STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
HUMAN RESOURCES


CLASSIFICATION:  CLAIMS AND HEARINGS CLERK II

 

Class Code:  2031-12                                        Date Established:  02-27-02          

 

Occupational Code:  1-2-2                                Date of Last Revision:  09-16-02

 

BASIC PURPOSE:  To respond to public complaints, inquires and requests and resolves independently or refers to immediate supervisor as necessary.

 

CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

 

·        Investigates and reviews complaints alleging potential violations and prepares recommendations for remediation action.

 

·        Interviews and records information from complaints through phone calls, correspondence or in-person.

 

·        Offers information and alternatives to consumers and mediates disputes when possible.

 

·        Presents complex information to the public and others regarding agency federal or state laws and regulations.

 

·        Establishes and maintains a tracking system to control and organize files and report summary data.

 

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DISTINGUISHING FACTORS:

 

Skill:  Requires skill in recommending routine changes in standardized operating procedures OR in retrieving, compiling and reporting data according to established procedures OR in operating complex machines.

 

Knowledge:  Requires understanding and using business or trades vocabulary or basic arithmetic to perform standard operating procedures.

 

Impact:  Requires responsibility for contributing to immediate, ongoing agency objectives by facilitating the direct provision of services to the public or other state agencies.  Errors at this level result in inaccurate reports or invalid test results and require a significant investment of time and resources to detect.

 

Supervision:  Requires no supervision of employees or functions.

 

Working Conditions:  Requires performing regular job functions under good conditions in a safe working environment.

 

Physical Demands:  Requires sedentary work, including continuous sitting or occasional standing and walking.

 

Communication:  Requires explaining facts, interpreting situations, or advising individuals of alternative or appropriate courses of action.  This level also requires interviewing or eliciting information from state employees or members of the general public.

 

Complexity:  Requires a combination of job functions to establish facts, to draw daily operational conclusions, or to solve practical problems.  This level also requires providing a variety of alternative solutions where only limited standardization exists.

 

 

Independent Action:  Requires a range of choice in applying a number of technical or administrative policies under general direction and in making routine decisions or in recommending modifications in work procedures for approval by supervisor.

 

 

 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

 

Education:  Graduation from high school, G.E.D. or it's equivalent.  Each additional year of approved formal education may be substituted for one year of required work experience.

 

Experience:  Three years' of clerical experience, preferably two years of which shall be with the claims and hearings process, for an agency or business. 

 

License/Certification:  None required.

 

RECOMMENDED WORK TRAITS:  Knowledge of modern office practices and procedures.  Knowledge of principles of office management.  Knowledge of claims and hearings procedures.  Ability to keep complex records and to prepare periodic reports from such records.  Ability to gather, assemble, correlate and analyze facts and identify existing or potential problems.  Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with other employees and the general public.  Must be willing to maintain appearance appropriate to assigned duties and responsibilities as determined by the agency appointing authority.

 

DISCLAIMER STATEMENT:  This class specification is descriptive of general duties and is not intended to list every specific function of this class title.

 


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