SOCIAL SERVICES MANAGER-SES - 64031328

Requisition No: 842008 

Agency: Department of Health

Working Title: SOCIAL SERVICES MANAGER-SES - 64031328

 Pay Plan: SES

Position Number: 64031328 

Salary:  $65,000 to $80,000 

Posting Closing Date: 12/25/2024 

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Open Competitive Opportunity

Anticipated Vacancy

Your Specific Responsibilities:

This position spends more than 50% of the time engaged in supervisory responsibilities.  This includes communicating with, motivating, training, and evaluating employees in addition to planning and directing employees’ work.  The incumbent has the authority to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline subordinate employees or effectively recommend such action.  The incumbent will also be required to develop performance expectations, meet with staff regularly to discuss performance, complete performance reviews, maintain vacation and work schedules, ensuring proper coverage, and complete timesheets.

This is a professional position in the Bureau of Emergency Medical Oversight that is responsible for the management, implementation, and evaluation of the statewide Emergency Medical Services Section, to include consulting, planning, monitoring, budgeting, coordinating, and supervising, as established in Florida Statutes.

Programmatic

Oversees, develops, and analyzes needs within the Emergency Medical Services Section of the Bureau of Emergency Medical Oversight. Facilitates strategic relationships with external agencies and community partners to support statewide emergency medical services. Ensures compliance with statutory deadlines while aligning program operations and activities with the department's mission and goals. Initiates and implements innovative projects to support the bureau's and department's strategic direction. Manages interventions and changes to guarantee project objectives are met. Coordinates and oversees a minimum of three Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council meetings annually, as mandated by Florida Statute.

Budget

Develops, analyzes, implements, and monitors the program's annual operating budget. Collaborates in creating and maintaining expenditure forecasts related to the EMS Trust Fund. Conducts regular monitoring of expenditures and activities, preparing comprehensive reports on budgetary issues. Initiates and processes requests for budget amendments and reviews requests for continuing appropriations. Generates detailed financial reports for the bureau budget manager and bureau chief as required.

Legislative Affairs/Policy Making

Serves as the primary Legislative Affairs Liaison for the section. Conducts thorough analyses of proposed legislation to evaluate its effectiveness and potential impact on the department. Coordinates the development of new legislative proposals and monitors the progress of relevant legislation. Attends interim and regular legislative session committee meetings, as well as other pertinent gatherings, providing timely updates to the Bureau Chief on issues of interest.

Strategic Planning

Actively participates in establishing strategic planning goals, budgetary decisions, and other management initiatives. Assumes responsibility for planning and directing the EMS system's strategic and long-range goals in alignment with bureau, division, and departmental strategic initiatives. Conducts comprehensive organizational reviews to identify strengths, weaknesses, and evaluate operational effectiveness. Ensures that project and departmental milestones adhere to approved budgets and timelines.

Administrative

Provides direct supervision to staff within the EMS Section, including conducting performance appraisals, planning, and directing work assignments, approving leave requests, managing the hiring process, and implementing disciplinary actions when necessary. Fosters a positive work environment that promotes professional growth and team cohesion.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Ten years direct experience managing EMS agencies at the local, state or federal level.

Five years direct experience with budget development, reviews, forecasting, and tracking of budget expenses of budgets greater than $5 million per year.

Three years direct experience with grant development and/or management of grant activities

Demonstrated experience in the creation and implementation of administrative rules or statutes.

Demonstrated experience in the management of prehospital research related projects.

Demonstrated experience in EMS quality improvement programs and/or program process improvements.

Qualifications:

State EMS regulatory experience is preferred but not required.

State or National Paramedic Certification    

Valid Florida Driver’s License

10 years prehospital experience  

Travel Time:  25-50%

Where You Will Work:

4042 Bald Cypress Way, Tallahassee, Florida 32399

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:

• 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

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• Flexible Spending Accounts;
• Tuition waivers;
• And more!

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

Please be advised:

Your responses to qualifying questions for this position must be verifiable by documentation provided through the electronic application process.  

This position requires a security background check and/or drug screening and participation in direct deposit. Any misrepresentations or omissions will disqualify you from employment consideration. Note: You will be required to provide your Social Security Number (SSN) in order to conduct this background check Successful completion of a drug test is a condition of employment for safety-sensitive positions.

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 successful candidate will be required to complete the Form I-9 and that information will be verified using the E-Verify system.  E-Verify is operated by the Department of Homeland Security in partnership with the Social Security Administration to verify employment eligibility.   

Incumbents may be required to perform emergency duty before, during, and/or beyond normal work hours or days.

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

Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-877-562-7287). 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. 

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.