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Community Outreach Specialist
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COMMUNITY OUTREACH SPECIALIST - 76002518
Date: Jun 9, 2025
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Requisition No: 854578
Agency: Highway Safety and Motor Vehicle
Working Title: COMMUNITY OUTREACH SPECIALIST - 76002518
Pay Plan: Career Service
Position Number: 76002518
Salary: $37,413.00 Annually
Posting Closing Date: 06/19/2025
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Division of Motorist Services
Bureau of Credentialing Services
*Career Service*
*Open Competitive Advertisement*
To be considered for this position, applicant responses to qualifying questions must be clearly stated within the employment history. Software systems, actual work experience, and years of employment must be clearly defined, or the application may not be considered for the position.
The Organization
The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DHSMV) provides highway safety and security through excellence in service, education, and enforcement. With a workforce of approximately 4,500 employees throughout the state, the Department is leading the way toA Safer Floridathrough the efficient and professional execution of its core mission: the issuance of driver licenses, vehicle tags and titles, and operation of the Florida Highway Patrol.
Our Benefits include
+ Paid Parental Leave
+ Annual and Sick Leave Package
+ Nine Paid Holidays
+ State Health and Life Insurance
+ Educational Benefits
+ Contributory Retirement Plan
To learn more about FLHSMV and why it’s a great place to work, visit our website at:flhsmv.gov/careers.
Duties and Responsibilities
This position is responsible for the independent coordination, scheduling, and event planning of Florida Licensing on Wheels (FLOW) mobile units. This position is authorized to examine and inspect documentation to determine the eligibility of customers for driver licenses and is authorized to suspend, revoke, or restrict driving privileges. The incumbent processes applications for title certificates and/or license plates to determine compliance with Florida Statutes. Additionally, this position is authorized to enter vehicle information through data processing, compiles reports and stays up to date on changes to Division of Motorist Services procedure manuals and Florida Statutes pertaining to titles, registrations, and driver licenses.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
+ Experience working as a Driver License Examiner or otherwise issuing driver licenses, identification cards and/or motor vehicle tags, registrations, and titles.
+ Ability to use a personal computer, including Microsoft Word.
+ Ability to get in and out of low vehicles and high trucks/ sports utility vehicles without assistance.
+ Skill in providing excellent customer service.
+ Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
+ Ability to plan, organize and coordinate work assignments.
+ Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
+ Ability to establish and maintain working relationships with others.
+ Ability to develop and maintain positive community relations.
+ Skill in driving and operating a larger vehicle, including a van and a bus, not requiring a CDL license.
+ Ability to assume operation of and/or immediately exit vehicle in an emergency situation.
+ Knowledge of basic arithmetic.
+ Ability to use the Florida Real-time Vehicle Information System (FRVIS) database.
Preferred Qualifications
+ Interactive customer service experience to include face to face and/or phone customer interaction.
+ Professional work experience preparing written correspondence, to include emails, memos, or reports.
Job Related Requirements
+ In accordance with Florida Statute 322 the selectedapplicant must be at least 21 years of age.
+ This position will be responsible for regularlyworking weekends and occasionally working nights. Occasionalovernight travelwill be required.
+ This position requires occasionalheavy lifting. Applicants must be willing and able to lift, pull and push heavy equipment weighingup to 50 lbs.
+ Selected applicants must have/maintain avalid driver’s licensewith no cancellations, suspensions, or revocations of the driving privilege for a minimum of three (3) years prior to employment and must also maintain a driving record with no more than three (3) chargeable motor vehicle crash or any violation defined in Chapter 316, Florida Statutes during any consecutive (3) year period of employment.
+ This position requires employees to drive and perform general maintenance on a RV type Vehicle, during the performance of their daily duties.
General Information
+ The elements of the selection process may include a skill assessment and/or oral interview.
+ Applicants being considered for employment will be required to submit to a fingerprint-based background investigation, which will include a check of the criminal history records of the FBI. Fingerprints and associated information/biometrics will be retained in the FBI’s Next Generation Identification (NGI) system and fingerprints may continue to be compared against fingerprints submitted to or retained by NGI.
+ FLHSMV employees are paid once a month on the last workday of each month. All state employees are required to participate in the direct deposit program pursuant to s. 110.113 Florida Statutes.
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.
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 clickinghere (http://www.dms.myflorida.com/content/download/97612/566545) . All documentation is due by the close of the vacancy announcement.
Location:
DELAND, FL, US, 32720 DAYTONA BEACH, FL, US, 32114 DAYTONA BEACH, FL, US, 32118 DAYTONA BEACH, FL, US, 32117 DELAND, FL, US, 32724 DAYTONA BEACH, FL, US, 32124 DAYTONA BEACH, FL, US, 32120
Nearest Major Market:Daytona Beach
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