HIRING SPECIALIST-LW - 60025083 - ESS Recruitment Team

Requisition No: 873444 

Agency: Children and Families

Working Title: HIRING SPECIALIST-LW - 60025083 - ESS Recruitment Team

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 60025083 

Salary:  $45,000-$55,000 annually, commensurate with experience. DCF Salary Policy will apply. 

Posting Closing Date: 04/13/2026 

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Hiring Specialist (Lead Worker)

Class title: Government Operations Consultant I

Department of Children and Families

Internal Agency

Only current DCF employees will be eligible

Current employees will be compensated in accordance with the DCF salary policy.

This is NOT a telework position. 

The incumbent will work from the office location in Jacksonville, Miami or Tampa.

Location will be based upon the selected candidate.

Business Hours: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm EST, Monday - Friday.

This is a full-time position, working 40 hours per week.

Some travel is required.

The Department of Children and Families (DCF) is seeking an experienced people operations professional to perform as a Hiring Specialist (Lead Worker) within the Economic Self Sufficiency (ESS) Program. This role supports high-volume hiring needs statewide for critical class positions within the ESS Customer Contact Center. This position serves as a senior individual contributor with lead worker responsibilities, providing guidance, training, and support to the Recruitment Team. The role reports to an ESS Recruitment Supervisor.

Required Minimum Qualifications:

• Must be a current FL DCF employee.
• Must have three (3) years of full-time people operations, talent management, workforce support, HR or similar experience conducting full cycle recruitment and selection activities, such as job advertising, candidate screening, interviewing, talent outreach, policy research, and handling confidential personnel information. 
• Must have experience using an applicant tracking system, such as People First Talent Management or Department of Children and Families Administrative Services Hub (DASH) and Smartsheet.
• Must be proficient operating MS Office to include PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Outlook software.
• Must have a Valid Driver's License and able to lift 25 lbs. or more. (Travel is required to attend off-site job fairs, interviews and meetings as needed).
• Must be a current Notary Public, or willing to become a Notary Public.

Preference may be given to those with the following qualifications:

• Supervisory, mentorship or leadership experience.

Desired traits for applicants:

• Demonstrated ability to lead peers and support team development 

• Strong relationship-building skills with leadership and stakeholders 

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills 

• High attention to detail and accuracy 

• Comfortable managing high-volume workloads 

• Able to work independently with minimal supervision 

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.

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:

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

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.

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

DCF Employment Requirements:

1. We hire only U.S. citizens and lawfully authorized alien workers.
2. The position will perform all job tasks in accordance with laws, rules, regulations, policies, and requirements applicable to state and federal laws or procedures.
3. 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.
4. 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.  
5. BENEFIT RECOVERY SCREENING: Candidates applying to positions in the Economic Self-Sufficiency Program will have a Benefit Recovery check completed before completing the hiring process.​​​

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

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.

VETERANS’ PREFERENCE.  Pursuant to Chapter 295, Florida Statutes, candidates eligible for Veterans’ Preference will receive preference in employment for Career Service vacancies and are encouraged to apply.  Certain service members may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements.  Candidates claiming Veterans’ Preference must attach supporting documentation with each submission that includes character of service (for example, DD Form 214 Member Copy #4) along with any other documentation as required by Rule 55A-7, Florida Administrative Code.  Veterans’ Preference documentation requirements are available by clicking here.  All documentation is due by the close of the vacancy announcement.