Business and Administrative Specialist, GCMD

Job Posting

Title:

Business and Administrative Specialist, GCMD

Job Posting

Title:

Business and Administrative Specialist, GCMD

Hiring Department: Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs

Position Open To: All Applicants

Weekly Scheduled

Hours:

40

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt from FLSA

Earliest

Start Date:

Sep 29, 2026

Position Duration: Expected to Continue

Location: UT MAIN CAMPUS

Job Details: General Notes

About The University Of Texas At Austin What starts here changes the world. The University of Texas at Austin, founded in 1883, ranks among the 40 best universities in the world with top national programs across 19 colleges and schools. By creating educational opportunities for all and leading cutting-edge research at scale, the University fosters positive social change, technological advancement, and economic progress showing the world that change really does start here.

An organizational priority is to successfully make UT the world’s highest-impact public research university, unleashing knowledge, opportunity and innovation from the heart of Texas. Learn more about UT’s mission and values, and leadership.

About The Lyndon

B. Johnson School Of Public Affairs The LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin is one of the nation’s premier public policy schools. As Texas’ top-ranked policy school for over five decades, the LBJ School provides unmatched opportunities for students to engage with policymakers, industry leaders and innovators in Austin and beyond. The school is committed to improving the quality of public service in the United States and abroad at all levels of governance and civic engagement.

Our goals are to prepare students and professionals for leadership positions in public service, produce interdisciplinary research to advance our understanding of complex societal problems and create solutions, promote effective public policy and management practice and foster civic engagement on issues of public concern. Committed to advancing the quality of public service, the LBJ School continues to drive education, research and civic engagement at all levels of governance.

About The Governor’s Center For Management Development (GCMD) The mission of the GCMD is to improve organizational effectiveness through the development of leaders and organizations in state agencies and institutes of higher education. We believe it is critical to define the skills, knowledge, abilities and behaviors needed by managers and leaders to achieve excellence. We are dedicated to developing and delivering educational courses and services that will assist leaders and organizations in striving for that excellence.

Purpose The Governor’s Center for Management Development (GCMD) is looking a Business and Administrative Specialist to support LBJ Executive Education and act as point of contact for their respective business and administrative services.

• Serve as point of contact for LBJ Executive Education for business and administrative matters. Advise Exec Ed heads of relevant policies and policy changes. Receive request tickets and route or take action as appropriate. Facilitate requests which may include gathering information, preparing forms, coordinating approvals, providing account information, and other tasks to ensure timely service delivery. Create payment vouchers in Define.
  
  Ensure regular check-ins with unit heads and request support from CBO as needed. (35%)
• Process procurement requests for goods and services for assigned units. Receive and analyze procurement request tickets. Determine and execute appropriate method of procurement. Obtain quotes as needed. Prepare Business Contracts and related justification forms; serve as back up for business contract review and liaison…