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The Employee Services Department is responsible for personnel hiring and management. The department updates rules and regulations and maintains personnel records, rosters and detailed job descriptions for each position. It administers employee development, training and retraining programs and analyzes compensation, benefits and other issues to help the city stay competitive. The department conducts examinations to determine employee qualifications and helps ensure payroll accuracy. It also administers labor relations and employee benefit programs and is responsible for procuring all employee benefit programs, such as health and life insurance. 

To see our current job openings and to apply for a position click on Apply for a job. To see current job openings at the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, please click on Join JSO.

The City of Jacksonville is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access Employer and will provide equal opportunity to all employees and applicants in compliance with all applicable federal and state employment laws and the current interpretation of employment discrimination by the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, as set forth in Directive 0528.  There shall be no discrimination or harassment against any person with regard to race, color, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, political affiliation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, veteran status, or any other impermissible factor in recruitment, hiring, compensation, training, placement, promotion, discipline, demotion, transfers, layoff, recall, termination, working conditions and related terms and conditions of employment.

To request service or report a problem, please call 630-CITY (2489) or  visit the MyJax online customer service website at myjax.custhelp.com. ​

Employee Services Department
City Hall at St. James
117 West Duval St. Suite 100
Jacksonville, FL 32202
Phone: (904) 255-5600
Fax: (904) 255-5629
Email: recruit@coj.net

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2026 Biometrics - COJ Employees Only

February 09, 2026
Police Memorial Building - Drill Hall
501 East Bay Street
Jacksonville, FL  32202
8:00 am - 12:00 pm

Pre-Retirement Seminar for COJ Employees 2/18/2026

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