RECRUITMENT SUPERVISOR - SES - 60069154- ESS Program Headquarters

The Department of Children and Families (DCF) is seeking an experienced Human Resources (HR) professional to perform as a Recruitment Supervisor to lead a high-volume recruitment team supporting the Economic Self Sufficiency (ESS) Program at Headquarters. This is a hands-on leadership role responsible for supervising staff, driving recruitment strategy, and ensuring high-quality, efficient and standardized hiring practices.  

This position is designated as essential and may require extended work hours during declared emergencies, including participation in Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (DSNAP) operations. 

Required Minimum Qualifications:  

• Two or more years of professional supervisory experience, including responsibility for hiring, training, evaluating, and managing staff. 

• Two years of professional HR experience:

  • Conducting full cycle recruitment and selection activities, such as job advertising, candidate screening, interviewing, talent outreach, policy research, and handling confidential personnel information.

  • Performing classification and compensation actions including reorganizations, positions changes, pay changes, or interpreting salary policy.

  • Utilizing applicant tracking systems. 

• Proficiency in MS Office 365 (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, SharePoint.) 

• Possession of a valid driver's license.  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with the State Personnel System (People First) or a government HR entity. 

• Experience analyzing data, preparing reports, and presenting findings. 

• Proficiency in ServiceNow, Smartsheet, MS Visio, or Power BI software. 

• Notary Public certification (or a willingness to obtain). 

Position Description:

The Recruitment Supervisor is responsible for supervising one of two recruitment teams that perform hiring and recruitment activities for the ESS Program at DCF Headquarters. This position provides advanced professional supervision and direction to a team of six Hiring Specialists and two Support Staff. The incumbent ensures high-quality, timely recruitment services and actively participates in high volume hiring processes. 

The Recruitment Supervisor collaborates closely with the second recruitment team and internal partners to support agency hiring needs and achieve program goals. The role requires a comprehensive understanding of applicable Florida Statutes, Florida Administrative Code, Department of Management Services rules, Department Child and Family Operating Procedures, and HR policies. 

The incumbent develops and implements recruitment strategies aligned with agency goals, ensures compliance with all federal and state hiring requirements, and collaborates with internal partners to support pre-employment and onboarding processes.  

Your People First 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. 

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

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

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 contribution (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. 

EMPLOYMENT DISCLOSURES: 

• US CITIZEN REQUIREMENT: Only US citizens and lawfully authorized alien workers will be hired. 

• 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 the date of your retirement. 

• SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM REGISTRATION: All selected 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).  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. 

• BENEFIT RECOVERY SCREENING: Candidates applying to positions in the Economic Self-Sufficiency Program will have a Benefit Recovery check completed to validate current or former government assistance case information before completing the hiring process.   

If you experience problems applying online, please call the People First Service Center at (877) 562-7287.