HR Specialist Manager - Payroll & Benefits - Central Office

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Hiring Agency:

Correctional Services - Agency 46

Location:

Lincoln, NE

Hiring Rate:

$33.906

Job Posting:

JR2025-00021158 HR Specialist Manager - Payroll & Benefits - Central Office (Open)

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

12-09-2025

Job Description:

The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS) is in search of a strategic, thorough, HR leader to oversee payroll, benefits, and leave management for the agency.

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

DUTIES:

• Oversee the processing of payroll for 2300+ NDCS team members, including implementation of agency pay rules
• Ensure agency is complying with rules and regulations, as well as applicable labor contracts for leave administration
• Ensure HR partners are providing accurate benefit information to current teammates and new hires
• Advise agency personnel of applicable policies, labor contracts, rules and regulations, and applicable employment rulings; in addition to developing and implementing agency policies and procedures
• Direct, train, and evaluate assigned HR payroll staff
  

Requirements/Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in a related field and one year of related experience. Experience may be substituted for education on a year for year basis.

Preferred Qualifications: Four years of diverse, increasingly responsible HR experience, two of which must be in a supervisory capacity. Experience using Workday, KRONOS, and/or other timekeeping systems for the processing of payroll, including 24/7 operations. Experience ensuring compliance with benefit implementation and various leave provisions, including FMLA. Experience interpreting policies and labor contracts.

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.

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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: 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.