Reconsideration Officer at Ohio Department of Administrative Services

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Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

02 Feb, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

04 Nov, 25

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Diversity Management, Eeo, Investigative Techniques, Interviewing Techniques, Problem Solving, Public Relations, Human Resources, Critical Thinking, Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, Independent Judgment, Decision Making

Industry

Government Administration

Description

What You’ll Do Serve as agency manager for the request for reconsideration process for multiple regional offices (i.e., on behalf of agency, formulate & implement policy developing standards & guidelines to effectively process & monitor the appeals by clients to reconsider the original finding in the investigation of their charge of discrimination): receive, log, and monitor requests for reconsideration (e.g., monitors case load to avoid backlog & falling statutes); retrieve regional case investigation & documentation in order to review case investigations in entirety to ascertain whether there are unresolved legal or factual issues or errors as alleged & determine if the original recommendation was appropriate or not (e.g., analyze regional reconsideration assessment, original case report, reconsideration request; may interview Investigators, charging parties, respondents, attorneys or witnesses). Establish guidelines & time frames for analysis of reconsideration procedures; develop format for recommendation report; develop timeline for securing information regarding investigation & the investigator reconsideration analysis for probable/no probable cause findings. Prepare recommendations based on case analyses (e.g., analysis of case investigation, request for reconsideration, submitted documentation & interviews); present recommendation to Board of Commissioners leading up to a binding legal ruling); prepare weekly production reports based on recommendation process activity (i.e., reconsiderations received & number of recommendations completed & submitted for agenda items). Attend meetings; communicate with other regions & central office & prepare correspondence (e.g., submit finalized recommendations to Compliance Department for agenda items at regularly scheduled Commission meetings; attend all Commission meetings to present recommendations to the Board of Commissioners & defend recommendations); prepare correspondence resulting from case determinations at commission meetings (e.g., letter of determinations for Final Order); respond orally &/or in writing to requests or questions regarding request for reconsideration recommendations. Completion of undergraduate core coursework in human resources, business administration, public administration, liberal arts or related field of study; 2 yrs. trg. or 2 yrs. exp. in conducting routine & complex investigations of alleged discrimination which included tracing patterns of discrimination by specific employers & cases involving three or more bases of discrimination & many involved issues; 2 yrs. trg. or 2 yrs. exp. in enforcement of laws against discrimination; valid driver’s license. -Or 12 mos. exp. as Civil Rights Investigator 2, 69112. -Or equivalent of Minimum Class Qualifications for Employment noted above Major Worker Characteristics: Knowledge of: ORC 4112 & other civil rights laws governing discrimination in employment, public accommodations, housing &/or credit*, investigative & interviewing techniques, agency policies & procedures*, problem solving methods, public relations, human resources; Skill in: active listening, critical thinking, reading comprehension, independent judgment & decision making, use of personal computer; Ability to: deal with many variables & determine specific course of action; prepare meaningful, concise & accurate reports, maintain accurate records. *Developed after employment Job Skills: Diversity Management/EEO

Responsibilities

Serve as agency manager for the request for reconsideration process, formulating and implementing policies to effectively process and monitor appeals. Prepare recommendations based on case analyses and present them to the Board of Commissioners for legal rulings.