EDUCATION AND TRAINING SPECIALIST - 67016660 ( SUNLAND - QUALITY SERVICES) Date: Jan 15, 2025 The State Personnel System is an E-Verify employer. For more information click on our E-Verify Website (http://www.dms.myflorida.com/workforce\_operations/human\_resource\_management/for\_job\_applicants/e\_verify) . Requisition No: 844946 Agency: Agency for Persons with Disabilities Working Title: EDUCATION AND TRAINING SPECIALIST - 67016660 ( SUNLAND - QUALITY SERVICES) Pay Plan: Career Service Position Number: 67016660 Salary: $34,320.00 - $46,320.00 Posting Closing Date: 01/29/2025 Total Compensation Estimator Tool (https://compcalculator.myflorida.com/) AGENCY FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES POSITION: Education and Training Specialist -Career Service POSITION NUMBER: 67016660 OPEN COMPETITIVE OPPORTUNITY This posting may close before the posted closing date. The hiring salary may exceed the maximum posted salary. CANDIDATE POOL: Future vacancies may be filled from this advertisement for a period of up to six months. 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 eligible 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 (For more information, please click www.myfrs.com ). + Flexible Spending Accounts. + Tuition waivers. + And more! For a more complete list of benefits, visit www.mybenefits.myflorida.com . + Paid Maternity and Parental Leave. The Agency seeks team members who demonstrate the qualities of being humble, hungry, and smart and lead others to embody the same. This entails lacking excessive ego, sharing credit, being self-motivated, and exercising good judgment and intuition regarding the subtleties of group dynamics. This position with APD will serve staff and management across the Agency. Your work will impact the workplace culture, our community, and the population we serve as we continuously strive to achieve the Agency’s mission. *Responses to the qualifying questions are required and must be verifiable based on your submitted application, and “see resume” will not be considered an acceptable response. SALARY RANGE $34,320.00 - $46,320.00 Annually $1,320.00 - $1,781.53 Bi-weekly Position Summary This is a position established as an Education and Training Specilaist, under the Training Specalist II-SES in Staff Development at Sunland. This positon requires highly responsible, professional work in developing, coordinating, conducting, evaluating and monitoring job and position-specific staff training activities which includes classroom and practice instruction. Prepares and conducts a wide range of developmental services training activities for management, professional and non-professional Sunland and community Developmental Services staff. The Work You Will Do Instructs employees in required subjects contributing to a well trained, competent work force. Includes serving as third shift liason with Staff Development and adjusting schedule to ensure staff on third shift receive all required training and updates. Conducts refresher testing/training in assigned units/departments on a monthly basis to ensure staff are current with requirements. Coordinates scheduling for designated training with assigned units/departments ensuring effective communication to ensure staff are current with requirements. Ensures curriculum in assigned lead classes is up-to-date and is linked to Agency's and Sunland's mission, vision, values and covers current Agency and Sunland policies and procedures. Maintains certifications in CPR and other required subject areas, increases expertise with additional certifications to meet the changing needs of employees. Perform other related duties as required. Minimum Qualifications + Must be able to lift 40lbs independently. + Must be able to transfer from kneeling to standing position repeatedly. + Must be able to present training both verbally and written. Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities + Skills in effective classroom teaching/presentations. + Ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing. + Ability to plan, organize and coordinate work assignments for self. + Ability to prepare reports utilizing Microsoft Excel and Word. + Ability to present presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint. Additional Information Profile Completion To qualify for this position, applicants must complete all fields in the Candidate Profile, including their work history with the month and year. Resumes and other documentation can be attached to provide additional information but will not replace the required completed Candidate Profile. Retiree Notice 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 your retirement date. Direct Deposit Program As a condition of employment, a person appointed to a position in the State Personnel System is required to participate in the Direct Deposit Program. Rather than receiving a paper paycheck, your funds will be deposited directly into your account at your financial institution. This will be accomplished by Electronic Funds Transfer. Banks, savings and loan associations, and credit unions are eligible to accept such deposits. Retirement funds are also required to be in the Direct Deposit Program. Background Screening Requirement It is the policy of the Florida Agency for Persons with Disabilities that applicants for employment undergo Level 2 employment screening in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 435, Florida Statutes, as a condition of employment or being permitted to serve as a volunteer. No applicant for a designated position will be employed or permitted to volunteer until the Level 2 screening results are received, reviewed, and approved by the Agency. Level 2 background screening shall include, but not be limited to, fingerprinting for Statewide criminal and juvenile records checks through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and Federal criminal records checks through the Federal Bureau of Investigation and may include local criminal records checks through local law enforcement agencies. Pursuant to S. 110.1127(1), Florida Statutes, this position requires a background investigation, including fingerprinting. APD only hires U.S. citizens and those lawfully authorized to work in the U.S. APD participates in the U.S. government’s employment eligibility verification program (E-verify), which electronically confirms an employee’s eligibility to work in the U.S. after completing the employment eligibility verification form (I-9). All applicants should complete the online application process. If you need assistance applying for this position, please call the People First service center at 1-877-562-7287. Responses to the qualifying questions are required to be considered for this position. Answers to the qualifying questions must be verifiable based on your submitted application. Recruiting Contact: Lizzie Holland Human Resource Specialist Recruitment Manager Agency for Persons with Disabilities Sunland Center – Marianna 3700 Williams Drive Marianna, FL 32446 E-mail Lizzie.Holland@apdcares.org 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. 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 clickinghere (http://www.dms.myflorida.com/content/download/97612/566545) . All documentation is due by the close of the vacancy announcement. Location: MARIANNA, FL, US, 32446 MARIANNA, FL, US, 32447 MARIANNA, FL, US, 32448 Nearest Major Market:Panama City