GUARDIAN AD LITEM OFFICE, STATE OFFICE- PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER - 21012949

Requisition No: 861392 

Agency: Justice Administrative Commission

Working Title: GUARDIAN AD LITEM OFFICE, STATE OFFICE- PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER - 21012949

 Pay Plan: Justice Admin Comm.

Position Number: 21012949 

Salary: Negotiable 

Posting Closing Date: 09/30/2025 

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Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office

DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

IMPORTANT! – Please navigate to the following website: to apply for this position:

• Click on the “Career Opportunities” icon.
• Scroll down to the link, “Submit Your Guardian ad Litem Employment Application Here.”
• Complete the “mini” job application and attach your current resume.
• Select County for the job location

OR

• Email your mini application and resume directly to [email protected]

ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION

The Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office is Florida’s award-winning, state-funded child advocacy organization with offices located throughout the state, that provides independent legal representation to abused, abandoned and neglected children in Florida’s dependency court proceedings. The Office assigns a multi-disciplinary team which is comprised of a guardian ad litem attorney, a child welfare professional, and hopefully a community volunteer or pro bono attorney, to represent each child the Office is court appointed to. In 2024 the Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office represented more than 32,000 children. More information about the Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office can be found at

As an employee with the State of Florida, your benefits are a significant part of your compensation with 19 percent of your total compensation coming from the benefits that the State offers. As a fulltime employee, your employee insurance rate will be significantly low due to the contribution of the State of Florida. In fact, single coverage is as low as $8.34 per month with family coverage costing only $30 per month.

EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS:

• State of Florida Retirement package – Pension or investment plan (3% employee contribution required)
• (9) Paid state holidays
• (1) Paid personal holiday
• (13) Paid sick leave days
• (176) Annual leave hours
• Life insurance $25,000 is provided by the state at no cost to you for all FTE positions. Employee may purchase additional coverage
• Additional supplemental insurances are available such as dental, vision, disability, etc.
• Public Loan Forgiveness Program
• No State of Florida income tax for residents of Florida
• State tuition waivers

ABOUT THE WORK

The Director of Information Technology (IT) is responsible for overseeing the strategic, operational, and technical aspects of the Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office’s IT Department. The Director of IT will lead a small but critical team to ensure secure, reliable, and innovative technology systems that support child representation across Florida. This is professional managerial work conducting business analysis involving the planning, design, implementation and maintanance of mission-critical IT systems and applications for the the Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office. Duties and responsibilities include using Florida state agency IT guidelines for developing best practices, policies, processes and audit standards for major areas of technology, consulting with managers, vendors and staff in the implementation and evaluation of IT products and programs, training and coordinating work of other professional staff, testing validity in an information technology environment, and serving as the Agency Network Administrator.

ABOUT THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING REQUIREMENTS

Must possess a valid Florida driver license.

Associate of Science Degree in the field of computer science or information technology and six years of related experience; or a bachelor's degree in the field of computer science or information technology and four years of related experience; or a master's degree in the field of computer science or information technology and two years of related experience.

Supervisory experience is preferred. An exception for the required experience may be granted by the Executive Director or designee.

ABOUT THE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

Knowledge of implementing and supporting a distributed IT environment to 20 remote Circuits with approximately 850 remote users. Knowledge of VDI practices and solutions highly desirable. Knowledge of,and experience with, Citrix software products for remotely accessing desktops, applications and networks is HIGHLY desirable and will be given preferential consideration.

Knowledge of techniques of computer systems analysis and design leading towards highly effective and cost efficient delivery of IT services

Knowledge of an enterprise computing environment. Current working knowledge of Florida's Service Center approach to hosted server environments is desirable.

Knowledge of network industry standards.

Knowledge of network troubleshooting and help desk management to maximize the user experience.

Knowledge of Data Base Design and Management (SQL), and web development techniques

Ability to analyze and interpret computer related data and resolve system production problems. Ability to plan, organize and coordinate work assignments of small, but critical, IT department (3 total employees).

Ability to communicate technical information effectively to IT personnel and, as importantly, to users and mangement in language they can understand.

Ability to work independently. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.

If you are a retiree of the Florida Retirement System (FRS), please check with the FRS at 1-844-377-1888 on how your current benefits may be affected if you are re-employed with the State of Florida. Your current retirement benefits may be canceled, suspended, or deemed ineligible depending upon the date of your retirement.

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.