What are the responsibilities and job description for the Office Technician - Accounting - Central Office position at State of Nebraska?
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Hiring Agency
Correctional Services - Agency 46
Location:
Lincoln, NE
Hiring Rate
$15.000
Job Posting
JR2026-00026196 Office Technician - Accounting - Central Office (Open)
Applications No Longer Accepted On (If no date is displayed, job is posted as open until closed):
05-28-2026
Job Description
The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services is seeking a detail-oriented and organized Office Technician to provide essential support to our team.
The State Of Nebraska Can Offer You
Duties
Minimum Qualifications: Coursework/training or experience in public contact, customer service, and/or performing and applying office/clerical support procedures, including the use of a personal computer, associated software, and office equipment.
Preferred Qualifications: Experience with spreadsheets, word processing and email. Experience performing data entry with extreme accuracy. Experience or classes in accounting functions.
Other: 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.
If you're currently employed by the State of Nebraska, please don't apply through this external career site. Instead, log in to Workday and open the Jobs Hub - Internal Apply app from your home landing page. You can access Workday anytime through the Link web page: https://link.nebraska.gov/
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: https://statejobs.nebraska.gov/index.html#benefits
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.
Hiring Agency
Correctional Services - Agency 46
Location:
Lincoln, NE
Hiring Rate
$15.000
Job Posting
JR2026-00026196 Office Technician - Accounting - Central Office (Open)
Applications No Longer Accepted On (If no date is displayed, job is posted as open until closed):
05-28-2026
Job Description
The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services is seeking a detail-oriented and organized Office Technician to provide essential support to our team.
The State Of Nebraska Can Offer You
- 13 paid holidays
- Vacation and sick leave (24 days your first year, accruing immediately)
- Military leave
- 156% state-matched retirement
- Tuition reimbursement
- Employee assistance program
- 79% employer paid health insurance plans
- Dental and vision insurance plans
- Employer-paid $20,000 life insurance policy
- Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF) eligible through the federal government
- Wide variety and availability of career advancement
- Meaningful public service -- service with a purpose!
- Numerous training and development opportunities
Duties
- Balance receipts and funds received for deposit.
- Prepare release statements and calculate release checks for inmates releasing from facilities.
- Assess and monitor maintenance accounts for work release inmates.
- Post club and religious institutional checks, collect suspense checks, and process other transactions in the inmate banking software as assigned to include journal entries, manual pay, and funds due inmates.
- Data entry and filing of financial documents and records.
- Knowledge of principles and practices of clerical accounting/bookkeeping methods, forms and techniques.
- Understanding/learning mathematical functions, agency policies/guidelines, accounting terminology, and coding/classifications related to accounting processes.
- Assist with other accounting functions as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications: Coursework/training or experience in public contact, customer service, and/or performing and applying office/clerical support procedures, including the use of a personal computer, associated software, and office equipment.
Preferred Qualifications: Experience with spreadsheets, word processing and email. Experience performing data entry with extreme accuracy. Experience or classes in accounting functions.
Other: 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.
If you're currently employed by the State of Nebraska, please don't apply through this external career site. Instead, log in to Workday and open the Jobs Hub - Internal Apply app from your home landing page. You can access Workday anytime through the Link web page: https://link.nebraska.gov/
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: https://statejobs.nebraska.gov/index.html#benefits
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.
Salary : $20,000