LCD Hearings Specialist - PFML (BS3): Telework Apply
The ideal candidate will be knowledgeable and experienced in matters related to Paid Family Medical Leave (PFML) and processes to determine eligibility, and the adjudication process. You will be a member of the LCD Compliance Unit and report to the Administrative Hearings Supervisor. Coordinating, planning, developing, reviewing, and revising decisions and case actions regarding PFML benefits.
In this critical role you will ensure that we are meeting ESD's objectives of being good stewards of public resources by ensuring the Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) and Long-Term Services and Support (LTSS) trust funds have the appropriate compliance and enforcement activities surrounding them so that the programs have the necessary funding to provide benefits to Washingtonians. You will examine and research PFML-appeals made by claimants and employers, and serve as a liaison between ESD, the Attorney General Office (AGO), and the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) ensuring ESD decision are consistent with the AGO and OAH interpretation of Washington Administrative Code (WAC) and Revised Code of Washington (RCW). This position is a full-time/permanent Hearings Specialist and reports to the Administrative Hearings Supervisor.
Duties
A Hearings Specialist's primary responsibility is to review appeals requests, take action, and represent ESD through the adjudicative procedures. Reviewing and researching escalated claimant grievance for PFML benefits, reviewing submitted appeals for validity, and determining if proper data gathering and verification techniques were adequately documented. You are required to represent ESD at a hearing.
Some of what you will do:
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Qualifications
Required:
A combination of experience and education equivalent to seven (7) years which includes a minimum of three (3) years of demonstrated experience in two or more of the following areas:
Preferred:
Additional Requirement of Employment:
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Supplemental Information
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Opportunity for All
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