Hearing Officer or Assistant Attorney or or Assistant Hearing Officer; NY HELPS

Hearing Officer or Assistant Attorney 1 or 2 or Assistant Hearing Officer (NY HELPS)

1 day ago Be among the first 25 applicants

This range is provided by NYS Office of Temporary & Disability Assistance. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience – talk with your recruiter to learn more.

$66,951.00/yr - $/yr

Hearing Officers will serve as Administrative Law Judges presiding over impartial hearings for applicants and recipients of social services benefit programs administered by OTDA and other Executive agencies such as the Department of Health’s Medicaid program, the Office of Children and Family Services’ foster care and childcare programs, and the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities waiver programs.

• Reviews requests for hearings to determine probable issues and apply the appropriate regulations and sections of law.
• Directs the attendance of witnesses and the production of necessary books, records and other documents.
• Manages hearing calendars to ensure all cases are heard and decided in a timely manner as prescribed by applicable statute.
• Conducts hearings to review and/or decide appeals from agency determinations, claims regarding issues such as eligibility for benefits, discontinuance, denial, adequacy, or reduction of benefits, revocation or suspension of licenses, violations of State laws, and enforcement of health and safety laws and regulations.
• Instructs the parties of their rights; and maintains an atmosphere of fairness, impartiality and due process.
• Administers oaths and affirmations.
• Elicits testimony from parties relative to the issues of the hearing and questions witnesses to obtain facts.
• Rules on various issues including objections by parties, relevancy and admissibility of evidence and exhibits, and requests for adjournment.
• Organizes legal information or records; receives and identified all exhibits produced and enters admissible evidence into the record.
• Maintains a record of the hearing proceeding.
• Applies appropriate laws, regulations and policies to the facts and evidence.
• Analyzes data to discover facts in case. Research laws, regulations, policies, and precedent decisions to prepare for hearings and to determine conclusions.
• Decides the issue being adjudicated as authorized by the applicable statue or rule.
• Drafts written opinions and decisions. When designated, may issue final and binding hearing decisions.
• Recommends the acceptance or rejection of claims or compromise settlements according to laws, regulations, policies, and precedent decisions.
• May explain to parties how to appeal unfavorable rulings.
• Reviews new legislation, regulations and other developments that have an impact on the conduct of hearings or on hearing decisions, and studies court cases having an impact on the hearing process.
• May assist in defending lawsuits regarding hearing decisions by conducting research, drafting briefs and other supporting documents.
• May assist in post issuance review of hearing decisions by conducting research and drafting responses to review requests.

NY HELPS:
This title is part of the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide program (NY HELPS). For the duration of the NY HELPS Program, candidates may be hired via a non‑competitive appointment if they meet the below NY HELPS minimum qualifications. At a future date (within one year of permanent appointment), it is expected employees hired under NY HELPS will have their non‑competitive employment status converted to competitive status, without having to compete in an examination.

Employees will then be afforded all of the same rights and privileges of competitive class employees of New York State. While serving permanently in a NY HELPS title, employees may take part in any promotion examination for which they are qualified.

• Hearing Officer 1 (SG-25): 12 months as an Assistant Hearing Officer, or Admission to the NYS Bar and 24 months of subsequent satisfactory legal experience in the trial of issues in courts of record or in the…