Executive Director

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Brand Committee - Agency 39

Location:

Alliance, NE, Statewide, NE Hiring Rate: $52.885 Job Posting: JR Executive Director (Open) Applications No Longer Accepted On (If no date is displayed, job is posted as open until closed):

The Nebraska Brand Committee is seeking an accomplished and highly capable Executive Director to serve as the agency’s chief administrative executive and provide strong leadership for the Committee’s administrative, operational, personnel, financial, regulatory, and strategic responsibilities. The Executive Director reports directly to the Nebraska Brand Committee and is responsible for implementing the Committee’s policies, priorities, and directives while ensuring the efficient, professional, and accountable operation of the agency.

The Executive Director provides leadership and oversight for full-time and part-time personnel; agency finances and budgeting; official records and proceedings; brand inspection operations; regulatory compliance; stakeholder relations; legislative matters; and day-to-day administrative operations. The successful candidate will demonstrate sound executive judgment, integrity, fiscal responsibility, strong communication skills, organizational ability, and a thorough understanding of Nebraska’s livestock industry and the role of brand inspection in protecting livestock owners and the industry.

The selected applicant must reside within the Nebraska Brand Committee’s designated brand inspection area at the time of appointment and must maintain residency within the designated brand inspection area throughout employment, unless otherwise approved by the Nebraska Brand Committee.

Executive Leadership and Administration

Serve as the chief administrative executive and agency head of the Nebraska Brand Committee.

Implement and administer policies, procedures, priorities, and directives established by the Committee.

Provide strategic and operational leadership to ensure the agency fulfills its statutory responsibilities and organizational objectives.

Direct, coordinate, and evaluate the work of full-time and part-time employees.

Exercise appropriate administrative and supervisory authority while maintaining accountability to the Committee.

Make timely and well-informed administrative decisions affecting agency operations.

Advise the Committee on operational, personnel, financial, regulatory, and organizational matters.

Attend and participate in Committee meetings, hearings, conferences, training, interviews, and other official functions.

Maintain current knowledge of Committee policies, procedures, handbooks, statutes, rules, and regulations.

Fiscal, Budget, and Fund Management

Develop, administer, monitor, and manage the agency’s annual operating budget.

Provide effective fiscal oversight of agency revenues, expenditures, commitments, fund balances, and available resources.

Make responsible spending decisions consistent with Committee direction, approved budgets, applicable policies, statutes, and regulations.

Monitor agency financial activity and identify emerging budgetary needs, risks, and opportunities.

Manage fund balances and carryover funds responsibly, including evaluating current and future needs and developing appropriate plans for the use of available carryover funds.

Develop budget projections and financial recommendations for consideration by the Nebraska Brand Committee.

Provide the Committee with timely and accurate information regarding the agency’s financial condition, budget needs, expenditures, fund balances, and anticipated carryover.

Ensure agency funds are managed in a manner that promotes fiscal accountability, operational…