Paralegal I

Salary Recruitment Range: $50,419 - $50,419 

Salary Grade: LG03

 

This position currently qualifies for a hybrid telework option with routine office and remote workday. The NC Department of Insurance trusts our employees to be self-motivated and successful in hybrid/remote roles. Telework options are subject to change at the discretion of management.

 

Mission of the Industrial Commission:

The North Carolina Industrial Commission is vested as a court of exclusive and original jurisdiction by the General Assembly to adjudicate and administer the North Carolina Workers' Compensation Act. The Industrial Commission processes over 65,000 workers' compensation injury reports and claims filed annually under the Act. This responsibility includes overseeing and providing for the trial of contested cases as well as administering non-contested cases. Workers who are injured by accident on the job or who contract an occupational disease receive disability and medical benefits as ordered by the Industrial Commission. The Industrial Commission is also a court of original jurisdiction for litigating tort claims against the State under the North Carolina State Tort Claims Act. Additionally, the General Assembly has mandated the Industrial Commission to provide an adjudicated process for Childhood Vaccine-Related Injury claims, Compensation to Persons Erroneously Convicted of Felonies, and Eugenics claims. It acts as a court of exclusive and final jurisdiction for death claims made by families of law enforcement officers, fire fighters, rescue squad workers and civil air patrol members arising under the Public Safety Employees' Death Benefits Act. Each of these adjudicatory systems requires administration of contested and uncontested claims, review of agreements, and supervision of payment of benefits.

Primary Purpose of the Organizational Unit:

The North Carolina Industrial Commission’s Clerk’s Office ensures that all case filings are promptly placed in the appropriate Industrial Commission files and routed to the appropriate Industrial Commission staff. The Clerk’s Office also ensures that cases to be heard by the Industrial Commission are timely placed on the docket and moved through the Industrial Commission as efficiently and expeditiously as possible. The Clerk’s Office is also responsible for creating transcripts of evidence for all appeals to the Full Commission. In addition, the Clerk’s Office files and serves Full Commission decisions; administers Deputy Commissioner and other trial court calendars; and oversees recordings of hearings, hearing transcripts, the Industrial Commission attorney database, and the Industrial Commission’s stored files.

Primary Purpose of the Position:

Create the records on appeal for the Full Commission, produce case files for Full Commission to review, draft acknowledgement letters for appeals to the Court of Appeals.

 

Incentives of NC State Employment: We value our employees and offer a wide variety of competitive and family-friendly benefits. Benefits to include:   

• 12 Annual paid Holidays 
• North Carolina State Health Plan administered by AETNA 
• Supplemental Benefits including: Flexible Spending Accounts, Accident Insurance, Cancer & Specified Disease, Critical Illness, Dental and Vision 
• NC State Retirement (TSERS)
• WeSave Employee Discounts

Learn more about new hire resources, safety, health, and wellness information, leave options, employee discounts and more by selecting the link below:  https://oshr.nc.gov/state-employee-resources/benefits.

• Demonstrated experience using Microsoft Office with proficiency in Excel and Word.
• Demonstrated experience operating at a high level of efficiency in a high-volume environment.
• Demonstrated experience drafting routine legal orders with little oversight and producing a work product with correct grammar, spelling, content, and little need for revision.
• Demonstrated experience working independently utilizing exceptional organizational skills, while maintaining effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Some state job postings say you can qualify by an “equivalent combination of education and experience.” If that language appears below, then you may qualify through EITHER years of education OR years of directly related experience, OR a combination of both. See oshr.nc.gov/experience-guide for details.

Graduation from an appropriately accredited institution for paralegal training; or Bachelor s degree from an appropriately accredited institution and one year of substantive paralegal experience; or High school or General Education Development (GED) diploma and five years of paralegal experience performing delegated, substantive legal work; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

For consideration for this vacancy, all applicants must complete an on-line application using the “APPLY” button above. If multiple applications are submitted to an individual posting, only the most recent application received prior to the posting close date will be evaluated for the consideration. Applications for positions requiring specific coursework must be accompanied by a copy of the applicant's transcript. 

 

Academic Degrees must be from appropriately accredited institutions and will be verified. If you are selected for a position at DOI/IC, your academic credentials will be verified.
  
To receive credit for your work history and credentials, you must list the information on the State Application. Any information omitted from your application cannot be considered for qualifying credit.
  
The Department of Insurance/Industrial Commission may conduct criminal history checks of all job applicants recommended for employment. Failure to accurately acknowledge information on criminal convictions on the state application form will be grounds for non-consideration of applications, disciplinary action, and possible criminal prosecution.
  
The Department of Insurance/Industrial Commission is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and uses the merit-based recruitment and selection plan to fill positions subject to the State Personnel Act with the most qualified individuals.
  
***INCLUDE ALL RELEVANT EDUCATION, WORK EXPERIENCE IN THE DESIGNATED EDUCATION AND WORK HISTORY SECTION ON THE FORMAL APPLICATION***
 
***Applications with "see attached" or resumes in lieu of completed education and work experience on the formal application will be deemed incomplete and will not be eligible for consideration for the vacancy***
  
Applicants requesting and receiving an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) are eligible to submit paper applications via mail or by fax.
  
Applicants seeking Veteran's Preference under N.C.G.S .126 must submit a DD Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty. This information may be attached to the online application or be faxed on or before the closing date.
  
Applicants may check the status of their application for a vacancy at any time by logging in to the government jobs system using the above link.  Once the applicant has logged in, the status of each submitted application is documented next to each vacancy for which they have applied.

Salary : $50,419 - $75,627