GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS CONSULTANT II - 60004764

State of Florida • Tallahassee, FL

1d • $60,000 - $90,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) is the state of Florida’s social services agency. The agency oversees services for child safety, fostering, adoption, domestic violence, adult protective services, refugees, homelessness, mental health, substance abuse, childcare providers, human trafficking and public assistance. The agency’s mission is to work in partnership with local communities to protect the vulnerable, promote strong and economically self-sufficient families, and advance personal and family recovery and resiliency.
Within DCF, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health (SAMH) Program office is recognized as the single state authority for substance abuse and mental health services. The Office of SAMH is statutorily responsible for the planning, evaluation, and implementation of a comprehensive statewide system of care for the prevention, treatment, and recovery of children and adults with serious mental illnesses or substance use disorders.

TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION RESPONSES TO THE QUALIFYING QUESTIONS ARE REQUIRED AND MUST BE VERIFIABLE BASED ON YOUR SUBMITTED APPLICATION.
THIS IS NOT A TELEWORK POSITION. CANDIDATE WILL BE REQUIRED TO WORK IN THE TALLAHASSEE OFFICE.

This is a highly responsible and professional position serving as a Data Scientist within the Data & Information Services unit. The ideal candidate will be a collaborative team player who works seamlessly across all sections within the program office. This role requires the use of independent judgment, a proactive approach to responsibilities, and exceptional attention to detail. If you are driven, organized, and thrive in a fast-paced environment, we encourage you to apply.

Requirements

• An analytical mindset: problem-solving, attention to detail.
• Demonstrate effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrate experience working under pressure with minimal supervision.
• Work both independently and collaboratively on shared projects with others.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
• Proficiency in Microsoft software, including Office, Teams, OneDrive, and SharePoint.
• Familiarity with data modeling and data architecture.
• Perform data quality assessments and statistical testing to verify data quality and data integrity.
• Translate and visualize data into information and insights to discover trends and patterns for solving the problem and improving performance.
• Develop custom data models, standard statistical models, deep learning algorithms for building diagnostic, predictive and prescriptive data science solution.
• Proficiency with business analytics/visualization tools, such as Tableau, PowerBI, etc.
• A bachelor's degree from a college or university with a major in computer science, data science, mathematics, statistics, or business analytics is preferred and four years of professional experience in data analysis.
• A master's degree from a college or university with a major in computer science, data science, mathematics, statistics, or business analytics can substitute for one year of the required experience.
• Professional experience as described above can substitute on a year-for-year basis for the preferred college education.
• Two years of experience creating data visualizations, e.g., dashboards.
• Two years of experience in data cleansing, data wrangling, and data merging.

Nice To Haves

• Applying robotic process automations.
• Creating scripts (Python, R, SAS) to build machine learning models.
• Database systems and querying languages (e.g., SQL) to extract and manipulate data efficiently.

Responsibilities

• Mine data and metadata from primary, secondary, and tertiary sources, then reorganize the data in a format that can be easily read.
• Use statistical tools to interpret data sets, paying particular attention to trends and patterns that could be valuable for diagnostic and predictive analytics efforts.
• Develop advanced quantitative models using a variety of tools to support predictive assessments.
• Identify business problems or management objectives that can be addressed through data analysis.
• Identify relationships and trends or any factors that could affect the results of research.
• Test, validate, and reformulate models to ensure accurate prediction of outcomes of interest.
• Create appropriate documentation that allows stakeholders to understand the steps of the data analysis process and duplicate or replicate the analysis if necessary.
• Communicate model behavior and results to SAMH Executive Leadership and other stakeholders.
• Deliver oral or written presentations of the results of mathematical modeling and data analysis to management or other end users.
• Create graphs, charts, or other visualizations to convey the results of data analysis using specialized software.
• Design data visualization elements, prepare reports, and create graphical level presentations that effectively communicate trends, patterns, and predictions using relevant data.
• Complete topic research and train internal and external partners on key data analytics initiatives.
• Identify emerging analytic trends and technologies, staying up-date by reading scientific articles, conference papers, or other sources of research.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• 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.
• For a more complete list of benefits, visit www.mybenefits.myflorida.com.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level