Disciplinary Hearings Officer

State of Montana • Billings, MT

8d • Onsite

About The Position

The Montana Department of Corrections (DOC) is creating a safer Montana through Accountability, Rehabilitation and Empowerment. The Public Safety Division operates Montana’s prisons safely and securely and provides supervision and support for offenders in the community through its Probation and Parole Bureau. The Disciplinary Hearings Officer presides over, conducts, or adjudicates hearings to determine legal rights, duties, and privileges of parties or review and decide claims and complaints. The position will confer with individuals or organizations involved, monitor and direct activities and conduct consistent with due process standard, legal procedures and orderly hearings. This position will also issue written opinions and decisions subject to judicial review, as well as research and analyze laws, regulations, policies, and precent decisions to prepare for hearings and determine conclusions. In addition, the disciplinary hearings officer will assess witness credibility and explain reasonable inferences regarding decisions, as well as direct the submission of information and attendance of witnesses and the parties’ participation in the hearing.

Requirements

• Ability to conduct legal research and administrative hearings
• Ability to write legal documents
• Bachelor’s degree
• 3 or more years of job-related experience in legal writing, conducting legal research, and administrative hearings.
• Criminal history check
• Child/patient/offender abuse registries
• Reference checks

Responsibilities

• Presides over, conducts, or adjudicates hearings to determine legal rights, duties, and privileges of parties or review and decide claims and complaints.
• Confers with individuals or organizations involved.
• Monitors and directs activities and conduct consistent with due process standards, legal procedures, and orderly hearings.
• Issues written opinions and decisions subject to judicial review.
• Researches and analyzes laws, regulations, policies, and precedent decisions to prepare for hearings and determine conclusions.
• Assesses witness credibility and explains reasonable inferences regarding decisions.
• Directs the submission of information and attendance of witnesses and the parties’ participation in the hearing.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Generous State of Montana Benefits
• Potential qualification for student loan forgiveness under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level