Posting number: DAL-ADPRGSPAHLTH-081726
Department: CS-Division of Administrative Law
Job classification: ADMINISTRATIVE PROGRAM SPECIALIST-A
Posting type: Open & Promotional
Categories: Administration
The Division of Administrative Law is Louisiana’s centralized administrative hearings panel. When disputes arise between certain state agencies and the people and entities they regulate, administrative law judges at DAL provide fair, prompt, and orderly adjudication.
The Administrative Program Specialist A position is in the Health Section of DAL and is primarily responsible for coordinating and processing administrative hearings. This position requires a highly organized individual who can manage a high-volume caseload, prioritize competing deadlines, maintain accurate case records, and provide exceptional customer service while ensuring cases are processed in compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
An ideal candidate should possess the following competencies:
Accepting Direction: The ability to be open and willing to follow guidance or instructions.
Demonstrating Accountability: The ability to take ownership of actions, behaviors, performance, decisions, and outcomes.
Driving Results: The ability to set and pursue goals, maintain focus amid competing demands, and deliver results.
Following Policies and Procedures: The ability to follow, reinforce, adapt, or develop policies and procedures to maintain compliance with federal and state legal requirements, State Civil Service rules, and organizational policies.
Making Accurate Judgments: The ability to assess options, weigh risks, and make sound decisions using available information and logical reasoning.
Managing Resources The ability to manage financial, physical, and contractual resources to ensure compliance and maximize business value.
Communicating Effectively: The ability to convey information, ideas, and emotions using structured communication methods that promote understanding and engagement.
Focusing on Customers: The ability to understand and meet the needs, preferences, and experiences of internal and external customers.
Managing Time: The ability to prioritize tasks, meet deadlines, and allocate time to ensure timely completion of work goals.
The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here
Job Duties:
Position-Specific Details:
Appointment Type: This posting may be filled by probational appointment, probation in lieu of promotion, detail to special duty, or promotion.
Compensation: The maximum amount listed for the salary range is the amount a person can make throughout their career in the position and not the maximum amount we are allowed to pay at the time of hire
Other Important Information Applicants who have the following experience or education are strongly encouraged to apply:
• Experience working for a judge or in a clerk of court’s office
• Experience working for an agency that conducts administrative hearings
• Experience in a legal setting (for example: a law firm)
• A paralegal certificate
How to Apply:
No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.
To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.
*Information to support your eligibility for this job must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete. *
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For further information about this vacancy contact:
Ms. Izzy Piland
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