Jobs at Nebraska Department of Veteran Affairs

Determines eligibility for Title IV-E and state-funded programs supporting foster care, adoption, and guardianship. Reviews case and legal documentation, maintains payment authorizations, documents case activity, manages caseloads, navigates multiple systems, resolves eligibility or payment issues, and applies policies accurately while collaborating with teams and external partners.

Supports Nebraska Child and Family Services programs through policy interpretation, quality assurance, data analysis, training, technical assistance, and compliance monitoring. Reviews assessments and case management practices, identifies service trends and training needs, manages specialized programs and grants, responds to inquiries, and collaborates with agency staff, providers, community organizations, and governmental partners to improve outcomes for children and families.

Assists probation officers with supervising and monitoring offenders and youth, conducting interviews, home visits, curfew checks, drug testing, assessments, transports, and court-related evaluations. Prepares reports, updates databases, tracks electronic monitoring compliance, supports families and providers, and helps coordinate case assignments and services. The role is office-based in Lincoln with occasional travel and may require non-traditional hours.

Supports agency finance processes, including trust fund monitoring, reconciliations, vehicle log coordination, voucher processing, employee reimbursement audits, payment tracking, and financial reporting. Provides functional accounting assistance to veterans’ homes, cemeteries, and service offices while serving as a contact for internal and external financial matters.

Entry-level trainee role involving probation and offender supervision under close guidance. Responsibilities include conducting interviews and investigations, preparing court and compliance reports, managing caseloads, performing risk assessments and drug testing, providing referrals and counseling, monitoring electronic equipment, conducting home and community visits, testifying in court, and enforcing probation requirements.

Provides strategic leadership for the Nebraska Department of Labor’s information technology, facilities, human resources, budgeting, and administrative operations. Oversees IT planning, projects, systems security, compliance audits, vendors, and budgets; manages building maintenance, physical security, emergency planning, shipping, and supplies; directs HR processes, labor relations, payroll, performance management, and training; prepares biennium budgets and leads process improvement and special projects.

Manages and supervises high-risk adult and juvenile probationers, post-release individuals, and Problem-Solving Court participants. Duties include case management, assessments, treatment coordination, group facilitation, drug testing, home and field visits, violation investigations, compliance reporting, database updates, and court reporting. The role requires collaboration with treatment providers, courts, correctional staff, and probation teams, with occasional nights, weekends, holidays, and travel.

Manages procurement activities for the agency, including reviewing requisitions and specifications, preparing bid documents and purchase orders, conducting bidding processes, evaluating bids, coordinating awards, reviewing payment requests, and supporting fixed-asset information exchange. Serves as a liaison among agency staff, vendors, and State Purchasing while ensuring compliance with purchasing policies and procedures. Provides procurement support and some indirect supervision.

The Chief Nursing Officer leads nursing and treatment services across correctional facilities and clinics. Responsibilities include supervising nursing leadership and staff, directing care policies and procedures, ensuring regulatory and accreditation compliance, managing budgets, overseeing quality assurance and mortality reviews, coordinating cross-departmental care improvements, and leading onboarding, continuing education, and competency tracking.

Analyzes state agency budgets, fiscal policies, program effectiveness, and legislative fiscal impacts. Reviews budget requests, prepares fiscal notes and Governor’s budget recommendations, monitors financial reporting systems, advises government officials and agency leaders, and presents budget options and recommendations. Supports implementation of new programs through financial and management analysis.

Coordinates, drafts, submits, and monitors legislation for the Nebraska Department of Revenue. Communicates agency positions, advocates before external parties, researches policy issues, tracks bills, reviews fiscal notes, responds to press and legislative inquiries, and serves as the agency Public Information Officer.

Provides case management, vocational guidance, employment services, and training referrals to veterans and other job seekers. Builds relationships with employers, matches applicants to job orders, develops training opportunities, conducts assessments, coordinates partner services, delivers workshops and presentations, performs outreach, and maintains program data and records. The role also markets workforce services, supports educational funding, and serves as a liaison between veterans, employers, community organizations, and workforce partners.

Administers automobile, motorcycle, and CDL licensing examinations; evaluates driving performance and eligibility; verifies identity and licensing documents; processes licenses and records; provides customer service; supports fraud detection, compliance, cash handling, inventory, equipment, and office operations. Requires safe road testing, confidentiality, accurate documentation, outdoor work, and occasional travel between testing locations.

Procurement Officer manages high-value and technical purchasing for multiple state offices and facilities. Responsibilities include processing requisitions, preparing purchase orders and bid documents, evaluating vendor quotations, assisting with contracts and awards, ensuring procurement compliance, and coordinating with legal, facilities, finance, vendors, and internal teams. The role also supervises a Procurement Specialist and requires knowledge of state purchasing regulations, solicitation methods, pricing analysis, and contract procedures.

Provides security at a Nebraska National Guard base by controlling access, inspecting personnel and vehicles, conducting patrols and searches, issuing entry passes, monitoring sensitive areas, and responding to emergencies. Duties include records checks, flight line protection, disaster defense functions, equipment maintenance, firearms qualification, and enforcement of military security procedures.

Leads Nebraska Department of Education strategic initiatives by monitoring educational issues, shaping legislative policy, engaging stakeholders, developing policy analyses and proposals, supporting strategic planning and funding, and supervising staff. The role involves legislative strategy, collaboration with research and government partners, policy advocacy, and approximately 25% travel, including school, stakeholder, and legislative environments.

Provides case management, supervision, assessment, counseling, and treatment coordination for high-risk juvenile and adult probationers. Duties include conducting investigations, home and community visits, facilitating cognitive and skills groups, monitoring drug tests, preparing compliance and violation reports, maintaining case records, and collaborating with courts, treatment providers, correctional staff, and referral teams. The role requires occasional on-call availability and regular travel within the district.

Supports talent acquisition by reviewing requisitions and applications, maintaining applicant tracking data, coordinating interviews and background checks, processing new-hire paperwork, and assisting with employment verifications and Veterans’ Preference reviews. Creates recruitment and social media content, tracks engagement, provides front-desk customer service, and completes administrative and database-entry tasks while maintaining confidentiality and accuracy.

Provides primary IT help desk support, troubleshooting hardware, software, network, and mobile-device issues. Installs and configures workstations, peripherals, software, and video conferencing systems; creates workstation images and deploys systems through Microsoft Configuration Manager. Manages computer equipment inventory, domain user accounts, and workstation records, while coordinating vendor repairs and assisting with IT projects and administrative tasks.

Monitor and supervise inmates in correctional facilities, enforce rules, document behavior and movement, search for contraband, operate security equipment, maintain housing areas and records, oversee visits and inmate transportation, and assist with maximum-security operations. The role may also train newly assigned corrections officers and requires overtime, weekends, holidays, and successful completion of medical, drug, background, and corrections training requirements.