Job Description

Requisition No: 851164 

Agency: Financial Services

Working Title: OPS Government Analyst II (Working title: US&R Field Liaison)

 Pay Plan: Temp

Position Number: 4371002 

Salary: $25.00 per hour 

Posting Closing Date: 04/29/2025 

Total Compensation Estimator 

***OPEN COMPETITIVE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY***

DIVISION:  STATE FIRE MARSHAL

BUREAU: OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR

CITY: TALLAHASSEE

COUNTY: LEON

SPECIAL NOTES:

High School Diploma or equivalent  required .

Additional  requirements:

• Two (2) years of experience in Fire Science or Public Safety.   An associate degree in a relevant field from an accredited college may substitute for the required years of experience.
• Active Florida Firefighter Compliance Certification (633.408, .412 FS)
• Florida Fire Office Certification (69A-37.065)

Preferences:

• Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s Degree.
• Prior supervisory experience.
• FLUSAR Rescue Specialist Certificate of Compliance (69A-37.065 FAC

Employees of the Department of Financial Services are paid on a monthly pay cycle. 

This position will be filled at $25.00 per hour and work approximate 25 hours per week.

This position requires a security background check, including fingerprint as a condition of employment. 

Responses to qualifying questions must be clearly supported by the state application and any omission, falsification, or misrepresentation in the answering of the qualifying questions will be cause for immediate elimination from the selection process. 

Minimum Qualifications for this position include the following REQUIRED ENTRY LEVEL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES: 

• Ability to work as a team member and leader
• Able to respond calmly and effectively when under stress interacting with people who are in crisis, including but not limited to people experiencing mental illness or chemical dependency.
• Good written, verbal and electronic communication skills.
• Develop reliable relationships with multi-agencies within the State of Florida
• Facilitate a debrief at the end of every search and rescue deployment event and document all participants and meet their needs.
• Ability to serve as the DSFM Urban Search and Rescue, Technical Rescue Field Liaison
• Prior supervisory experience preferred

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES:

Liaison between the State Fire Marshal’s Office and Florida’s US&R Task Force Team.

Liaison between the State Fire Marshal’s Office and Florida’s Technical Rescue Teams.

Organize and oversee Operational Readiness Evaluations/Self-Assessments for the US&R Task Forces, and Technical Rescue Teams.

Coordinate multi-agency search and rescue exercises partnering within the Florida National

Guard, Florida State Guard, Florida Forest Service, Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission, Florida Division of Emergency Management, and other partner agencies.

Create a framework under which the Technical Rescue Teams can train their personnel to the Operations Level FLUSAR standard.

Participate in disaster and emergency response planning and exercises with the Division of Emergency Management and partner agencies.

Participate on the State Domestic Security Resource Fire Committee.

Plan for Operational Readiness Evaluations of Florida’s Urban Search and Rescue and Technical Research Teams.

Assist with the coordination and distribution of equipment from State Homeland Security Grants and post deployment replenishment to Florida’s Urban Search and Rescue and Technical Rescue Teams.

Serve as the DSFM State EOC ESF 4/9 US&R Liaison/DSFM IMT SME.

Other duties as assigned.

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 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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