SECRETARY SPECIALIST OPS - 60930159

Requisition No: 873769 

Agency: Children and Families

Working Title: SECRETARY SPECIALIST OPS - 60930159

 Pay Plan: Temp

Position Number: 60930159 

Salary:  $16.71 /hour 

Posting Closing Date: 04/28/2026 

Total Compensation Estimator Tool

Secretary Specialist OPS

Florida Department of Children and Families

Tallahassee, FL

Open Competitive

(60930159)

DESCRIPTION:

This is work performing routine clerical and administrative functions such as drafting correspondence, scheduling appointments, organizing and maintaining paper and electronic files, and providing information to callers.

Prepares and distributes notices and other office correspondence properly and timely. Independently reviews and properly distributes incoming and outgoing mail.  Updates the case management system; converts and uploads documents to the case management system in a timely manner to keep the Hearing Officers updated on their cases; records all Petitioner/Respondent contacts in the case management system; keeps email up to date and closes out cases in the case management system.

Answers the telephones, routes calls, takes messages and responds to inquiries from the public, including customers and their legal representatives regarding the hearing process.  Accepts verbal hearing requests for a variety of programs, ensuring that all information necessary to file the hearing request has been received.

Other related duties as assigned. 

EXAMPLES OF WORK:

• Answers telephone and gives information to callers, takes messages, or transfers calls to appropriate individuals.
• Maintains email throughout the day and uploads to case management system.
• Opens incoming mail and routes mail to appropriate individuals.
• Answers routine correspondence.
• Composes and distributes meeting notes, correspondence, and reports.
• Locates and attaches appropriate files to incoming correspondence.
• Files correspondence and other records electronically.
• Makes copies of correspondence and other printed material.
• Compiles and maintains lists and records.
• Provides customer service.

EXAMPLES OF JOB CHARACTERISTICS:

EXAMPLES OF KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

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.

For a more complete list of benefits, visit www.mybenefits.myflorida.com.

Growth Opportunities:

With 12,000 employees across the state DCF promotes opportunities and training for all.  Our jobs are among the most challenging, complex, and difficult in State government. They are also among the most rewarding. All employees are encouraged to take advantage of available Department opportunities for advancement and professional development.

Where you will work:

Florida is the only state that borders both the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico.  In other words, no matter where you land in Florida, you’re never more than 60 miles from a body of saltwater.  And if the beach isn’t your scene, there are 175 state parks to explore!  Meanwhile, Floridians hail from a wide range of backgrounds, cultures, ethnicities, and walks of life, making it an incredibly diverse melting pot that many residents and visitors to Florida love.  The Sunshine State is a great place to live and work – Come join our team!

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 applicant being considered for employment must successfully complete a State and National criminal history check as a condition of employment before beginning employment, and also be screened in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 435, F.S., and, if applicable, Chapter 408, F.S.  No applicant may begin employment until the background screening results are received, reviewed for any disqualifying offenses, and approved by the Agency.  Background screening shall include, but not be limited to, fingerprinting for State and Federal criminal records checks 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.

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.