Requisition No: 851178
Agency: Department of Health
Working Title: OPS STAFF DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING CONSULTANT - 64853607
Pay Plan: Temp
Position Number: 64853607
Salary: $30 hourly
Posting Closing Date: 04/28/2025
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Open Competitive
Your Specific Responsibilities:
The Workforce Consultant is a high-level position working directed with executive leadership responsible for enhancing/supporting the health of the organization’s well-being and of its people by designing, leading, and implementing/facilitating strategies that close the gaps between the agency’s expectations and its reality.
The Workforce Consultant and PL liaison are close partners in the implementation of agency workforce strategies, ensuring that Personnel is a key driver of the well-being in the agency.
The Workforce Consultant supports leadership through partnership, consultation, coaching, and mentoring as requested. The Workforce Consultant reports to the Personnel Liaison/Workforce Development Supervisor.
The Workforce Consultant is the Pasco County Health Department’s workforce strategist. Their work is directional and strategic in nature, impacting all areas of agency and its employees. The Workforce Consultant’s mission is to attend to workforce well-being.
By this we mean the Workforce Consultant actively helps the
Public Health Agency:
- Clarify who we are and who we need to become as an organization and workforce.
- Identify the gaps between who we say we are (or need to become) and who we actually are.
- Design, lead, and implement/facilitate strategies to close those gaps.
The Workforce Consultant pursues their mission through a particular way of working:
- Applies what they learn from others to understand their impact and adjust their efforts.
- Designs people/workforce strategies with the people impacted most (i.e., design thinking/design justice principles and methods), adding their own expertise, research, and data to the design conversation. (This design work is focused on, but not limited to, people strategies that improve the health of the Public Health Agency’s well-being.)
- Helps the Public Health Agency clarify and care for its vision, mission, and values.
- Embeds our vision, mission, and values, especially innovation and engagement, in all their work.
Through trusted relationships, partnerships, and careful listening (to people and to data), the Workforce consultant designs and leads/facilitates strategies that help the organization live into its core values. Responsibilities may include helping set strategic direction (policy, and/or business direction) through consultation or facilitation as requested. The Workforce Consultant is responsible for understanding the health of the organization and the well-being its people using qualitative and quantitative data.
Major outcomes include identification of gaps and opportunities; workforce strategy design that closes those gaps; workforce strategic planning; improved alignment with core values; and clear organizational vision, mission, and values.
The Workforce Consultant helps to:
- Acquire quality, actionable workforce data on employee health.
- Make that data visible and useful for decision-making throughout the organization.
- Develop and implement Personnel business strategies (e.g., talent acquisition, leader development, learning and growth, employee well-being) that foster retention and employee growth.
The Workforce Consultant is an expert resource to the organization in coaching and development, team meeting design/facilitation, and organizational design. This work may include providing expert advice and consultation to others to help them address in their areas of responsibility
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Ability to understand and apply applicable rules, regulations, policies, and procedures relating to personnel program functions.
Ability to collect, evaluate and analyze data relating to personnel program functions.
Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing.
Ability to speak in front of groups and make effective presentations.
Ability to handle telephone calls in a courteous and effective manner.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
Ability to work independently.
Ability to plan, organize and coordinate work assignments.
Knowledge of general office procedures and ability to prepare reports and written correspondence.
Knowledge of correct spelling, punctuation, and grammar usage.
Knowledge of computers and software.
Preferred Qualifications:
Preferred Education, Experience, and Competencies.
- Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Public Health, Organizational Development, or a closely allied field.
- Qualifying experience in executive leadership or senior organizational development roles may be substituted for the educational requirements at a rate of one year of experience for one year of education.
Florida Department of Health Mission, Vision, and Values:
Mission:
To protect, promote & improve the health of all people in Florida through integrated state, county & community efforts.
Vision:
To be the Healthiest State in the Nation.
Values:
I nnovation: We search for creative solutions and manage resources wisely.
C ollaboration: We use teamwork to achieve common goals & solve problems.
A ccountability: We perform with integrity & respect.
R esponsiveness: We achieve our mission by serving our customers & engaging our partners.
E xcellence: We promote quality outcomes through learning & continuous performance improvement.
Where You Will Work:
7509 State Road 52, Hudson, FL 34667
The Benefits of Working for the State of Florida
Working for the State of Florida is more than a paycheck. As an OPS employee, the benefits below are available:
- State of Florida 401(a) FICA Alternative Plan (mandatory)
- Participation in state group insurance (upon meeting eligibility requirements. Consult with People First and/or the serving HR office)
- Workers’ Compensation (mandatory, if needed)
- Reemployment Assistance (Unemployment Compensation) (mandatory, if needed)
- Deferred Compensation (voluntary)
- Employee Assistance Program (voluntary)
- 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.
All Florida Department of Health positions require the incumbent to be able to learn and communicate effectively, orally and in writing, in English. Applicants who do not meet this requirement will not be considered.
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.
Florida has the third largest population of veterans in the nation with more than 1.5 million service men and women. The Florida Department of Health (department) is committed to serving members of the United States Armed Forces, veterans and their families by encouraging them to apply for vacancies that fit their area of knowledge and/or expertise. Through the Department's VALOR program, which expedites licensing for military veterans, the Department also waives initial licensing and application fees for military veterans who apply for a health care professional license within 60 months of an honorable discharge. These initiatives help ensure that the transition from military service into the workforce is as smooth as possible and reflects our appreciation for the dedication devoted to protecting our country.
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.
