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Benefits
Benefits, varied and numerous,
are available beginning immediately upon day of employment.
Insurance plans are detailed on the Management Services web site:
http://www.state.fl.us/dms/dsei
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Holidays
Martin Luther King Day
Memorial Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Veteran’s Day
Thanksgiving Day
Thanksgiving Friday
Christmas Day
Personal Holiday (a day of your choice)
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The retirement plan is fully paid by the
State of Florida with no contribution required by the employee. The
employee is vested in six years and eligible for these benefits. An
employee with 30 years of service, at any age, will receive a benefit of
48% of their average salary of their 5 highest paid years with the State
of Florida.
Additional retirement programs include
a tax deferred compensation program which is contributed to
by the employee only (the employee may contribute up to 25% of their
salary, up to $8000. per year) and the Deferred Option Retirement
Program . This program is limited to employees who are eligible to
retire and choose the option of working for up 60 additional months. This
will generate another separate retirement program.
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Classifications
Classification is the process by which
specific local job needs are identified, analyzed and defined within the
established framework of statewide position classifications defined by the
Florida Department of Management Services (DMS).
From state to state, the titles for
specific job assignments may vary. Prospective new employees can easily
access classification information from DMS and obtain proper job titles,
statements of duty and eligibility criterion.
http://www.state.fl.us/oraweb/owa/cspec.csclass
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Recruitment
The recruitment process for a specific job
is generally done through an open competitive position announcement on the
internet. However, there are a few instances in which a new vacancy is
filled internally.
These internal placements are due to:
Reassignments: when a current employee
of the same pay grade requests the assignment and is approved by the
hiring authority. In these situations, no pay increase is granted.
Demotions: when a current employee of a
higher pay grade requests the assignment and is approved by the hiring
authority. This usually involves a decrease in responsibility and pay.
Recalls: when an employee who was laid
off is offered the current vacancy.
Generally all positions are advertised.
This is required for all actions including the promotions of current
employees.
Job Advertisements can be either:
Career Service: meaning that the
applicant must be a current employee of any Department of the State of
Florida (Florida only).
Open/Competitive: meaning that anyone
may apply.
Internal: meaning that the employee
must currently be an employee of the Florida Department of Health.
To view the current vacancies of all State
of Florida positions, please access the following site:
http://jobsdirect.state.fl.us
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Interviewing
This Department is fortunate in receiving
multiple applications for all advertised positions. Not all positions can
be advertised.
Those who are selected for interview are
done so by an impartial process based on the knowledge, skills and
abilities listed on the application.
Prior to receiving the applications, the
hiring authority defines the current vacancy in terms of the knowledge,
skills and abilities (KSAs) required in order to successfully perform the
job assignment. The applicants who most closely matches these KSAs will be
interviewed.
The interviews are conducted by a panel of
employees led by the hiring supervisor. All interviewees are ask the same
questions and the final opinion of the panel is based on both the answers
gives and the positive references of past employers.
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Hiring
The successful applicant will be contacted
by telephone soon after the interviews are completed and references have
been checked. The applicant will be asked if they accept the conditions of
the job and will be ask to give an employment start date.
Following the approval of the Director, the
applicant will be formally offered the job. Written confirmation of the
job offer will be mailed to the successful applicant, and all other
applicants, interviewed or not, will receive a letter listing the name of
the individual hired.
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Payroll
Within the first biweekly pay cycle, the
new employee will be enrolled in any insurance benefits chosen.
The State of Florida requires direct
deposit of the pay warrant. The new employee has six months to open an
account if they do not currently have one.
Timesheets are prepared by all
employees and approved by the supervisor on a biweekly schedule. The pay
cycle begins on a Friday. Pay warrants are distributed on alternate
Fridays (26 pay checks per year).
The pay plan is found at the following web
site:
http://www.state.fl.us/oraweb/owa/paytable.salary_table?p_plan+01
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Performance Appraisals
The employee is initially provided with
their position description and a separate Standard of Achievement form
which outline the specific key functions to be accomplished.
The employee is encouraged to discuss these
expectations with the supervisor whenever problems arise.
New employees are evaluated by these
standards during the one year probationary period. If they have
successfully achieved these standards, permanent status is recommended.
After the initial probationary period,
employees are evaluated on an annual basis. All promotions require an
additional probationary period of one year.
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