LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING SPECIALIST

Leadership Development And Training Specialist

The Department of Children and Families' Workforce Learning and Development Team within the Office of Quality and Innovation seeks an energetic, highly organized, critical thinker with background and experience in training and leadership to serve as a Leadership Development and Training Specialist. This position is responsible for the planning, coordination, delivery of leadership and professional development training programs and academies across the state. This role supports both in-person and virtual training offerings and ensures high-quality learning experiences for all participants. This position is also responsible for supporting staff that participate in their program's career ladder. This position requires routine travel throughout the state.

Minimum Requirements :

• At least two years' experience in a training environment, training and facilitating adult learners in a classroom environment.
• Experience facilitating virtual training sessions using Microsoft Teams.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to travel across the state to deliver necessary trainings at least one week a month.
• Ability to manage competing priorities.

Additional Qualifications Preferred :

Primary duties include, but are not limited to, the following :

Knowledge, skills, and abilities :

Knowledge of adult learning principles and best practices in professional development; Ability to plan and manage multiple training events simultaneously with attention to detail; Ability to adapt training content and delivery methods to diverse audiences and learning styles; strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders and team members; Capacity to analyze feedback and evaluation data to improve future training sessions; Demonstrated initiative, problem-solving abilities, and customer service orientation; Public Speaking; Delivery of Public Presentations; Performance Improvement / Quality Concepts; Information Gathering; Data Analysis; Active Listening; Critical Thinking; System Evaluation; Coordination / Management of Personal Resources; Ability to demonstrate, model and reinforce the agency's values, partnerships, quality, accountability, teamwork, and integrity; Ability to work independently; Ability to plan, organize and coordinate work assignments; Ability to communicate effectively.

Your application must be filled out in its entirety. Responses stating see resume or an incomplete or blank listing of work will be automatically disqualified and removed from eligibility as an applicant. All applicants responding to this vacancy advertisement must show verifiable experience for the qualifying questions, minimum requirements, and additional qualification preferred as listed above on your State of Florida employment application to be considered for an interview.

Candidates selected for an interview must be able to successfully convey knowledge and experience for the minimum requirements and additional qualification preferred. You may be asked to submit a work sample or present as part of the interview process to ensure alignment of skills.

Candidate Profile (application) must be completed in its entirety.

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. 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.

Vision : We are a highly skilled workforce committed to empowering people with complex and varied needs to achieve the best outcomes for themselves and their families. In collaboration with community stakeholders, we will deliver world class and continuously improving service focused on providing the people we serve with the level and quality that we would demand and expect for our own families.

Values : A workforce that operates with integrity maintains loyalty to a code of ethics that requires the courage to take responsibility for providing the highest quality of service to the vulnerable. We are a solutions-focused learning organization built on a foundation of transparency in action and accountability of results. Both within the organization and among our stakeholders, we thrive in a culture of respect for diversity of opinion that is nurtured through open communication. High performing and committed, we are unified in our goal of excellence in achieving quality outcomes for those we serve.

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

We hire only U.S. citizens and lawfully authorized alien workers.

Participation in the State of Florida Direct Deposit Program is required as a condition of employment per F.S. 110.113, and enrollment must be completed within the first 30 calendar days of your appointment.

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.

BACKGROUND SCREENING REQUIREMENT : It is the policy of the Florida Department of Children and Families that any applicant being considered for employment must successfully complete a State and National criminal history check as a condition of employment before beginning employment, and also be screened in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 435, F.S., and, if applicable, Chapter 408, F.S.

No applicant may begin employment until the background screening results are received, reviewed for any disqualifying offenses, and approved by the Agency. Background screening shall include, but not be limited to, fingerprinting for State and Federal criminal records checks through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and may include local criminal history checks through local law