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Summary Job Description | Tasks | |||
Conduct hearings to recommend or make decisions on claims concerning government programs or other government-related matters. Determine liability, sanctions, or penalties, or recommend the acceptance or rejection of claims or settlements. | Prepare written opinions and decisions. | |||
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Review and evaluate data on documents, such as claim applications, birth or death certificates, and physician or employer records. | ||||
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Research and analyze laws, regulations, policies, and precedent decisions to prepare for hearings and to determine conclusions. | ||||
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Confer with individuals or organizations involved in cases to obtain relevant information. | ||||
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Recommend the acceptance or rejection of claims or compromise settlements according to laws, regulations, policies, and precedent decisions. | ||||
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Explain to claimants how they can appeal rulings that go against them. | ||||
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Monitor and direct the activities of trials and hearings to ensure that they are conducted fairly and that courts administer justice while safeguarding the legal rights of all involved parties. | ||||
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Authorize payment of valid claims and determine method of payment. | ||||
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Conduct hearings to review and decide claims regarding issues such as social program eligibility, environmental protection, and enforcement of health and safety regulations. | ||||
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Rule on exceptions, motions, and admissibility of evidence. | ||||
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Determine existence and amount of liability according to current laws, administrative and judicial precedents, and available evidence. | ||||
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Issue subpoenas and administer oaths in preparation for formal hearings. | ||||
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Conduct studies of appeals procedures in field agencies to ensure adherence to legal requirements and to facilitate determination of cases. | ||||
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CompGeo Salary Survey Benchmark Job Summary and Competencies
Admin Law Judges, Adjucticators and Hearing Officers
The Benchmark Job Description below represents the specific Position Characteristics of the job used in the Salary Survey. Benchmark Job Descriptions should be inspected carefully to review the degree of matching between an organizations' Job and the Salary Survey Benchmark. Matching internal Jobs to Salary Survey Benchmark Jobs should not be done on Job Title alone. A thorough comparison of Salary Survey Benchmark to Internal Job Descriptions is recommended. A good overlap should exist on any comparisons used on critical Job Dimensions and Competencies.- Job Description
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Important Knowledge Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Law and Government | Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process. | |||
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English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. | |||
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Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. | |||
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Psychology | Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders. | |||
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Computers and Electronics | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. | |||
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Clerical | Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology. | |||
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Medicine and Dentistry | Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures. | |||
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Therapy and Counseling | Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance. | |||
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Important Skill Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. | |||
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Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. | |||
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Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. | |||
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Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. | |||
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Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. | |||
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Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. | |||
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Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. | |||
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Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. | |||
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Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. | |||
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Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. | |||
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Negotiation | Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences. | |||
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Persuasion | Persuading others to change their minds or behavior. | |||
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Operations Analysis | Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design. | |||
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Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. | |||
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Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. | |||
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Learning Strategies | Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things. | |||
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Service Orientation | Actively looking for ways to help people. | |||
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Instructing | Teaching others how to do something. | |||
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Important Ability Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. | |||
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Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. | |||
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Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. | |||
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Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. | |||
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Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. | |||
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Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). | |||
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Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). | |||
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Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. | |||
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Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. | |||
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Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). | |||
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Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. | |||
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Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. | |||
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Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. | |||
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Originality | The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. | |||
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Prerequisite Qualification Category | Education and Experience Level | |||
On-Site or In-Plant Training | Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months | |||
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Required Level of Education | Doctoral Degree | |||
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On-the-Job Training | Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years | |||
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On-the-Job Training | Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months | |||
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Related Work Experience | Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years | |||
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On-Site or In-Plant Training | Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months | |||
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Alternate Job Title(s) | |||
Adjudicator | |||
Administrative Hearing Officer | |||
Administrative Judge | |||
Administrative Law Judge | |||
Appeals Examiner | |||
Appeals Referee | |||
Appellate Conferee | |||
Claims Adjudicator | |||
County Ordinary | |||
Hearing Examiner | |||
Hearing Officer | |||
Judge | |||
Justice of the Peace | |||
Legal Activity Adjudicator | |||
Ordinary | |||
Referee | |||
Social Security Administrative Law Judge | |||
Social Services Analyst | |||
Surrogate | |||
Traffic Court Referee | |||
US Administrative Law Judge (United States Administrative Law Judge) | |||
Unemployment Claims Adjudicator | |||
Veteran Appeals Reviewer | |||
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