Job Description

Requisition No: 854926 

Agency: Children and Families

Working Title: TRAINING AND RESEARCH CONSULTANT OPS - 60930015

 Pay Plan: Temp

Position Number: 60930015 

Salary: $35-40 / hour 

Posting Closing Date: 06/26/2025 

Total Compensation Estimator 

TRAINING AND RESEARCH CONSULTANT OPS

60930015

Department of Children and Families – Office of Quality and Innovation

Workforce Learning and Development

This is an Open Competitive Opportunity.

Full Time

**This is not a remote/telework position. The selected candidate will work from the DCF Tallahassee Headquarters Office.**

Salary: $35-40 / hour

Location: Tallahassee  (Headquarters Office)  

Requirements:

• 1 year of experience in instructional design/curriculum development for a workforce
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Microsoft Teams, Authoring Software such as Articulate

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree

• M.S. in education, education technology, instructional design, curriculum development, or related area preferred
• 2-3 years of experience in instructional design/curriculum development for a workforce

Duties and Responsibilities Include but Are Not Limited To:

• Serving as an instructional designer on the Curriculum Development Team (CDT).
• Using instructional design methodologies to develop and/or evaluate various workforce learning resources such as required trainings, training programs, and specialty courses based on the analysis of department needs.
• Ensuring training meets 508 accessibility, usability, and functionality standards for classroom, online, self-study, and blended learning opportunities.
• Piloting new trainings when appropriate to ensure necessary changes and revisions are made before implementation.
• Additionally, assists program offices in the planning and development of pilot learning programs, evaluates results, and uses the findings to establish new or modified learning programs.
• Participating in or facilitating curriculum review committees with other program training managers or coordinators, to collaborate about the needs of training across program areas and the Department.
• Assisting the lead team member responsible for working with program office training managers to collect training materials and coordinate a revision calendar to schedule when curriculum needs to be updated.
• Reviews historical training to determine if training will benefit from eLearning technology resources.
• Works with the Quality Assurance Specialist to update a training resource library with trainings collected from program offices and hospitals statewide.
• Supports the LMS team to maintain and update courses available through the Department’s Learning Management System – My FL Learn.
• Creating training for statewide implementation and setting expectations for which parts of the curriculum must be covered statewide.
• Occasionally assisting with certifying agency trainers and facilitating training.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Experience in training, education technology, and instructional systems design.
• Experience designing training with an understanding of 508 compliance and accessibility standards.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with all levels of leadership, management, and staff.
• Experience with adult learning theory.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint (Office Suite) and Microsoft Teams are required.
• Excellent skills with Articulate Storyline and design tools such as Canva, InDesign, Photoshop, etc.
• Capable of working with a high degree of independence, determining work priorities, and ensuring proper completion of work assignments.
• Exceptional critical thinking skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills that include the ability to teach, coach and mentor workforce.
• Passion for learning and improving training programs and learning management system processes.
• Strong communication skills, verbal and written.
• Knowledge of mission and vision of the Department of Children and Families.
• Understanding of continuous quality improvement processes and integration across programs.
• Ability to fact-find, identify trends, root causes, and effective practices from data.
• Proficient in systems-thinking across operational locations, department programs, and government agencies.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
• Ability to make decisions and recommend solutions.
• Knowledge of project management principles for instructional design projects.
• Proficient in collaborating within a cross-functional team.
• Consistently demonstrate a high level of professionalism in interactions and personal presentation.
• Demonstrate respect for others and professional interest through speech, nonverbal communication, active listening, and cultural competence.

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

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.  

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• 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 the date of your retirement.  

• The position will perform all job tasks in accordance with laws, rules, regulations, policies, and requirements applicable to state and federal laws or procedures.  

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.  

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 enforcement agencies.  

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.  

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.

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