State of Nebraska · 1 day ago
Administrative Specialist
Kearney, NE
Full-time
Onsite
Entry Level
$19.94/hr - $19.94/hr
1+ years expThe State of Nebraska is seeking an Administrative Specialist to support the Health & Human Services Agency. This role involves planning, organizing, and implementing administrative work assignments, advising senior staff, and coordinating office operations to meet agency goals and objectives.
Government Administration
Responsibilities
Plans, organizes, and implements work assignments in various administrative service areas such as accounting, budgeting, grants, contracts, personnel, legislation, public relations, or in program operational and interagency/intergovernmental liaison areas, of the employing agency or an assigned function to meet goals and objectives
Advises senior administrators and managers and other employing agency employees and external persons on matters pertaining to substantive program-administrative functions and processes to provide interpretations of the agency’s or assigned function policies and procedures and to intercept and/or mitigate adverse reactions, concerns, or pressures
Designs work procedures and operations to be used by program-administrative staff to ensure the proper use of staffing, equipment, information, and material resources
Coordinates workflow and schedules office operations/support staff activities to facilitate the management of assigned program technical operation
Determines applicability of and explains policies, procedures, and processes pertinent to program and/or administrative functions to agency employees, state and local officials and employees, and the public to answer their inquiries and to facilitate proper application of these directives and processes; evaluates policies, procedures, and processes and applies them to situations to make determinations
Conducts surveys and literature searches and examines existing files/records to gather data for analysis; consolidates and evaluates data, summarizes results, and prepares non-standard written reports that include findings, conclusions, and recommendations
Investigates operational problems and recommends corrective actions such as policy, process, or procedural changes, forms revision, shifts in work distribution, and changes in organizational structure to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of work activities
Drafts policies/procedures and makes revisions if laws/regulations change; monitors the program's compliance with rules/procedures and goals/objectives established by the manager/ administrator; assumes hands-on program responsibility/accountability
Develops and implements monitoring/evaluation procedures to oversee the effectiveness of the program-administrative processes and to identify any associated problems
Represents the immediate supervisor at task force, management team, inter-agency, commission, council, and board meetings to relay the supervisor's position on given issues
Qualification
Required
At least one year of post high school coursework or experience in: administration, office management, accounting, finance, planning, policy analysis and implementation, administrative/management analysis, operations research, program evaluation, research, or similar fields or in a field related to the programs or functions of the employing agency
Valid Driver's license
Benefits
Comprehensive package of pay, benefits, paid time off, retirement and professional development opportunities
Company
State of Nebraska
State of Nebraska is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Jena B.
Executive Administrator to the CEO at DHHS
Philip Olsen
Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
Nebraska Governor
2025-06-22
Company data provided by crunchbase