PERSONNEL SERVICES SPECIALIST/HR-SES - 42000147

Requisition No: 882595 

Agency: Agriculture and Consumer Services

Working Title: PERSONNEL SERVICES SPECIALIST/HR-SES - 42000147

 Pay Plan: SES

Position Number: 42000147 

Salary: $48,000.00 - $55,000.00 

Posting Closing Date: 09/02/2026 

Total Compensation Estimator 

PERSONNEL SERVICES SPECIALIST/HR-SES

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES

DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATION

BUREAU OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

***OPEN COMPETITIVE OPPORTUNITY***

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

A high school diploma or its equivalent and five (5) years of professional experience working in an attendance and leave position within the State Personnel System.

EDUCATIONAL NOTE: Graduates utilizing education attained in the United States to meet the minimum requirements of a position will not be appointed until verification of the applicable degree has been obtained.   Foreign trained graduates utilizing a degree attained outside of the United States to meet the minimum requirements of a position must be prepared to provide a copy of a credential evaluation conducted by an Approved Credential Evaluation Agency. A list of approved agencies can be viewed at “Approved Credential Evaluation Agencies, Florida Department of Education.”  

Please Note: There will be a standard numerically based work sample administered with an established minimum required passing score to all eligible candidates in order to move to the next phase of consideration as part of the hiring process for this position .

***ATTENTION CANDIDATES***

To be considered for a position with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services:

• All fields in the Candidate Profile must be completed (an attached resume is not a substitution for the information required on the candidate profile).
• Work history, duties and responsibilities, hours worked, supervisor, and formal education fields, etc. must be filled out to determine qualifications for this position.
• Responses to Qualifying Questions must be verifiable in the Candidate Profile.

The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services values
and supports employment of individuals with disabilities. Qualified
individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

NOTES:

To maintain fairness and integrity, applicants are required to provide honest and authentic responses during all stages of the evaluation and selection process. Applicants must rely on their own personal knowledge, thoughts, and impressions. A candidate’s use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to answer qualifying questions or participate in interviews will be taken into consideration when determining qualification for the position.

Successful applicant must pass a background screening, including fingerprinting, as a condition of employment.

JOB DUTIES:

Consults with employees regarding general attendance and leave questions; advises employees regarding leave and time worked, assists with timesheet entries and adjustments.

Separates employees from payroll; obtains and verifies documentation, confirms time reported on the final timesheet, processes the payroll action, audits leave and determines eligibility for payment or transfer of leave, processes leave transfers.

Completes leave audits for employees going into DROP, and separating, and for payment of Special Compensatory leave, FLSA leave, and 24-hour annual leave payouts; reviewing timesheets and leave balances and confirming the amount of leave payable.

Monitors leave without pay (LWOP) for each payroll deadline; generates reports of LWOP before and after payroll deadlines, assist employees with approving LWOP on timesheets prior to payroll deadline, obtains reports of LWOP after the payroll deadline, determines if an employee has been overpaid due to LWOP, and processes salary overpayment calculations and collections for LWOP or other reasons identified during the regular course of business.

Processes military leaves of absences; consults with employees, receives military orders, processes the payroll action, and audits the use of military leave.

Processes housing payroll deductions.

Completes employment verification forms on behalf of employees.

Maintains files; creates well documented records of actions processed, and scans or uploads records into the agency’s electronic files.

Serves as a backup to the Personnel Technician III, assisting with Family and Medical Leave Act, and Family Supportive Work Program requests, as well as Paid Parental Leave, Sick Leave Pool and Sick Leave Transfer cases, as necessary.

Perform other related duties as required.

The Benefits of Working for the State of Florida

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:

• Annual and Sick Leave benefits;
• Nine paid holidays and one Personal holiday each year;
• State Group Insurance coverage options, including health, life, dental, vision and other supplemental insurance options;
• Retirement plan options, including employer contributions (For more information, please visit ;)
• Flexible Spending Accounts;
• Tuition waivers;
• And more!

For a complete list of benefits, visit .

For an estimate of the total compensation package for this position, please visit the “Total Compensation Estimator Tool” located above under the “Posting Closing Date.”

SPECIAL NOTES:

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.