The Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals is recruiting for Industrial Appeals Review/Mediation Judges.
Salary Range: $106,152 – 114,360. Employees assigned to the Seattle Office receive an additional 5% premium pay.
Location: This recruitment pool will be used to fill positions as they become available in Lakewood, Olympia, Seattle, Spokane, Yakima.
Duties:
Duties include but are not limited to:
- Review written proposed decisions and orders of Industrial Appeals Judges, motions for stay of benefits, motions for stay of abatement, and applications for approval of claim resolution settlement agreements.
- Recommend action to the Board in written memoranda.
- Draft final orders for signature of the Board.
- Conduct mediation and settlement conferences and prepare orders on agreement of parties.
Required Qualifications:
- Must be an active or judicial member of the Washington State Bar Association.
- Significant knowledge and experience in Washington State Industrial Insurance law.
- Significant experience as a presiding officer or attorney in proceedings before state or federal tribunals in which the rules of evidence are followed.
Desirable Qualifications:
The BIIA is most interested in candidates who have relevant experience, skills and abilities:
- Excellent legal writing skills.
- Clear and effective oral communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to research and apply appropriate laws, rules and procedures.
- Demonstrated ability to conduct mediation conferences while maintaining order and exhibiting judicial temperament and demeanor.
- Demonstrated ability to maintain and manage a mediation caseload to effectively and efficiently use the resources of the agency.
- Demonstrated advanced litigation management skills, particularly in complex litigation involving diverse interests advocated by multiple skilled professionals.
- Demonstrated ability to rule on admissibility of evidence and procedural issues consistent with pertinent law and procedural rules and develop a record that is sufficient for decision.
- Demonstrated ability to discern and sift through jurisdictional details.
- Fluency in languages in addition to English.
- Demonstrated ability to use computers and software applications including Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and other computer programs.
- Demonstrated ability to act in a professional and ethical manner and treat all people with dignity and courtesy.
- Demonstrated ability to meet performance standards, deadlines, and work schedules.
View the job announcement here: http://www.biia.wa.gov/Jobs.html
Please contact Christy Sterling, HR Manager, at Christy.sterling@biia.gov or 360-753-6823, ext. 1123 if you have any questions.
