TRAINING AND RESEARCH CONSULTANT OPS - 60930015

Requisition No: 854926 

Agency: Children and Families

Working Title: TRAINING AND RESEARCH CONSULTANT OPS - 60930015

 Pay Plan: Temp

Position Number: 60930015 

Salary:  $35-40 / hour 

Posting Closing Date: 06/26/2025 

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TRAINING AND RESEARCH CONSULTANT OPS

60930015

Department of Children and Families – Office of Quality and Innovation

Workforce Learning and Development

This is an Open Competitive Opportunity.

Full Time

**This is not a remote/telework position. The selected candidate will work from the DCF Tallahassee Headquarters Office.**

Salary: $35-40 / hour

Location: Tallahassee  (Headquarters Office) 

Requirements:

• 1 year of experience in instructional design/curriculum development for a workforce
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Microsoft Teams, Authoring Software such as Articulate

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree

• M.S. in education, education technology, instructional design, curriculum development, or related area preferred
• 2-3 years of experience in instructional design/curriculum development for a workforce

Duties and Responsibilities Include but Are Not Limited To:

• Serving as an instructional designer on the Curriculum Development Team (CDT).
• Using instructional design methodologies to develop and/or evaluate various workforce learning resources such as required trainings, training programs, and specialty courses based on the analysis of department needs.
• Ensuring training meets 508 accessibility, usability, and functionality standards for classroom, online, self-study, and blended learning opportunities.
• Piloting new trainings when appropriate to ensure necessary changes and revisions are made before implementation.
• Additionally, assists program offices in the planning and development of pilot learning programs, evaluates results, and uses the findings to establish new or modified learning programs.
• Participating in or facilitating curriculum review committees with other program training managers or coordinators, to collaborate about the needs of training across program areas and the Department.
• Assisting the lead team member responsible for working with program office training managers to collect training materials and coordinate a revision calendar to schedule when curriculum needs to be updated.
• Reviews historical training to determine if training will benefit from eLearning technology resources.
• Works with the Quality Assurance Specialist to update a training resource library with trainings collected from program offices and hospitals statewide.
• Supports the LMS team to maintain and update courses available through the Department’s Learning Management System – My FL Learn.
• Creating training for statewide implementation and setting expectations for which parts of the curriculum must be covered statewide.
• Occasionally assisting with certifying agency trainers and facilitating training.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Experience in training, education technology, and instructional systems design.
• Experience designing training with an understanding of 508 compliance and accessibility standards.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with all levels of leadership, management, and staff.
• Experience with adult learning theory.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint (Office Suite) and Microsoft Teams are required.
• Excellent skills with Articulate Storyline and design tools such as Canva, InDesign, Photoshop, etc.
• Capable of working with a high degree of independence, determining work priorities, and ensuring proper completion of work assignments.
• Exceptional critical thinking skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills that include the ability to teach, coach and mentor workforce.
• Passion for learning and improving training programs and learning management system processes.
• Strong communication skills, verbal and written.
• Knowledge of mission and vision of the Department of Children and Families.
• Understanding of continuous quality improvement processes and integration across programs.
• Ability to fact-find, identify trends, root causes, and effective practices from data.
• Proficient in systems-thinking across operational locations, department programs, and government agencies.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
• Ability to make decisions and recommend solutions.
• Knowledge of project management principles for instructional design projects.
• Proficient in collaborating within a cross-functional team.
• Consistently demonstrate a high level of professionalism in interactions and personal presentation.
• Demonstrate respect for others and professional interest through speech, nonverbal communication, active listening, and cultural competence.

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. 

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.