What are the responsibilities and job description for the Hearing Officer position at City of Pasadena, CA?
Salary : $132,480.00 - $165,600.00 Annually
Location : City of Pasadena, CA
Job Type : Full -Time
Job Number : 25-112
Department : Rent Stabilization
Opening Date : 02 / 06 / 2025
Closing Date : 2 / 27 / 2025 11 : 59 PM Pacific
The City of Pasadena seeks a seasoned and impartial Hearing Officer to perform a variety of legal work in the Hearings Division of the Rent Stabilization Department. This position plans, organizes, and conducts hearings and renders written decisions regarding tenant and landlord petitions.
The ideal candidate is a legal professional with experience conducting settlements that include managing administrative hearings and rendering written decisions on petitions. The successful candidate possesses analytical and decision-making skills, is fair and impartial, works independently under pressure, but also thrives working as part of a team. Strong communication, written skills, and knowledge of the government codes and ordinances that govern rent stabilization.
Essential Functions
The major responsibilities of this position are listed below. For more details information, please review the
- Prepares timely written decisions which demonstrate sound judgment in written statements of fact and conclusions of law, and which may present complicated arithmetical computations.
- Presides over hearings, limit issues and evidence.
- Makes ruling on scheduling, evidence and conduct of hearings.
- Reviews case files including petitions, responses and attachments and perform legal analysis to determine issues to be adjudicated at hearing.
- Performs legal research and analysis as required to interpret and apply legal principles and precedents to facts presented by individual cases.
- Conducts pre-hearing conferences to limit issues and evidence; decide scheduling and evidentiary matters and discuss settlements.
- Provides information to the Pasadena Rental Housing Board (PRHB) regarding decisions being appealed as required.
- Revises program documents and carryout other related administrative functions.
- Compiles workload statistics as required.
Qualification Guidelines
COMPETENCIES
The following list represents the core competencies needed for success in this position.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
SELECTION PROCESS
The selection process may consist of a training and experience evaluation, interview panel, and / or department-level interviews.
VACANCY INFORMATION
There is currently one vacancy in the Rent Stabilization Department. The resulting eligibility list from this recruitment may be used to fill this vacancy and similar vacancies in the future.
Candidates selected for this position are subject to a one-year probationary work period.
Special Requirements
Individuals who are appointed to this position will be required to maintain a valid California Driver's License throughout the tenure of employment OR demonstrate the ability to travel to various locations in a timely manner as required in the performance of duties.
Effective January 1, 2013, new members to CalPERS or an agency with CALPERS' reciprocity or who have more than a six month break in service between employment in a CalPERS (or reciprocal) agency will be subject to the provisions of the Public Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA) and will receive the 2% @ 62 benefit formula.
Employees who are current members of CalPERS or an agency with CalPERS' reciprocity, or who have less than a six month break in service between employment in a CalPERS (or reciprocal) agency and employment with the City will be enrolled in the 2.5% @ 55 benefit formula.
All employees are required to pay the full employee contribution to CalPERS.
Click link below to review the City's excellent benefits package
The City is closed on alternate Fridays and most staff observe a 9 / 80 work schedule.
Do you possess a Juris Doctorate from an accredited school of law?
What best describes your progressively responsible experience as a practicing attorney or other comparable experience in conducting administrative hearings or arbitration?
In 200 words or less, please describe your progressively responsible experience as a practicing attorney or comparable experience that includes experience as a Hearing Officer related to tenant and landlord issues. If none, please respond N / A.
Do you possess experience conducting mediations?
In 200 words or less, describe your experience, if any, conducting mediations. If none, please respond N / A.
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Salary : $132,480 - $165,600
