Job Description:
- Conduct multiple telephonic hearings each day, take testimony, make evidentiary rulings, develop a complete hearing, and control the course of the hearing while maintaining judicial temperament and decorum among parties.
- Review case files and/or hearing record in preparation for hearing.
- Ensure proper legal notice to the parties of the time, date and place of hearing, and ensure the proper issues are noticed.
- Timely draft and issue final decisions applying Federal and Arizona law to the facts adduced at the hearing.
- Respond immediately to work-related communications throughout the workday.
Other Information:
- Monday-Friday only, Work occurs during Arizona business hours.
- 100% Remote - Out-of-state candidates are acceptable
- Out-of-state candidates will be expected to use their own computers and other hardware. Virtual desktop will be used and access to software will be through Virtual Desktop.
- Please submit a writing sample with application.
- Tentative start date will be dependent upon interviews conducted, onboarding completed, and the state agency issuing a PO.
- 100% Remote - Out of state candidates are acceptable.
- JD Degree is required. Candidates submitted without this degree will be denied.
Required Skills and Abilities:
- Excellent time management skills. Must be able to complete high volume of cases within tightly prescribed timelines.
- Ability to write clearly and plainly about complex legal issues.
- Extensive working knowledge of, or the ability to learn and apply, the rules of evidence, rules of administrative procedure, rules of judicial and legal ethics and due process requirements.
- Knowledge of, or the ability to learn, the federal and state laws and regulations applicable to various administrative programs.
- Understand human behavior and psychology.
- Working knowledge of word processing software, communications software and the ability to learn proprietary applications required for the position.
- Be an active listener.
- Analyze and synthesize complex information from various sources quickly.
- Diplomatically control and minimize conflict between parties
Preferred Candidate will have:
- Previous experience serving as a hearing officer in administrative hearings.
- Graduation from an accredited undergraduate university or college.
- Graduation from an accredited law school.
- Located in Arizona.
- Membership and maintain good standing with any state Bar Association
Required Skills:
- Experience working as an administrative hearing officer.