Compliance specialist

The work we do matters!

Location:

Lincoln, NE

Hiring Rate:

$20.933

Job Posting:

JR2026-00029934 Compliance Specialist (Open)

Applications No Longer Accepted On:

11-02-2026

Job Description:

Ready to elevate your career? We're on the lookout for an enthusiastic individual with strong communication skills and a passion for compliance! If you excel at interpreting and applying regulations such as CMS, JCAHO, ACA, and PREA, along with federal and state standards, we want to connect with you.

Join our team to tackle complex situations, train your peers, and create actionable recommendations. Your analytical skills will play a crucial role in identifying trends, pinpointing issues, and crafting effective solutions that drive our organization's success.

Stable Employment Opportunity

• Career Development and Learning, including LinkedIn Learning Courses
• Tuition Reimbursement
• 156% match of first 4.8% contribution to Retirement Plan
• 13 Paid Holidays
• Flexible Schedules

If you’re eager to make a meaningful impact, collaborate with diverse teams, and foster positive change, apply now and become a key player in our mission!

You have the passion; we have the opportunities – let’s make a difference for Nebraskans.

Job Description

As a Compliance Specialist at the YRTC- Lincoln’s 24-hour facility, you'll play a pivotal role in ensuring the safety and well-being of our youth residents. The Compliance department is dedicated to upholding federal and state laws while investigating and addressing complaints of physical and sexual abuse. You'll provide essential direction and guidance to the facility, ensuring adherence to regulatory compliance and maintaining high standards of quality assurance.

Job responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Travel to other DHHS Juvenile Facilities as needed to assist with compliance-related work as the floating Compliance Specialist.
• Conduct internal abuse/neglect investigations. Investigations such as incidents of peer-to-peer sexual contact, medication variance, peer-to-peer aggression with injury, suspicious injury of unknown origin, elopement off campus, and deaths, egregious staff misconduct, and other investigations as directed.
• Conducts internal facility investigations by collecting evidence, interviewing witnesses, alleged perpetrator(s), and victim(s), collecting written statements, and reviewing camera footage, documents, and records.
• Prepares investigative reports to include findings and conclusions on alleged incidents and recommended actions.
• May be required to testify before administrative and judicial bodies.
• Processes, files, and tracks juvenile/patient grievances/complaints and determines appropriate resolution.
• Collaborates with individuals, law enforcement officials, and other entities as needed and maintains detailed records, evidence, and data pertaining to investigations.
• Provides abuse/neglect training to new hires during orientation and as assigned.
• Observes patient/client treatment operations and activities to identify compliance risk issues, document deficiencies, and recommend changes in procedures or training or other actions to eliminate noncompliance.
• Assists in the preparation of facility audits for accreditation of ACA, PREA, and PBS.
• Conducts regular reviews to ensure treatment documentation and activities are compliant with established standards and regulations; prepares audit reports and provides appropriate recommendations to the facility risk/compliance manager.
• Provides training to facility staff concerning facility policies and procedures and relevant Federal and State standards or regulations.
• Serves as a consultant to facility staff for the interpretation and application of facility polices/procedures and Federal/State standards and regulations in application to specific circumstances such as restraint/seclusion, room searches, and “near miss” situations.
• Conducts “mock surveys” to determine the level of treatment activity and environment to established Federal/State/facility standards/regulations/policies.
• Initiates data collection and provides detailed reports to Risk/Compliance Manager weekly, monthly, and quarterly for grievances, confinement and any other area or process improvement that has been assigned. Survey collection and data input through PBS.
• Conducts trend analysis to identify patterns and variations in staff performance and prepares various reports for Facility Administration and Compliance Manager.

Wage starts at $20.933. Additional $3/hour facility differential pay.

Schedule: Full-time position, M-F 8 A.M. to 4 P.M.

Requirements/Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

Post-high school coursework/training in criminal justice, law enforcement, or a human service-related field and experience with investigations, data or trend analysis or a related area.

Preferred Qualifications:

Two years of experience in conducting and facilitating training on administrative investigations. Knowledge and experience in American Correctional Association standards, Prison Rape Elimination Act standards and/or experience with accreditation standard preparation.

Other:

Valid driver's license or the ability to provide independent authorized transportation for work-related travel.

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.