The World Health Organization (WHO) has designated the 2019 Corona Virus Disease as a global pandemic. The COVID 19 pandemic that spreads rapidly has made some people do work from home (WFH), in order to avoid wider spread. This provision is also beneficial for employees who work for government agencies, namely the State Civil Apparatus. With various problems related to the State Civil Apparatus during the pandemic period, in an effort to improve various weaknesses and anticipate environmental changes, a thought is needed to build a professional Apparatus in carrying out its duties and functions as the organizer of development activities and the administration of public services. This study aims to conduct a study of the professionalism of the apparatus at the East Kutai Regent's Office in the Planning and Finance Division during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results show that the professionalism of the apparatus from the aspects of responsiveness and innovation at the East Kutai Regent's Office in the Planning and Finance Division is generally low Moreover, it is coupled with the influence of the global pandemic factor which hinders the creativity of the apparatus, and the lack of leadership skills for subordinate members. Suggestions put forward are the need to divide employees' working hours so that the room is not always empty and new ways of working with health protocols emerge, as well as the willingness of leaders to empower subordinates to be more supportive in making decisions whose work is expected to foster apparatus responsiveness and innovation in order to realize government officials professional one.

Keywords: Innovation; Professionalism; Response; State civil apparatus