DOCKET CLERK

The Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) is currently accepting applications from qualified candidates, to serves as a Docket Clerk.

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11101 Gilroy Road 
Hunt Valley, MD 21031 

The main purpose of this position is to receive, schedule, and close a variety of appeals filed with the Office of Administrative Hearings.

Receive hearing requests, sent either directly from the appellant or forwarded to OAH by the Department, and enters case information onto case management system, which includes entering the case type, the agency’s case number, and all names and addresses of parties involved in the case 

Where applicable, confirms hearing dates with attorneys and Administrative Law Judges, utilizing the “hold” calendar

Schedules cases using the case management system, taking into consideration case type, time constraints set out in COMAR, and location of hearing

Mails out hearing notices generated by the case management system and prints daily docket sheets for the Administrative Law Judges to complete at the scheduled hearings

Receives case-related correspondence and handles in a prompt fashion.  Processes motions received according to office policy

Handles incoming telephone calls and inquiries from the general public and attorneys regarding hearings and scheduling procedures

Close out cases on case management system and files informal files as appropriate 

Education: Graduation from an accredited high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate.

Experience: One year of experience scheduling and docketing a variety of administrative hearings or court cases.

Notes:

1. Additional experience in scheduling and docketing hearings may be substituted on a year-for-year basis for up to three years of the required education.

2. Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as a non-commissioned officer in the law clerk classification or law clerk specialty codes in the law clerk field of work on a year-for-year basis for the required experience.

**Limited to current OAH employees only**

The examination will consists of a rating of your education, training and experience related to the requirements of the position.

You will be required to complete a qualifications supplement, or the rating maybe based on the contents of your application. Therefore, it is important that you provide complete and accurate information on your application. 

STATE OF MARYLAND BENEFITS  

Online applications are STRONGLY preferred; however, a paper application maybe submitted to:

Office of Administrative Hearings
Attn: Debbie Duran, HR Director
11101 Gilroy Road
Hunt Valley, MD 21031

TTY  Users: call via Maryland Relay

We thank our Veterans for their service to our country and encourage them to apply.

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