ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE CORRECTIONS
Safer communities through successful youth

CHIEF HEARING OFFICER
1624 W. Adams St.
Phoenix, AZ 85007

• Develops, reviews, revises policies and procedures, and practices for the administration
• Conducts due process proceedings including approval of warrants and citations, suspension and revocation of conditional liberty, restrictive placement, discharge, secure care disciplinary infractions, and restitution
• Supervises, trains and evaluates the Youth Hearing Officer
• Establishes and provides training
• Communicates with the Attorney General’s Office
• Conducts legal research
• Writes legal memoranda
• Responds and addresses general legal inquiries and issues
• Attends meetings and participates in work teams
• Creates and maintains hearing reports and statistical summaries
• Performs other duties as assigned

• Diverse areas of law, including administrative, correctional, constitutional, juvenile, criminal, dependency, public records, tort, contract, education, health and employment
• Rules of Criminal and Juvenile Procedure
• Arizona Revised Statutes
• Court and administrative processes
• Methods and techniques of legal research
• State and Federal litigation processes, preparation, management, and filing system in both simple and complex litigation
• Basic office software, such as Microsoft Office Programs
• Leadership and management/supervision principles
• Training development and implementation

Skill in:

• Administrative hearing processes
• Developing reports
• Drafting and preparing complex legal memoranda, forms and documents
• Conducting comprehensive legal research
• Developing and maintaining a large volume of document systems
• Verbal and written communication
• Analytical processing
• Developing and conducting training
• Time management

Ability to:

• Identify, analyze and organize a large volume of evidence, complex legal issues and documents
• Interact effectively with the Attorney General’s Office, courts and other legal offices, the public and Department staff
• Coach, train and educate subordinate staff and employees on law-related topics
• Work independently to complete complex projects
• Engage in constructive problem solving and build consensus

• Requires possession of, and ability to retain, a current valid Arizona-issued drivers license.  Employees who drive on state business are subject to drivers license records checks, must maintain acceptable driving records and must complete any required driver training (see Arizona Administrative Code R2-10-207.12).
• Must have a Juris Doctor (J.D.); AND a current license to practice law.

• The preferred candidate will have at least five (5) years experience in the practice of law, including juvenile or criminal law, administrative hearing and litigation.

A recent change in state law eliminated a 90-day waiting period for state employee health and disability benefits; however, the elimination of the waiting period is not effective until September 12, 2013.  Therefore, you will become eligible for these benefits effective September 14, 2013, which is the first day of the pay period following the effective date of the law.