GUARDIAN AD LITEM OFFICE, 20TH CIRCUIT- OPS CHILD ADVOCATE MANAGER- 21820003

Requisition No: 843735 

Agency: Justice Administrative Commission

Working Title: GUARDIAN AD LITEM OFFICE, 20TH CIRCUIT- OPS CHILD ADVOCATE MANAGER- 21820003

 Pay Plan: Temp

Position Number: 21820003 

Salary:  $19.89/ hourly 

Posting Closing Date: 01/21/2025 

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STATEWIDE GUARDIAN AD LITEM OFFICE

OPS CHILD ADVOCATE MANAGER

 

THIS IS A FULL-TIME (40 HOURS PER WEEK) OPS POSITION.

 

IMPORTANT! – Please navigate to the following website:  www.guardianadlitem.org 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 Lee County for job location

OR

• Submit your resume directly to C20.Apps@gal.fl.gov.

 

ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION

 

The Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office is Florida’s award-winning, state-funded child advocacy organization. With more than 10,000 staff and volunteers, which includes more than 180 attorneys, its primary focus is the powerful and effective representation of Florida’s abused, neglected, and abandoned children. Most of these children are abruptly removed from their homes, and sadly, many end up in foster care.  The Office’s mission is to provide the most vulnerable children in Florida with an adult from their community who will be a consistent, positive presence in the child's life as part of a multi-disciplinary team that always includes an attorney, child welfare professional and hopefully a community volunteer if one is available, providing the highest quality community advocacy and independent legal representation to protect each child's legal interests.

 

A critical function is to provide dependency judges with thorough and accurate information regarding the children under the court’s jurisdiction. The Office’s core values strongly reinforce and enhance its mission. Those values are:

 

• Commitment to Children
• Communication Built on Trust
• Collective Empowerment
• Collaboration
• Courtesy

 

WHAT BENEFITS ARE APPLICABLE TO FULL-TIME OPS POSITION

 

As a fulltime OPS 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 $50 per month with family coverage costing only $180 per month.

 

• Participate in FICA social security and Medicare. (mandatory)
• Workers Compensation (mandatory)