Program​/Project Coordinator Perm ton, NM

Business Unit: 23500

Program/Project Coordinator #, Full-Time, Perm in Lovington, NM

# of Positions: 1

Administrative Office of the Courts

Business Unit: 23500

Program/Project Coordinator #, Full-Time, Perm in Lovington, NM

# of Positions: 1

Opening Date: 08-25-2026 - Close Date: 09-08-2026

Target Pay Range/Rate: $24.98-$28.67 per hour or $51,958.40-$59,633.60 annually

The Fifth Judicial District Court in Lea County, Lovington, NM is recruiting for one full time, permanent Program / Project coordinator position. The position is in a Range II with a target pay range of $24.98 to $28.67 hourly. This position will require travel. Hours are Monday through Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm.

• The Program / Project Coordinator is responsible for providing administrative and clerical assistance in the development of programs or project plans.
• Creates detailed schedules to track the completion status of program goals and deadlines.
• Tracks eligibility requirements and compliance with statutory eligibility for program participants or judges.
• Acts as point of contact during the absence of the Program or Project Manager.
• Prepares requests for proposals, contracts, agendas, legislative materials, minutes, event programs, bulletins, reports, and newsletters.
• Maintains a tracking system for items such as responses to proposals, contracts, and purchase requisitions.
• Reconciles travel arrangements for multiple parties and prepares travel reimbursement requests.
• Schedules and coordinates appointments, meetings, events, and facility usage.
• Develops a system to track and monitor the budget of programs in the alignment of providing a budget report.
• Coordinates and organizes the financials and logistics for workshops, special events, programs, projects, divisions, as well as court officials.
• Audits financial, program, division and project information as requested to ensure quality assurance of records and data.
• May evaluate data accuracy and integrity against data standards and standard operating procedures and provide recommendations for remediation of any errors.
• Compiles statistical data that assists in the evaluation of a judicial entity’s operations in relation to established goals.
• Proposes updates to current standard operating procedures based on best practices, statute and rule amendments.
• May provide training, utilizing data standards, standard operating procedures, operating manuals and other available resources.
• May evaluate the effectiveness of training materials developed and provided to judicial entities.
• May attend internal and statewide committee meetings.
• Evaluates reports to identify errors, and improve data quality and overall management of programs and projects.
• Other duties as assigned.

The successful applicant should demonstrate their knowledge of program or project planning, coordination and implementation of a single program or multiple programs; state procurement rules and regulations; court or judiciary structure; research and problem solving techniques; state and federal grant compliance methods; court rules, policies, and procedures; basic principles of budgeting, cost analysis and fiscal management.

The following functions are representative, but not all-inclusive of the work environment and physical demands an employee may expect to encounter in performing tasks assigned to this job. Work is performed in an office or court setting. A valid driver’s license and travel may be required. The assigned work schedule may include nights, weekends, holidays, and overtime. The employee must regularly interact positively with co-workers, clients, the public, judges, and justices.

* This job description is ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY and is not a comprehensive listing of all functions performed *

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Rx, Short, and Long Term Disability Insurance Programs, employee assistance program (EAP) []
• State paid life insurance, supplemental and dependent life insurance
• Optional flexible spending accounts for medical, day-care, and travel expenses
• Paid vacation and sick leave up to eight (8) weeks
• Eleven (11) paid holidays
• Up to 12 weeks of paid…