Brevard County Government Jobs — Brevard County, Florida

Brevard County government jobs under the Board of County Commissioners are filled through the Brevard County Human Resources Office at the Viera Government Center, while the Sheriff, Clerk, Property Appraiser and Tax Collector are separately elected countywide offices.

The Human Resources Office describes itself as the centralized personnel service for all County departments under the Brevard County Board of County Commissioners. Its office is at 2725 Judge Fran Jamieson Way in Viera, phone (321) 633-2031. County ordinance draws the same line: Brevard County Code Sec. 82-3 defines the county service as employees funded by or under the jurisdiction of the board, and names the county mosquito control district, the recreational districts and the county library system as part of it.

The constitutional officers sit outside that system. The Supervisor of Elections lists each as elected countywide, with current terms ending January 2, 2029. Animal services are a clear example: the county's Employment Information page says Brevard County Animal Services and Enforcement recruitment is a function of the Brevard County Sheriff's Office, so those openings are posted by the Sheriff rather than by the Viera office.

Fire Rescue also recruits directly inside county government. The Fire Rescue Department page invites people interested in a career or a sponsorship to become a Brevard County Firefighter/EMT to submit an interest card, and the department is headquartered at 1040 South Florida Ave. in Rockledge. The Tax Collector keeps a separate employment application page on its own site.

Brevard County Human Resources posts every Board of County Commissioners vacancy on its Job Opportunity Listings page, updated weekly, and accepts applications only for posted jobs through a SuccessFactors account, one application per job number.

The county's Employment Information page spells out the mechanics. An applicant creates a Success Factors user account, submits a separate application for each job number, and must get it to Human Resources in Viera no later than 11:59 p.m. on the day the position closes. Unsolicited applications for jobs that are not posted are not accepted. Current vacancies are also read on the JOBLINE at (321) 633-2032, which the Human Resources Office says runs 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and is updated weekly.

Clerical jobs with a minimum typing speed add a step. Written proof of a typing score must be attached to each application, and Brevard County Human Resources gives the test Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., in the Office of Human Resources, Building B, second floor of the Viera Government Center. Scores from other agencies are accepted on letterhead, and any typing score is valid for one year from the test date.

Pay is set before a job is posted. Sec. 82-12 has the Brevard County director of human resources keep a comprehensive pay plan with entry and advance rates for each class of position, set with an eye to comparable work in the open labor market, and Sec. 82-8 requires every career service position to be classified before anyone is appointed to it.

After a Brevard County posting closes, the hiring department reviews every application, interviews the best qualified candidates, screens finalists as required, and a Personnel Officer from Human Resources in Viera contacts the person selected, sometimes within four weeks.

The Brevard County Human Resources Employment Information page says positions may be filled in as few as four weeks, but some take longer. Applicants under final consideration for positions designated safety sensitive take a pre-employment drug screening under county policy, and the offer goes out only if the position is still approved to be filled when the pre-employment process ends.

The rules behind that sequence are written into the Brevard County Code. Sec. 82-2 says all appointments and promotions shall be based upon an objective evaluation of merit and fitness, using open selection procedures and job-related examinations, and it bars discrimination based on political opinion, religion, race, gender, national origin, age, marital status or disability. Sec. 82-4 says no career service position may be filled except from eligibility lists prepared and certified by the Brevard County director of human resources, and Sec. 82-15 makes it a violation to use official influence to secure an appointment for political ends.

Some posts need fingerprints. Sec. 82-17 lets the Brevard County Board of County Commissioners require employment screening, with fingerprints sent to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the FBI, for any position it finds critical to security or public safety. The authority comes from Florida Statutes 125.5801, which allows a county to require state and national screening for such positions by ordinance.

Full-time permanent Brevard County Board of County Commissioners employees earn 12 vacation days, 11 paid holidays and 12 sick days a year, part-time permanent staff earn them pro rata, and both join the Florida Retirement System.

The Employment Information page lists those benefits for both part-time and full-time permanent employees of Brevard County, with part-time permanent staff receiving leave accrual and holidays on a pro rata basis. Health and life insurance, and dental, vision and dependent health insurance at group rates, are for full-time permanent employees only. The Human Resources Office in Viera also posts employee holidays, administrative orders and bargaining agreements on its employee information pages.

The Sheriff's Office runs its own package. Its benefits page lists Florida State Retirement System investment and pension plans, 11 holidays and 3 personal days, sick leave with unlimited carryover, education incentive pay up to $140 per month and tuition reimbursement, plus a take-home car and free fitness centers at all precincts and the Unified Communications Center. Those terms apply to Brevard County Sheriff's Office staff, not to Board of County Commissioners employees.

Brevard County is a Veterans' Preference Employer, so eligible veterans and family members get preference in appointment under Florida Statutes 295.07 when they are substantially equally qualified with other candidates.

The statute requires the state and its political subdivisions, which include the Brevard County Board of County Commissioners, to give preference in appointment and retention to groups that include disabled veterans with a service-connected disability, wartime veterans who served at least 1 day during a wartime period, other veterans, certain spouses and surviving family members, and current members of a reserve component or the Florida National Guard. It also lets public employers waive a postsecondary education requirement for some positions.

Paperwork decides whether the preference is applied. Brevard County Human Resources asks for Veterans' Preference documentation, a Form DD-214 showing dates of service and type of discharge, sent by fax to (321) 633-2036, by U.S. Mail, or delivered in person to the Office of Human Resources in Viera, according to the Employment Information page. An applicant who believes the preference was not applied may file a written complaint with the Florida Department of Veterans' Affairs, Veterans' Preference Coordinator, 11351 Ulmerton Road, Suite 311, Largo.

The Brevard County Sheriff's Office hires through its own recruiters and a longer screening sequence, with a polygraph and oral review board, and publishes deputy pay starting at $58,115 in year one.

The Brevard County Sheriff's Office Join BCSO page lists law enforcement and corrections deputy pay at $58,115 in year 1, $62,940 in year 5 and $69,534 in year 10, notes that those salaries will increase in 2026, and offers a $5,000 hiring bonus with conditions. Pre-certified officers start on the step plan according to experience.

The Qualifications and Hiring Process page lists the Brevard County Sheriff's Office steps in order: online application, oral review board, polygraph examination, background investigation, substance screening, command review and final offer of employment. Every applicant must also meet drug-free time limits and pass the background investigation. Last verified: October 11, 2026, on the Brevard County Human Resources and Sheriff's Office websites.