ELIGIBILITY SUPERVISOR - SES - 60023147

Eligibility Supervisor - Ses - 60023147

This is professional work supervising Economic Self-Sufficiency Specialists. The primary duty of employee(s) in the position(s) allocated to this class is to spend majority of time communicating with, motivating, training and evaluating employees, planning and directing their work; and having the authority to hire, transfer, suspend, layoff, recall, promote discharge, assign, reward or discipline subordinate employees or to effectively recommend such actions.

Examples of work performed :

• Motivates employees to meet goals of the department, office and individual unit(s).
• Promotes mentoring and coaching of staff to ensure career development.
• Ensures training opportunities for staff in targeted areas.
• Schedules work assignments, sets priorities and directs the work of the staff.
• Evaluates employees using established evaluation criteria and responsibility identification.
• Meets on a regular basis with employees to share information, provide feedback and direct workflow.
• Serves as departmental representative at meetings and conferences.
• Develops and makes presentations at professional meetings and public information forums.
• Composes documents or correspondence involving social services program eligibility information and recoupment of overpayment of benefits; and provides information to the public.
• Reviews complex information relating to self-sufficiency policies and procedures, and ensures staff is aware of changes.
• Assists staff in the management and resolution of client complaints.
• Identifies and solves problems by gathering and applying information from a variety of materials or sources.
• Deals calmly and effectively in high stress situations such as deadlines, hostile individuals and high noise levels.
• Uses statistical information to evaluate performance standards; rewards and / or applies disciplinary action where appropriate.
• Develops management tools and other procedures to ensure the quality and timeliness of services to customers.
• Designs processes for completing work and managing client flow.
• Monitors casework to ensure proper benefit issuance.
• Uses case reviews, staff conferences and other sources to evaluate delivery of services, and develops corrective action plans when required.
• Acts as a liaison between workers and management to facilitate organizational progress.
• Utilizes group resource knowledge to resolve issues and promote continuous quality improvement.
• Performs related work as required.

Knowledge, skills and abilities :

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.

Location : Ocala, FL, US, 34474 Nearest Major Market : Ocala