REGULATORY CONSULTANT - 42000141

State of Florida • Tallahassee, FL

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About The Position

This is a STATE PERSONNEL SYSTEM OPPORTUNITY--ONLY CURRENT STATE PERSONNEL SYSTEM EMPLOYEES WILL BE CONSIDERED. The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Agricultural Environmental Services, is seeking a Regulatory Consultant. This position has regulatory responsibilities and is subject to specific Florida Statutes and Administrative Codes. The role involves reviewing applications for licensure, certification, or registration, evaluating their completeness and compliance, processing payments, and communicating with customers and internal departments. The successful applicant must pass a background screening, including fingerprinting, and will have a flextime schedule.

Requirements

• A high school diploma or its equivalent and six (6) years of professional or nonprofessional experience in administrative work, regulatory work, consumer complaint program work, interviewing, business administration, customer or public relations or investigations; or An equivalent combination of education and experience which equals six (6) years can substitute for the above requirements; or A bachelor’s degree (4 years) from an accredited college or university and two (2) years of professional or nonprofessional experience in administrative work, regulatory work, consumer complaint program work, interviewing, business administration, customer or public relations or investigations.
• 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.
• Successful applicant must pass a background screening, including fingerprinting, as a condition of employment.

Nice To Haves

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Review applications to determine eligibility for licensure, certification, or registration.
• Evaluate applications for completeness and compliance with applicable requirements for all licenses issued under Chapter 388, 482, and 487 F.S., and Rule 5E-9, 5E-13, and 5E-14, F.A.C.
• Verify fee payments.
• Communicate verbally and in writing with Finance & Accounting regarding refunds, payment issues, and any other related discrepancies.
• Perform these activities in accordance with established policies and procedures.
• Update, transmit, retrieve, and change information to records in applicable databases.
• Process and update all insurance documents received for the section.
• Communicate in writing or verbally with customers to ensure documents are correct and complete for processing.
• Generate any necessary deficiency letters and distribute accordingly.
• Review and process documents received as a result of a deficiency letter response in a timely manner.
• Provide documentation when an application has been denied and not addressed within the time frames prescribed by law and provide notice of rights with the denial letter.
• Perform these activities in accordance with established policies and procedures and with designated databases.
• Answer inquiries from public and applicants regarding certification, licensure, and registrations.
• Follow up on actions necessary in response to enforcement cases.
• Compile data for quarterly reports and any other reports as requested and send to Supervisor for submission of final report.
• Assist co-workers and other sections within the division.
• Perform other related work and tasks as requested by division management.

Benefits

• 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
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Tuition waivers

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED