EDUCATION AND TRAINING SPECIALIST - 43004728

Requisition No: 881861 

Agency: Financial Services

Working Title: EDUCATION AND TRAINING SPECIALIST - 43004728

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 43004728 

Salary: $56,452.33 

Posting Closing Date: 08/31/2026 

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*****OPEN COMPETITIVE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY*****

CLASS TITLE: EDUCATION AND TRAINING SPECIALIST

DIVISION: ACCOUNTING AND AUDITING

BUREAU: PROJECT, TRAINING, AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT TEAM

CITY: TALLAHASSEE

COUNTY: LEON

SPECIAL NOTES:

High school diploma or equivalent is required.

Preferences:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
• Two (2) or more years of professional accounting or auditing experience, to include knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
• One (1) or more years of experience in public speaking and/or developing and conducting instructor-led training.
• Experience conducting training in various delivery methods.
• One (1) or more years of instruction delivery.
• Ability to plan, organize, and coordinate work assignments.
• Proficient experience with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
• One (1) or more years of experience working with Microsoft PowerPoint creating presentations.
• Two (2) or more years of experience with contract management.
• One (1) year of experience of working with curriculum design.
• One (1) year of experience of working with Learning Management Systems.
• Two (2) or more years of Florida Accounting and Information Resource (FLAIR) experience.

Minimum Qualifications for this position include the following REQUIRED ENTRY LEVEL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Competent public speaking skills.
• Knowledge of the principles and techniques of effective communication.
• Knowledge of the principles, methods and techniques of training or instruction.
• Ability to prepare a variety of written training materials such as lesson plans, curricula, performance evaluations or reports.
• Effective training skills in various delivery methods.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Project management experience.
• Ability to utilize problem-solving techniques.
• Ability to effectively work independently with little supervision.
• Ability to work within a team environment.

This position requires a security background check, including fingerprint as a condition of employment.

Employees of the Department of Financial Services are paid on a monthly pay cycle.

Responses to qualifying questions must be clearly supported by the state application and any omission, falsification, or misrepresentation in the answering of the qualifying questions will be cause for immediate elimination from the selection process.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES :

This position has responsibilities involving procedures adopted by the Department and Division. The procedures are part of the internal control structure used to provide reasonable assurance that objectives are met. This position shall use, comply with, and, if needed, improve these controls and procedures in the performance of duties within the Division of Accounting and Auditing.

This position supports the Division’s effort to accomplish the Chief Financial Officer’s (CFO) constitutional and statutory duties. This includes ensuring that financial and accounting related education is provided to all agencies within the guidelines of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), generally accepted auditing standards (GAAS), or other comprehensive basis of accounting. This includes training on the State’s Accounting system(s). This position exercises independent judgment in assisting in the formulation of policies for statewide accounting and auditing functions.

Provide education as required on the state’s accounting system, best practices in contract and grant management and that are aligned with the Division’s goals for users within the Department of Financial Services and all agencies. This includes teaching accountants and auditors to process business events (accounting transactions) in accordance with defined policies and procedures and GAAP; researching and analyzing accounting literature, pronouncements, theories and concepts for inclusion in educational materials and ensuring these are communicated to users; making recommendations to management on additional educational requirements to ensure the state goal of an enterprise concept is met; and creating and editing educational materials and user manuals.

Provide agency accounting personnel support. This includes promptly and accurately responding to email and telephone inquiries; and scheduling, hosting, and preparing for dedicated agency learning sessions.

Conducting and Analyzing training needs using needs assessments, surveys, and focus groups. This also includes preparing and reviewing operational reports and schedules to ensure accuracy and efficiency of office processes and tracking and reporting performance metrics.

Support Division specific projects (e.g., implementation of new accounting policies, changes to financial management applications). This includes facilitating meetings and workshops, creating project materials (e.g., design documents, communication plans), and researching and testing business process systems and solutions. 

Assist with the maintenance of the Learning Management System (LMS) data which includes adding and updating courses, roles, classes, locations, student and manager profiles, instructors, registering students, class reminder emails, printing class rosters, printing student certificates and related LMS data.

Performs other duties as assigned.

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.

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 View phone number on us.fitly.work). 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.

VETERANS’ PREFERENCE. 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. Certain service members may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements. Candidates claiming Veterans’ Preference must attach supporting documentation with each submission that includes character of service (for example, DD Form 214 Member Copy #4) along with any other documentation as required by Rule 55A-7, Florida Administrative Code. Veterans’ Preference documentation requirements are available by clicking here . All documentation is due by the close of the vacancy announcement.