Florida Statutes, and internal agency policies and procedures. 

Your Specific Responsibilities:

Duties include, but may not be limited to:

• Process Personnel Action Requests (PARs) for regular FTE/OPS positions for assigned divisions, ensuring actions are processed accurately and in the specified time frame.  Actions include new hires, promotions, demotions, transfers, pay increase or decrease or employee separations. 
• Monitors for employee overpayments through the use of payroll over/under reports and leave without pay reports; notifies employees of overpayments and arranges repayments.  Research and processes additional pay/stop payment actions as appropriate.
• Conducts leave audits for terminal leave payouts for all separating DBPR employees.  
• Processes employee transfer reports and requests for dual employment. Monitors overlapped positions status.
• Leave and Attendance Coordinator for agency.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
• Ability to consistently provide positive and professional customer service.
• Ability to conduct fact-finding research.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of information.
• Knowledge of and ability to use the State’s human resource information system.
• Knowledge of Chapters 112 and 110, Florida Statutes.

Minimum Requirements: 

The Personnel Services Specialist - SES should possess the following:

• Experience performing payroll activities such as, utilizing FLAIR for cancellations; Leave payouts; On demand payments; and/or agency approvals.
• Experience with Leave and Attendance rules and administration.
• Experience with assisting employees with benefit information.
• Experience processing information using a computer system.

• Experience conducting research and analyzing information to make decisions.
  
  

Preferred:

Preference will be given to those with two or more years of experience in State Personnel System administrating a payroll program, a benefits program, and/or Flair usage and People First Personnel systems.

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 employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits including:

• State of Florida retirement package: 3% employee contribution required.
• Nine annual paid holidays and one personal holiday
• You will receive 176 hours of paid annual leave annually as a new employee with the State of Florida
• You will receive 104 hours of paid sick leave annually.
• The State of Florida offers health insurance coverage (i.e. individual and family coverage) to eligible employees.
• The State of Florida provides a $25,000 life insurance policy to eligible employees.
• Additional supplemental insurance policies are available for dental, vision, hospital supplement, cancer, etc.
• Tax deferred medical and childcare reimbursement accounts are available.
• Tuition waiver program to attend an approved State of Florida College or University

For additional benefit information, please visit the following website: http://www.mybenefits.myflorida.com

Applicant Note: If you are the selected candidate for this position and hold a current license through the Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation, you may be required to place your license in an inactive status.
 
NOTE: This position requires a security background check and participation in direct deposit. You will be required to provide your Social Security Number (SSN) and date of birth in order to conduct this background check.
 
Applicants are required to apply through the People First system by the closing date, by applying online.  All required documentation must be received by the closing date of the advertisement.  If you have any questions regarding your application, you may call 1-877-562-7287.

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.

 
The Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation is committed to increasing recruitment and hiring of individuals with disabilities and improving employment outcomes. 
 

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must contact the DBPR Human Resources (HR) Office at (850) 487-2074. DBPR requests applicants notify HR in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

SPECIAL REMINDERS:

Male applicants born on or after October 1, 1962, will not be eligible for hire or promotion unless they are registered with the Selective Services System (SSS) before their 26th birthday, or have a Letter of Registration Exemption from the SSS.  For more information, please visit the SSS website: http://www.sss.gov .

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 canceled, suspended or deemed ineligible depending upon the date of your retirement.

 The Department of Business and Professional Regulation will only hire U. S. citizens and lawfully authorized alien workers. Our agency participates in the E-Verify System which is a federal government electronic database available for employers to use to verify the identity and employment eligibility of all persons hired to work in the United States.

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.