Services Officer III

Position: Staff Services Officer III
Join the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) and be part of a team committed to creating a positive impact in the lives of fellow Texans. At HHSC, your contributions matter, and we support you at each stage of your life and work journey. Our comprehensive benefits package includes 100% paid employee health insurance for full-time eligible employees, a defined benefit pension plan, generous time off benefits, numerous opportunities for career advancement and more.

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Functional

Title:

Staff Services Officer III

Job Title:

Staff Services Officer III

Agency:
Health & Human Services Comm

Department: HHSC Accounting

Posting Number: 17636

Closing Date: 06/22/2026

Posting Audience:
Internal and External

Occupational Category:
Business and Financial Operations

Salary Range: $4,500.00 - $5,178.00

Pay Frequency:
Monthly

Salary Group: TEXAS-B-19

Shift: Day

Additional

Shift:

Telework:
Not Eligible for Telework

Travel:
Up to 5%

Regular/Temporary:
Regular

Full Time/Part Time:
Full time

FLSA Exempt/Non-Exempt:
Nonexempt

Facility

Location:

Job Location City: AUSTIN

Job Location Address: 4601 W GUADALUPE ST

Other Locations:

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Job Description:

The Staff Services Officer (SSO) serves under the HHSC Accounting Director, offering vital support to both the director and accounting staff. This role involves handling a variety of moderately complex administrative and service tasks within the Accounting Department. The SSO is responsible for planning and managing key operations, including human resources, accounting, budgeting, purchasing, information technology, training, equipment procurement and asset management, property oversight, and resource allocation for departmental activities.

Additionally, the SSO is tasked with composing and preparing correspondence, assignments, and briefings. The role involves overseeing and tracking the completion of assignments, legislative requests, open records requests, and providing administrative assistance to the Accounting management team. The SSO also manages schedules and calendars, assists in monitoring shared mailboxes as needed, and collaborates with other SSOs to ensure comprehensive support for the Accounting and CFO teams.

Essential Job Functions:

* Attends work on a regular and predictable schedule in accordance with agency leave policy and performs other duties as assigned.

* Supports daily departmental operations and activities; responds to administrative issues and recommends effective and efficient solutions to departmental leadership; provides clarity to departmental staff regarding assignments that include reporting, procurement, and similar subject matters; supports timely completion of department assignments and provides updates to staff; coordinates appointment and meeting scheduling, acts as primary coordinator for Human Resources, Business Continuity and new hire tasks;

responds to internal and external inquiries; provides and ensures a high level of confidentiality in all matters.

-30%

* Supports departmental budget operations and expense activities; monitors departmental expenditures; prepares, reviews, approves, and assigns appropriate funding information to travel vouchers, invoices, contracts, and purchase requests, ensuring accuracy and sufficient justification to adhere to purchasing, accounts payable, travel, and contracting guidelines.

-25%

* Assists with the implementation of office policies and procedures, as well as office systems and layouts; identifies and communicates operational risks to departmental leadership; supports departmental cataloging, filing, and archiving of letters, memos, and reports that conform to agency and departmental records management policy and procedure; provides an organized electronic and paper document filing system to facilitate efficient storage and retrieval;

supports the adherence to agency records retention schedules and updates schedule annually or as…