GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS CONSULTANT III - 64005491

Government Operations Consultant III

This is a professional position within the Bureau of Preparedness and Response, Training and Exercise Section. The incumbent will support Florida's public health emergency preparedness efforts by designing, developing, delivering, and evaluating trainings and exercises that enhance the state's ability to respond to all-hazards emergencies.

The ideal candidate is a creative and innovative professional who understands instructional design and exercise planning and is comfortable collaborating and engaging with partners across multiple agencies. This position will require frequent travel and participation in emergency response operations.

Specific Responsibilities

• Training Development and Delivery
• Design, develop, and deliver both in-person and virtual trainings using adult learning principles and instructional best practices.
• Create engaging and visually effective course materials, including PowerPoint presentations, facilitator guides, and learner handouts.
• Exercise Review, Design & Delivery
• Lead and support the design, development, conduct, and evaluation of discussion-based and operations-based exercises in alignment with Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) guidelines.
• Develop exercise documentation including Exercise Evaluation Guides (EEGs) Situation Manuals (SitMans), Exercise Plans (ExPlans), Controller / Evaluator handbooks, AAR / IPs, and other planning products.
• Coordinate exercise planning meetings and briefings with internal and external partners.
• Evaluate exercises using established materials that reflect current policies, plans, and procedures, and develop after-action reports based on collected feedback and assessments.
• Collaboration and Engagement
• Serve as a Technical Assistance Coordinator to County Health Departments, facilitating collaboration for trainings and exercises.
• Participate in the development of the Department's Integrated Preparedness Plan (IPP) and assist counties in creating their individual IPPs.
• Represent the Bureau at state conferences, trainings, meetings, and statewide exercises.
• Emergency Response and Readiness
• Serve in an assigned role within Emergency Support Function 8 (Health and Medical) during disaster responses or activations.
• Be available for deployment to disaster-affected areas, staging areas or Special Needs Shelters, and willing to work extended hours, nights, weekends, or holidays during emergency events.
• Complete and maintain required training to demonstrate competency in assigned emergency response roles.
• Administrative and Logistical Support
• Support and facilitate meetings and workshops; take meeting minutes and ensure follow-up actions are documented and tracked.
• Other duties as required.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

The Benefits of Working for the State of Florida include annual and sick leave, paid holidays, state insurance coverage options, retirement plan options, flexible spending accounts, tuition waivers, and more.

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.

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.

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.

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.