Position Description The Level 1 Hearing Officers are responsible for preparing, conducting, and reviewing quasi-judicial, administrative hearings. The decision rendered is a final appealable decision in Unemployment Insurance or Public Assistance. The Level 1 Hearing Officer will review case files in advance of the hearings, review and decide subpoena requests, and review and decide postponement requests. The Level 1 Hearing Officer will provide a fair and impartial due process hearing, at which most parties are unrepresented by attorneys. The Level 1 Hearing Officer’s role at the hearing includes but is not limited to: taking testimony and evidence, developing a complete legal record and ensuring that due process rights are afforded to all parties, performing legal analysis, weighing and appraising testimony and evidence to determine operative facts, applying due process and pertinent legal authority to make a final decision, and complying with Department of Labor and other governing authority requirements.