[Hiring] Unemployment Insurance Specialist @Kentucky Personnel Cabinet

Role Description

This position is a remote workstation location based on the selected candidate’s home address, which can be in any county in Kentucky.

The Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet advances education, workforce development, and economic opportunity across the Commonwealth. The Cabinet provides education and training programs, employment and reemployment services, unemployment insurance, and disability determination services to help Kentuckians gain skills, find work, and maintain economic stability. It partners with education providers, workforce boards, and employers to align training with labor market needs and oversees labor programs that promote fair and safe workplaces.

This is a federally funded time limited (FFTL) position. This means it is a position that is paid entirely as the result of a federal grant. The duration of employment shall not exceed the life of the federal grant that funds the position. An employee appointed to an FFTL position is required to meet the minimum requirements for the classification. Further, an employee appointed to an FFTL position is designated as an unclassified (non-merit) employee. An FFTL employee is eligible to receive benefits at the same level as a classified (merit) employee in a permanent position.

This position will have access to confidential and sensitive information. The successful candidate will be required to ensure the safeguarding and security of all confidential and sensitive information and will be required to complete trainings, sign acknowledgments, follow all policies and adhere to all statutes and requirements pertaining to the safeguarding and security of confidential and sensitive information while employed and after employment ends.

Job Duties:

• Conducts fact-finding interviews and investigations on disputed unemployment insurance claims.
• Writes quality notices of determination and maintains time-lapse standards.
• Determines eligibility of benefits and employer chargeability.
• Informs claimants and employers of their rights and responsibilities under the Wagner-Peyser Act and state and federal unemployment laws and regulations.
• Interprets and analyzes unemployment insurance laws and regulations, as well as federal unemployment program response letters, and Unemployment Insurance Commission precedent-setting decisions, and applies them to the decisions regarding complex, disputed unemployment insurance claims.
• Answers inquiries from claimants, employers, and internal customers.
• Establishes overpayments, provides additional information for prosecution, and maintains assignment data for weekly reports.
• Advises and assists claimstaker or fellow adjudicators.

Qualifications

• Graduate of a college or university with a bachelor's degree.
• Three years of experience in reviewing, monitoring, determining eligibility for, and/or administering employment service or unemployment insurance programs, or experience in education, public administration, business, human services, military, human resources or a related field.
• A master's degree will substitute for one year of the required experience.
• Work experience in workforce programs such as WIOA, employment services, and/or unemployment insurance programs, or experience in education, public administration, business, human services, military, human resources or a related field will substitute for the required education on a year-for-year basis.

Requirements

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent time management skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and attention to detail.
• Strong computer skills.

Benefits

• Eligible to receive benefits at the same level as a classified (merit) employee in a permanent position.

Company Description

The Education and Labor Cabinet (ELC) participates in E-Verify. It will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. The Cabinet will only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed Form I-9. For more information on E-Verify, or if you believe that ELC has violated its E-Verify responsibilities, please contact the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) at 999-897-7781 or https://www.e-verify.gov/ .