About us
We are customer-centric, collaborative and engaging, and our goal is to administer the hearings and appeals programs for SSA, providing timely and quality service to the public.
Our work environment includes:
- Modern office setting
- Work-from-home days
- Growth opportunities
- Wellness programs
Position Overview
Legal Assistants provide legal and technical support to Administrative Law Judges (ALJs), attorneys, paralegal analysts, and other technical personnel. They develop and process requests for hearings from start to finish, independently performing a wide range of actions to include: scheduling cases for hearings, preparing case summaries, and reviewing/analyzing medical and legal documentation.
Technical Training
Management devises structured training and development activities to provide experience and technical competence in the principles, methods, and procedures of the full job performance level (GS-8).
Qualifications
To qualify, you must be a U.S. citizen, and have excellent communication, organizational, interpersonal, problem solving, analytical, writing and computer software skills. We consider additional qualifications such as experience, education or a combination of experience and education.
In order to be eligible for telework, you must live within two hours of Peoria, Illinois.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $39,576.00 - $49,025.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Professional development assistance
- Retirement plan
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
- No nights
Travel requirement:
Experience:
- Microsoft Office: 1 year (Preferred)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Peoria, IL 61614