STAFF ASSISTANT OPS - 60934063

Staff Assistant Ops - 60934063

The Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) is the state of Florida's social services agency. The agency oversees services for child safety, fostering, adoption, domestic violence, adult protective services, refugees, homelessness, mental health, substance abuse, childcare providers, human trafficking and public assistance. The agency's mission 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.

Within DCF, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health (SAMH) Program office is recognized as the single state authority for substance abuse and mental health services. The Office of SAMH is statutorily responsible for the planning, evaluation, and implementation of a comprehensive statewide system of care for the prevention, treatment, and recovery of children and adults with serious mental illnesses or substance use disorders.

This is a highly responsible and professional position serving as the OPS Staff Assistant the Business Operations Unit. The ideal candidate will be a collaborative team player who works seamlessly across all sections within the program office. This role requires the use of independent judgment, a proactive approach to responsibilities, and exceptional attention to detail. If you are driven, organized, and thrive in a fast-paced environment, we encourage you to apply.

Specific duties and responsibilities include :

• Performs personnel management functions for the Office of Substance Abuse & Mental Health and consults with supervisors and management on personnel actions.
• Investigates, research, and provides consultative advice on personnel issues and actions.
• Maintains proficiency with current personnel rules and regulations.
• Maintains position descriptions, classifications specifications, records of personnel and budget actions relative to establish new positions or effecting changes to existing positions.
• Advertises position vacancies and proactively maintains control of the recruitment process to ensure appropriate recording, review, acknowledgement and processing of all applications.
• Completes all forms necessary to sustain employment processes.
• Assists new employees getting established in People First. Monitors records for evaluation due dates and works with supervisors to ensure that employee evaluations are completed timely.
• Creates and maintains facility vacancy report
• Evaluates expenses and works with staff to ensure that all expenses have been properly recorded, research and resolve discrepancies.
• Performs purchasing functions for the department and makes recommendations for cost savings. Analyzes expenditures and offers recommendations.
• Other duties as assigned.

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Location : Tallahassee, FL, US, 32301