Job Description

The work we do matters!

Hiring Agency:

Correctional Services - Agency 46

Location:

Lincoln, NE

Hiring Rate:

$17.254

Job Posting:

JR2025-00021861 Office Specialist - Behavioral Health - Reception and Treatment Center (Open)

Applications No Longer Accepted On (If no date is displayed, job is posted as open until closed):

01-10-2026

Job Description:

We're seeking a Behavioral Health Operations team member to join the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS). In this role, you'll provide vital technical and administrative support to our behavioral health staff and assist with program operations.


At NDCS, we're dedicated to keeping people safe through inmate programming, health care, and re-entry services. We're an American Correctional Association (ACA) accredited agency that values integrity, respect, compassion, growth, and excellence.


Information about the Department can be found at: For Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accommodations, please contact Megan Jones at megan.jones@nebraska.gov.

Duties may include but are not limited to:

• Assist with running reports and tracking progress, scanning and uploading documents into the electronic health record, scheduling telehealth appointments.

• Assist with release of information, managing schedules for various behavioral health projects, ordering supplies, and managing other processes as assigned.

• Manage incarcerated individual entry and exit into the mental health office space.

This position is located at the Reception and Treatment Center (RTC) but may support other facilities remotely as part of the Operations team.

Requirements/Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications: Coursework/training in administrative/office support functions, procedures, and methods including the operation of personal computers and office equipment; or areas related to the programs and functions of the employing agency OR experience in customer service or public contact; or applying criteria/regulations; and/or performing administrative/office/secretarial support work including use of personal computers and office equipment.

Preferred Qualifications: Minimum two years' experience/training/education in administrative/office/secretarial support functions. Experience with Microsoft Office applications.

Other: Must have excellent time management skills and the ability to work under limited supervision. Applicant must pass a criminal background check. Must have a valid driver’s license. Applicants accepting a job offer must pass the following pre-employment exams in this order: medical exam, and at a randomly announced time, pass a drug test. Once at the Staff Training Academy, must successfully complete the fully paid NE Corrections Training Program.

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Benefits

We offer a comprehensive package of pay, benefits, paid time off, retirement and professional development opportunities to help you get the most out of your career and life. Your paycheck is just part of your total compensation.


Check out all that the State of Nebraska has to offer! Benefit eligibility may vary by position, agency and employment status. For more information on benefits, please visit:

Equal Opportunity Statement

The State of Nebraska values our teammates as well as a supportive environment that strives to promote diversity, inclusion, and belonging. We recruit, hire, train, and promote in all job classifications and at all levels without regard to race, color, religion, sex. age, national origin, disability, marital status or genetics.

Job Tags

Full time, Work at office, Remote work,

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