SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING ADMINISTRATOR - SES - 64056541

Requisition No: 844605 

Agency: Department of Health

Working Title: SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING ADMINISTRATOR - SES - 64056541

 Pay Plan: SES

Position Number: 64056541 

Salary:  $60,000.00 - $64,890.28 

Posting Closing Date: 01/31/2025 

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FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH - OPEN COMPETITIVE OPPORTUNITY

Division of Disease Control and Health Protection

Bureau of Epidemiology

 

Your Specific Responsibilities:

This position spends more than 50% of the time engaged in supervisory responsibilities. This includes communicating with, motivating, training, and evaluating employees in addition to planning and directing employees' work. The incumbent has the authority to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline subordinate employees or effectively recommend such action. The incumbent will also be required to develop performance expectations, meet with staff regularly to discuss performance, complete performance reviews, maintain vacation and work schedules, ensuring proper coverage, and complete timesheets. 

 

This is a masters-level epidemiological position as the Data Analytics and Informatics Unit lead for the Surveillance Systems Section within the Bureau of Epidemiology. The duties of this position support mission-critical disease surveillance functions. Management of this Unit will include multiple master's and doctoral-level epidemiologists as necessary and per grant requirements. 

 

Directs the work of the Data Analytics and Informatics Unit. Responsible for the supervision of data scientists, data analysts, biostatisticians, and other team staff whose duties range from dashboard development and maintenance, statistical and compartmental approaches for infectious disease forecasting and situational models, routine and ad-hoc disease data querying and report generation, data governance for internal and external partners needing to access surveillance section data, as well as any resulting Data Use Agreements (DUAs) that are the result of data requests. 

 

Oversees the development of disease surveillance dashboards within the Surveillance Section and those developed for external programs. Ensures that dashboards are developed at industry standards, follow strict development protocols, and that dashboards fulfill all users' needs having access to the department's disease reporting and surveillance repository (Merlin). 

 

Develops strategy and prioritization of analytic products to align with agency, division, and bureau goals and those planned as grant deliverables across multiple programs. Collaborates with other entities within the department to ensure program needs are met. Identifies best practices and incorporates these into analytic products and tools. 
Identifies needed automation for reports and analytics for leadership, program managers, and surveillance staff across the Bureau, which also supports county health department epidemiologists. Manages the team's delivery of technical assistance to users across the division and incorporates routine revisions and assessment of analytic products. 

 

Assists in writing grant proposals, planning, and completing grant requirements, reports, and milestones. Prepares and ensures on-time submission of grant progress reports, technical reports, surveillance summaries, and scientific papers and performs related work as required. 

 

Leads abstract submission and preparation of presentations for state and national meetings. Represents the bureau at national and statewide professional conferences. Represents the bureau at departmental meetings. Attends bureau meetings and gives presentations regarding the status of projects/activities. 

 

Collaborates with a variety of professional organizations, associations, universities, institutions; schools of nursing, medicine, and public health; the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other related interests to further advance the epidemiologic activities of the Bureau of Epidemiology. 

 

Assists in developing surveillance case definitions and data elements and validates that reports and analytic products align with data in Merlin. Provides a necessary backstop on unsuspected changes and failure points, supporting the Merlin team's development priorities through temporary analytic solutions for surveillance programs across the Bureau of Epidemiology. 

 

Performs other duties as assigned. 

 

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Knowledge of public health principles and practices. Knowledge of management principles and practices. Skills to conduct statistical analyses. Skills to create data products for internal and external use. Ability to communicate effectively. Ability to work independently. Ability to plan, organize, and coordinate work assignments. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others. Ability to supervise people. Understanding and applying applicable rules, regulations, policies, and procedures for research and analysis. Ability to prepare morbidity and research reports. Ability to assess budgetary needs.

 

Preferred:

Master -Level Epidemiologist

2 Years experience

 

Florida Department of Health Mission, Vision, and Values:

Mission:

To protect, promote & improve the health of all people in Florida through integrated state, county & community efforts.

Vision:

To be the Healthiest State in the Nation.

Values:

I nnovation: We search for creative solutions and manage resources wisely.

C ollaboration: We use teamwork to achieve common goals & solve problems.

A ccountability: We perform with integrity & respect.

R esponsiveness: We achieve our mission by serving our customers & engaging our partners.

E xcellence: We promote quality outcomes through learning & continuous performance improvement.

 

Where You Will Work:

Tallahassee, Florida

 

The Benefits of Working for the State of Florida:

Working for the State of Florida is more than a paycheck. As an OPS employee, the benefits below are available:

 

• State of Florida 401(a) FICA Alternative Plan (mandatory)
• Participation in state group insurance (upon meeting eligibility requirements.  Consult with People First and/or the serving HR office)
• Workers’ Compensation (mandatory, if needed)
• Reemployment Assistance (Unemployment Compensation) (mandatory, if needed)
• Deferred Compensation (voluntary)
• Employee Assistance Program (voluntary)
• And more!

 

For a more complete list of benefits, including monthly costs, visit www.mybenefits.myflorida.com.

 

Please be advised:

 

Your responses to qualifying questions for this position must be verifiable by documentation provided through the electronic application process.  

 

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: http://www.sss.gov 

 

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.

 

Florida has the third largest population of veterans in the nation with more than 1.5 million service men and women.  The Florida Department of Health (department) is committed to serving members of the United States Armed Forces, veterans and their families by encouraging them to apply for vacancies that fit their area of knowledge and/or expertise.  Through the Department's VALOR program, which expedites licensing for military veterans, the Department also waives initial licensing and application fees for military veterans who apply for a health care professional license within 60 months of an honorable discharge. These initiatives help ensure that the transition from military service into the workforce is as smooth as possible and reflects our appreciation for the dedication devoted to protecting our country.    

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.

Salary : $60,000 - $64,890