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Requisition No: 876291 Agency: Agency for Persons with Disabilities Working Title: OPS BEHAVIORAL ANALYST - 67980035 Pay Plan: Temp Position Number: 67980035 Salary: $25.00 to $35.00 Hourly Posting Closing Date: 05/29/2026 Total Compensation Estimator <a title="Total Compensation Estimator" href="https://compcalculator.myflorida.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tool</a>AGENCY FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES POSITION: Behavior Analyst - Other Personal Services (OPS) WORKING TITLE: OPS Behavior Analyst POSITION NUMBER: 67980035 OPEN COMPETITIVE OPPORTUNITY This position is a Telework position. 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 eligible employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits, including: <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px" type="disc"> <li style="color:black;margin-bottom:6.0pt;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">State Group Insurance coverage options, including health, life, dental, vision, and other supplemental insurance options.</li> <li style="color:black;margin-bottom:6.0pt;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Retirement plan options, (For more information, please click <a href="http://www.myfrs.com/">www.myfrs.com</a>).</li> <li style="color:black;margin-bottom:6.0pt;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">And more! For a more complete list of benefits, visit <a href="http://www.mybenefits.myflorida.com/">www.mybenefits.myflorida.com</a>.</li> </ul> The Agency seeks team members who demonstrate the qualities of being humble, hungry, and smart and lead others to embody the same. This entails lacking excessive ego, sharing credit, being self-motivated, and exercising good judgment and intuition regarding the subtleties of group dynamics. This position with APD will serve staff and management across the Agency. Your work will impact the workplace culture, our community, and the population we serve as we continuously strive to achieve the Agency’s mission. *Responses to the qualifying questions are required and must be verifiable based on your submitted application, and “see resume” will not be considered an acceptable response. SALARY RANGE $25.00-$35.00 Hourly Position Summary Serves as a Behavior Analyst providing consultation to the group home providers, behavior analysis providers, state office and regional behavioral analysis team members, and community stakeholders to ensure that behavior analysis services are implemented in accordance with Section 393, F.S., Rule 65G-4 and 65G-8, F.A.C., regulations and memos of understanding. The Work You Will Do Completes all regional tasks per the High Watch Operating Procedure requirements. Collaborates in conducting preliminary reviews of behavior plans and relevant documents prior to the Local Review Committee (LRC) meetings in the region. Schedules for LRC presentations. Attend LRC meetings in each specified regional office and actively participate in the review process of behavior plans and data reviews. Ensures recording, maintenance, and distribution of LRC meeting minutes and review documents to providers and other pertinent recipients. Updates the LRC/BASE tracking database and generates the approval documents. Completes assigned Behavior Analysis Service Eligibility (BASE) forms. Completes regional determination of providers of Intensive Behavior (IB) and Behavior Focused (BF) residential habilitation group homes. Collaborates with regional analysts on monitoring of all IB and BF residents. Provide technical assistance and support to ensure placement is successful; facilitate resolutions to issues impacting client progress, placement, and health and safety related to behavioral needs. Completes the IB Matrix as assigned. Reviews, compiles, and submits monthly documentation of Provider Reactive Strategies reports monthly to the State Office behavioral analysis team. Initiates and completes all necessary Regional Reactive Strategy follow up as assigned. Reviews critical incidents. Collaborate with the Quality Assurance team and other regional staff to advise on risk mitigation, health, and safety needs and to address provider/facility concerns expeditiously. Collaborates with APD Regional/facility/State Office staff to immediately address and develop solutions to concerns or issues noted and participate in transition planning. Provides training and technical assistance sessions to support coordinators, providers and agency staff regarding regulatory practices related to the delivery of behavioral services. Participate in Agency hearings, meetings, and client staffing’s. Provides consultation for Behavior Analysis eligibility reviews, Residential Habilitation Designations, and Significant Additional Needs requests as needed. Completes other duties and assignments/projects assigned to support regional functions. Minimum Qualifications <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Bachelor’s degree in related sciences preferred.</li> </ul> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Must have a valid Driver’s License or other efficient means of transportation to travel for work purposes and be willing to travel.</li> </ul> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Minimum 3 years of Behavior Analysis experience.</li> </ul> Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities Knowledge of: <ul> <li style="margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;margin-left:0.0px">Individuals with developmental/intellectual disabilities.</li> <li style="margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;margin-left:0.0px">Behavior Analytic standards of care, ethical practices, crisis intervention, assessment, interventions, data collection, and data analysis.</li> <li style="margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;margin-left:0.0px">Florida’s developmental disabilities’ services system, statutes, regulations, and policies related to state facility and community services.</li> <li style="margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;margin-left:0.0px">Licensure/registration/certification requirements.</li> </ul> Ability to: <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;margin-left:0.0px">Create and maintain Excel spreadsheets.</li> <li style="margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;margin-left:0.0px">Develop policies, procedures and standards, compile, organize and analyze data, develop evaluation methodologies and to evaluate quality of services and compliance with rules, policies and statutes.</li> </ul> Demonstrate Skills in: <ul> <li style="margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;margin-left:0.0px">Microsoft Office, including Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, and Teams.</li> <li style="margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;margin-left:0.0px">Effective written and verbal communication skills.</li> </ul> Additional Information Profile Completion To qualify for this position, applicants must complete all fields in the Candidate Profile, including their work history with the month and year. Resumes and other documentation can be attached to provide additional information but will not replace the required completed Candidate Profile. Retiree Notice 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 suspended or voided, and you will be required to repay all benefits received depending upon your retirement date. Direct Deposit Program As a condition of employment, a person appointed to a position in the State Personnel System is required to participate in the Direct Deposit Program. Rather than receiving a paper paycheck, your funds will be deposited directly into your account at your financial institution. This will be accomplished by Electronic Funds Transfer. Banks, savings and loan associations, and credit unions are eligible to accept such deposits. Retirement funds are also required to be in the Direct Deposit Program. Background Screening Requirement It is the policy of the Florida Agency for Persons with Disabilities that applicants for employment undergo Level 2 employment screening in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 435, Florida Statutes, as a condition of employment or being permitted to serve as a volunteer. No applicant for a designated position will be employed or permitted to volunteer until the Level 2 screening results are received, reviewed, and approved by the Agency. Level 2 background screening shall include, but not be limited to, fingerprinting for Statewide criminal and juvenile records checks through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and Federal criminal records checks through the Federal Bureau of Investigation and may include local criminal records checks through local law enforcement agencies. Pursuant to S. 110.1127(1), Florida Statutes, this position requires a background investigation, including fingerprinting. APD only hires U.S. citizens and those lawfully authorized to work in the U.S. APD participates in the U.S. government’s employment eligibility verification program (E-Verify), which electronically confirms an employee’s eligibility to work in the U.S. after completing the employment eligibility verification form (I-9). All applicants should complete the online application process. If you need assistance applying for this position, please call the People First service center at 1-877-562-7287. Responses to the qualifying questions are required to be considered for this position. Answers to the qualifying questions must be verifiable based on your submitted application.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.

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