• Job Description

  Req#: 832257

  Requisition No: 832257

  Agency: Department of Transportation

  Working Title: TALENT ENGAGEMENT & SUPPORT SUPERVISOR - 55000787

  Pay Plan: SES

  Position Number: 55000787

  Salary: $69,013.16-$89,311.15

  Posting Closing Date: 12/27/2024

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  PENDING CLASSIFICATION UPDATE

  STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

  JOB POSTING DESCRIPTION

  936 / Organizational Development Office

  OPEN COMPETITIVE

  SELECTED EXEMPT SERVICE

  CONTACT PERSON: Victoria Smith

  CONTACT PHONE NUMBER: 850-414-4067

  CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS: Victoria.Smith@dot.state.fl.us

  ANTICIPATED BI-WEEKLY HIRING SALARY: $2,654.35-$3,435.04

  Working for the State of Florida is more than a paycheck. The State’s total compensation package for employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits including:

  Health insurance (over 90% employer paid) $25,000 life insurance policy (100% employer paid) Dental, vision and supplemental insurances State of Florida retirement package Generous vacation and sick leave 10 paid holidays a year

  Career advancement opportunities Tuition waiver for public college courses Training opportunities Flexible work schedules and telework (for designated positions) Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

  Join FDOT and be part of the team that works as one to improve safety, enhance mobility and inspire innovation in the Florida transportation system!

  For additional benefit information available to State of Florida employees, go to https://www.mybenefits.myflorida.com/

  Florida Department of Transportation

  The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) is an executive agency and reports directly to the Governor’s Office. FDOT’s continuing mission is to provide a safe transportation system that ensures the mobility of people and goods, enhances economic prosperity, and preserves the quality of our environment and communities. This mission is accomplished through a primary purpose to plan and develop (either directly or indirectly) Florida’s robust transportation system. The unique nature of the Sunshine State and its year-round warm climate provides numerous opportunities to move people and goods through multiple modes including highways/streets, air, rail, sea, spaceport, transit, and ever-expanding deployment of bicycle & pedestrian facilities.

  Our Values

  One FDOT - We are one agency, one team.

  INTEGRITY - We always do what is right.

  RESPECT - We value diversity, talent, and ideas.

  COMMITMENT - We do what we say we are going to do.

  TRUST - We are open and fair.

  CUSTOMER DRIVEN - We listen to our customers.

  Our Mission

  FDOT will provide a safe transportation system that ensures the mobility of people and goods, enhances economic prosperity, and preserves the quality of our environment and communities.

  Our Vision

  As One FDOT team, we serve the people of Florida by providing a transportation network that is well planned, supports economic growth, and has the goal of being congestion and fatality free.

  Why Join FDOT?

  Because we are a proud and committed team seeking to attract, recruit, train, and retain a diverse workforce comprised of the best and brightest professionals. We value diversity in background and experiences, seeking to build a team of professionals who will foster a dynamic, inclusive, and collaborative work environment. Those individuals who consistently help FDOT inspire, innovate, and improve safety for all our transportation modes.

  Opportunities for Growth and Professional Development

  FDOT is an incredible place to work, offering a myriad of opportunities for career growth and professional development.

  What better way to refine both your technical and power skills than through applied training? FDOT’s Training Mission is to improve productivity and meet work force needs, as specified in the requirements of Title X of the Florida Statutes, §§ 110.1099, 110.235, 110.403(3)(a), & 110.601.

  FDOT accomplishes this mission by:

  • Providing opportunities to better use and enhance employee skills and creating an atmosphere that encourages self-development,
  • Developing, delivering, and coordinating programs to improve leadership, managerial and supervisory skills and implementing strategies to help managers and supervisors fulfill their responsibility to develop employees,
  • Recommending, designing, delivering, and coordinating training efforts to increase job satisfaction and productivity, resulting in a highly trained workforce providing the highest possible return to our citizens,
  • Projecting, assessing, and interpreting work force needs and recommending solutions,
  • Ensuring a resource pool for FDOT's professional and technical work force requirements, and
  • Collaborating with districts to diagnose and design strategies to solve specific work group problems.

  Where Will I Work?

  You will work within Florida’s beautiful capital city, Tallahassee, FL. Tallahassee is a city of continued growth and economic development, and home to the campuses of Florida State University (FSU), the Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University (FAMU), and Tallahassee Community College (TCC).

  What Will My Role Be?

  If selected for this role, you will be the Talent Engagement and Support Supervisor. The position is vital to the values, mission, and vision of our organization. In this role, you will report directly to the Employee Engagement Officer, performing enterprise-wide recruitment and program administrator activities. The ideal candidate is a great team player who possesses dynamic communication skills and can work well with employees across the organization while overseeing internship programs and coordinating retention initiatives and recognition programs.

  Your duties and responsibilities in this role will be to:

  Supervising staff including (but not limited to) communicating with, coaching, motivating, training, and evaluating direct reports. Planning and directing work of direct reports, and providing support to ensure work is completed accurately, timely, and efficiently. Developing and providing performance expectations, individual training plans, and career plans to direct reports, and documenting results for improvement and quality assurance. Using department and leadership best practices to foster a strong team environment within the unit and helping integrate direct reports into the broader office and department environments.

  Supervising and directing staff in assigned workforce development activities including, but not limited to: Acting as a liaison between the Department and university or college career centers. Coordinating the FDOT Internship program, including, but not limited to: Providing advertised internship positions to university and college contacts, coordinating with Department internship contacts to create and advertise internship positions, developing FDOT Internship Program processes, procedures, manuals, surveys, and templates, and reporting to leadership on the effectiveness of the FDOT Internship Program. Coordinating retention initiatives such as mentoring, career and job fairs, or similar assigned activities. Coordinating awards and recognition initiatives for Department and Central Office employees. Support other required workforce development functions by collaborating statewide and facilitating meetings and workshops.

  Supervising and directing staff in the administration of the Department’s employee survey activities. Examples may include onboarding, exit, and engagement surveys. Survey activities include but are not limited to:

  Developing survey objectives and questions in accordance with the Department’s leadership, promoting and disseminating surveys statewide, analyzing survey results and preparing reports, dashboards, presentations, and briefings for publication and dissemination to Department leadership, providing recommendations to Department leadership on improvements to adopt based on survey results, ensuring overall data integrity of survey data including maintaining effective data governance to protect confidential information, maintaining respondent anonymity when required, and storing survey data and associated materials for long-term planning needs.

  Supervising and directing staff in the administration of other Department activities as assigned including, but not limited to: Maintaining the Department’s quality management procedural documents, managing processes associated with Department quality management efforts, and reporting compliance with quality management procedural documents and processes to Department leadership.

  Perform other duties as required.

  Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

  Knowledge of theories and practices of effective supervision, management, and leadership. Knowledge of theories and practices of effective data governance. Knowledge of theories and practices of effective marketing and recruiting. Knowledge of theories and practices of effective survey methodology. Knowledge of theories and practices of project management. Knowledge of theories and practices of information technology. Knowledge of basic accounting, budget, procurement, and other finance best practices. Skill in planning, program development, and project management. Skill in researching, compiling, and analyzing data to report findings and develop solutions. Skill in providing presenting, consulting, coaching, and training others. Skill in using Microsoft 365 applications including, but not limited to Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, or equivalent alternatives. Skill in tracking performance of programs, projects, and people through effective metrics. Ability to supervise others. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships across generations, job levels, interoffice, and across the Department. Ability to plan, organize, and manage complex work assignments. Ability to research, identify, and implement innovation solutions. Ability to communicate effectively through all channels, including virtually, in person, and in writing, with appropriate tone and body language. Ability to lead presentations, trainings, meetings, conferences, workshops, etc. both in person and virtually. Ability to think critically and problem-solve.

  SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: You may be required to provide your Social Security Number to conduct required verifications. Male applicants born on or after October 1, 1962, will not be eligible for hire or promotion in the Career Service, or appointment in the Selected Exempt Service (SES) or Senior Management Service (SMS) unless they are registered with the Selective Service System (SSS) before their 26th birthday, or have a Letter of Registration Exemption from the SSS.

  The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.

  THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VALUES AND SUPPORTS EMPLOYMENT OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES. QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.
  In accordance with Section 110.112, Florida Statutes, and the Florida Department of Transportation’s Individuals with Disabilities Affirmative Action Plan, FDOT is committed to ensuring affirmative action and equal employment opportunity for qualified individuals with disabilities. Upon request and as appropriate, reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities may be provided. Please contact the Florida Department of Transportation’s Human Resources Office located at 605 Suwannee Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399, or call (850) 414-5300 for assistance.

  Are You Ready?

  If you are interested in the Talent Engagement and Support Supervisor position, please click the “Apply Now” button in this advertisement.

  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.

• About the company

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