WORKERS' COMPENSATION HEARINGS OFFICER V - DOWNTOWN, OAHU

About the role

Workers' Compensation Hearings Officer V position located in Downtown Honolulu, Oahu. Salary range is $6,728 to $8,187 monthly (SR-26, Step D to I). Hiring rates will be based on availability of funds, the applicant's qualifications, and other relevant factors.

Duties Summary

• Independently performs difficult workers’ compensation claims examination for the determination of workers’ compensation benefits, requiring the conduct of administrative hearings.
• Makes a variety of determinations.
• Provides consultative services regarding workers’ compensation matters to representatives of claimants, insurance carriers and employers.
• Performs other duties as required.

Minimum Qualification Requirements

Legal Authorization To Work

The State of Hawaii requires all persons seeking employment with the government of the State shall be citizens, nationals, or permanent resident aliens of the United States, or eligible under federal law for unrestricted employment in the United States. Applicants must meet all the requirements for the position they are seeking as of the date of the application, unless otherwise specified.

Basic Education Requirement

Graduation from an accredited four (4) year college or university with a bachelor’s degree.

Excess work experience as described below in the General or Specialized Experience sections, or any other responsible administrative, professional, or analytical work experience that provided knowledge, skills and abilities comparable to those acquired in four (4) years of successful study while completing a college or university curriculum leading to a baccalaureate degree may be substituted on a year-for-year basis. To be acceptable, the experience must have been of such scope, level and quality as to assure the possession of comparable knowledge, skills and abilities. The education or experience background must also demonstrate the ability to write clear and comprehensive reports and other documents; read and interpret complex written material; and solve complex problems logically and systematically.

General Experience Requirement

One and a half (1 ½) years general experience required.

General experience is demonstrated by progressively responsible professional, investigative, or other analytical work which involved gathering, evaluating and analyzing facts and other pertinent information; identifying, evaluating and analyzing issues involved; interpreting and applying provisions of the Hawaii State Workers’ Compensation laws, rules and regulations to determine appropriate courses of action; and recommending courses of action. Such experience must have demonstrated the ability to elicit information orally and in writing, apply problem solving methods and techniques, and prepare clear and concise written reports of facts, issues, application of the law and recommendations for action.

Examples of such experience include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Active participation in the examination and determination of disfigurement and/or disability awards for workers’ compensation claims.
• Enforcement of workers’ compensation laws, rules and regulations by investigating and examining employers financial records and/or related personnel records, interviewing employers, employees or others; identification of violations or lack of alleged violations and preparing reports recommending action.
• Representation of self-insured employer, insurance carrier, employee or other party, as a regular work assignment, regarding claims for workers’ compensation benefits and awards which involved review of pertinent case documents, determination of issues and advocacy of the clients’ position relative to the case.

Specialized Experience Requirement

Two (2) years specialized experience required.

Progressively responsible professional experience of the kind and nature described under General Experience, above, which involved examination of claims for workers’ compensation benefits and awards which included conducting administrative hearings for determination of awards or participating in administrative hearings as an advocate of the client, self-insured employer or insurance carrier, or other interested party as a regular work assignment. For the class Workers’ Compensation Hearings Officer V, at least two (2) years of experience must have been comparable in scope and difficulty to Workers’ Compensation Hearings Officer III in the State service.

Non-qualifying Experience

Clerical work experience, although it may be in the field of workers' compensation, is not qualifying.

Substitutions Allowed

Excess Specialized Experience of the type and quality described may be substituted for the required General Experience on a year-for-year basis.