Hearing Officer 1, Assistant Hearing Officer, Assistant Attorney 2 - Albany (NY HELPS)

Duties Description Under the direction of an Associate Attorney and Supervising attorney, a Hearing Officer provides expert legal adjudicative services to the Department of Labor (Department) for the various program areas it serves. These services include, but are not limited to; analyzing legal issues, researching statutes, decisions, opinions, case law and other sources for use in the preparation of issuance of reports and recommendations; determinations and orders. A Hearing Officer will engage in various levels of dispute resolution and will preside over administrative hearings, mediations and/or compliance conferences.
The duties may include, but may not be limited to:

1. Review fair hearing requests to determine probable issues and apply the appropriate regulations and sections of law.

2. Manages hearing calendars to ensure all cases are heard and decided in a timely manner as prescribed by applicable statute.

3. Analyzes data to discover fac...