LABOR RELATIONS SPECIALIST jobs in West Virginia

New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development

VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

HR-96 (12/19)

Posting #: 2023-049 Issue Date: 2/16/2023 Closing Date: 3/2/2023

Title: Appellate Specialist Labor

Range/Title Code: P29/31410 Salary: $83,619.58-$119,250.94

Unit Scope: Statewide Career Service
Location: Board of Review –
Trenton, New Jersey

Workweek: NL # Vacancies: 4

Job Description
Under the direction of the Board of Review, Department of Labor reviews and analyzes Appeal Tribunal decisions to ensure
correct statutes, regulations, precedent court cases under the jurisdiction of the Board of Review. Makes recommendations the
Board's Members, prepares written decisions, takes testimony as required, and acts as a hearing officer under the Private Plan
provisions of the Temporary Disability Benefits Law; does related work as required.

Employee Benefit(s)
The Department of Labor and Workforce Development (DOL) provides many employee benefits to acknowledge, and value, their
contribution. Statewide benefits include:

• Alternate Work Week* • Telework*
• Deferred Compensation • 100% Tuition Reimbursement*
• Health and Life Insurance • Flexible and Health Spending Accounts (FSA)/(HSA)
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) • Temporary Expanded PSLF (TEPSLF) Programs

*Pursuant to the Department’s policy, procedures and/or guidelines.

Civil Service Commission Requirements (Education/Experience/Licenses)
*THESE POSITIONS ARE PENDING GOVERNOR’S OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION APPROVAL*

Open to employees of the State of New Jersey who are permanent in any competitive title and meet the requirements listed below:

EDUCATION: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree.

EXPERIENCE: Four (4) years of professional experience in complex and varied appeals work which has involved responsibility for
conducting hearings, for interpreting, weighting and evaluation evidence, and for drawing conclusions and issuing findings of fact which serve
as the basis for final administrative action, in public employment security programs such as unemployment and temporary disability insurance.

NOTE: Applicants who do not possess the required education may substitute additional experience as indicated above on a year for year basis.

NOTE: Admission to practice as an Attorney-at-Law in New Jersey or graduation from an accredited law school with a J.D. or L.L.B. degree
may be substituted for one year of the required experience.

RESUME NOTE: Eligibility determinations will be based only upon information presented on the resume along with other supporting
documents. Applicants who possess a degree from a college or university outside the United States must provide an evaluation of the
transcripts from a recognized evaluation service at the time of submission. Failure to do so may result in your ineligibility.

LICENSE: Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than
employee mobility, is necessary to perform the essential duties of the position.

TO APPLY
If you qualify, please submit a letter of interest and your resume (including the best contact number and email address)
to email address listed below. Your submission must be received by the closing date and include the job posting number.

EMAIL:
Human Capital Strategies

Recruitment Unit
LWDJobPostings@dol.nj.gov

Subject line must include the specify job posting number.

• Newly hired employees must agree to a thorough background check that may include fingerprinting.
• Any appointments made from postings, which involve movement between unit scopes, may result in a forfeiture of rights to

the State of New Jersey, unless exempted under the law. If you do not live in New Jersey, you have one year after you begin
employment to relocate your residence to New Jersey, or to secure an exemption.

• Work Authorization: Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States according to the Department of Homeland

The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

This is not a promotional announcement for a Civil Service Examination.
This posting may result in personnel actions which will require final approval by the Department of Labor and

Workforce Development and the Civil Service Commission in accordance with Civil Service Commission rules and
regulations.

This job posting is authorized by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development,

Division of Human Capital Strategies.

New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development
PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT

In accordance with the Uniform Ethics Code adopted by the NJ State Ethics Commission and the State Policy
Prohibiting Discrimination in the Workplace, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development
(NJ DOL) requires the disclosure of all relatives, consensual personal relationships, and cohabitants. No NJ DOL
employee may supervise or exercise any authority with regard to personnel actions involving their relative, anyone
with whom there is a consensual personal relationship, or anyone with whom they cohabit.

Relative means an individual’s spouse/domestic partner/civil union partner1 or the individual or spouse’s/domestic
partner’s/civil union partner’s parent, child, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, cousin, grandparent,
grandchild, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, stepparent, stepchild, stepbrother, stepsister, half-brother or half-sister,
whether the relative is related to the individual or the individual’s spouse/domestic partner/civil union partner by
blood, marriage or adoption.

Consensual personal relationship means marriage, engagement, dating or other ongoing romantic or sexual
relationships.

Cohabitant means non-related persons who share a household under circumstances where there is financial
interdependence.

The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development requires the disclosure of all relatives and
consensual personal relationships to be promptly reported directly to the Division of Human Capital Strategies (HCS),
Director’s Office. Confidentiality shall be maintained to the extent possible and practicable. This information may be
shared with NJ DOL’s Equal Employment Opportunity Office and/or the NJ DOL Ethics Office as deemed necessary.
Upon receiving notice of the relationship, HCS may address any situation as necessary in consultation with the EEO
Office and/or the Ethics Officer. This may include, but is not limited to, the changing of reporting relationships or
transferring any of the employees involved. Failure to provide notification to HCS may result in discipline up to and
including termination and the denial of legal representation and indemnification by the State in the event that a lawsuit
is filed having a connection with a personal relationship. Employees are under a continuing obligation to promptly
report personal relationships that develop during the course of their employment.

I DO NOT have a relative or a consensual personal relationship, as defined above, with anyone working for the
New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development.

I DO have a relative or a consensual personal relationship, as defined above, with anyone working for the New
Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development identified as follows:

Name Relationship Division and Work Location

Do you need more space for disclosure? Yes No If YES, continue writing on the back of this form.

I certify that the information on this form to the best of my knowledge and belief is true, complete and accurate. I
understand that any misleading or incorrect information, willful misstatement, or omission of a material fact, may be
just cause for disciplinary action up to and including termination. I understand my obligation to promptly report
personal relationships that develop during the course of my employment.

1 Domestic Partner as defined in NJSA 26:8A-1 et. seq. and Civil Union status as defined in NJSA 37:1-28 et. seq.