Special Deputy Commissioner

Closing Date: 7th October, 2025

Description:

Description of Work:
This Position is an Anticipated Vacancy - 10/04/2025

Salary Recruitment Range: $67,107 - $67,107
Salary Grade: LG06

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 Department of Insurance:
The North Carolina Department of Insurance's mission is to promote a stable insurance market through unbiased regulation and to protect the lives and property of every citizen in all 100 counties while fostering superior, user-friendly service, courtesy, and respect.

North Carolina Department of Insurance offers rewarding careers in a number of different fields that helps us protect consumers and regulate the insurance industry in North Carolina. But that's not all that we do! NCDOI also investigates insurance fraud. We set standards for and inspect fire stations, regulate engineering codes and work with building inspectors in every corner of North Carolina.

If you're interested in a career that will help make North Carolina a safer and better place to live while working with some of the best professionals in the industry. Apply today!

For more information about NCDOI: http://www.ncdoi.gov/

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.

For more information regarding the NC Industrial Commission visit: https://www.ic.nc.gov/

Primary Purpose of the Organizational Unit:
The Deputy Commissioner Section provides for the trial of contested cases and the administration of non-contested cases under the North Carolina Workers' Compensation Act and Public Safety Employees' Death Benefits Act. This Section also serves as the court having exclusive jurisdiction over tort claims against State Departments and Agencies. Additionally, the Deputy Commissioner Section adjudicates claims filed pursuant to the Childhood Vaccine-Related Injury Compensation Program, as well as claims filed by persons who contend they were erroneously convicted of a felony. The Deputy Commissioner Section consists of Deputy Commissioners, Special Deputy Commissioners, paralegals, and legal assistants who work together to ensure that cases are determined and administered in a timely, efficient, and equitable manner.

Primary Purpose of the Position:
Presides over pre-trial hearings and issues follow-up orders in inmate tort claims. Monitors assigned files, analyzes various filings, and enters orders relating to inmate tort claims that have not yet been assigned for a full evidentiary hearing. Analyzes workers' compensation insurance coverage periods and enters administrative orders assessing penalties pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. 97-93 and 97-94. Files orders disposing of cases relating to scheduled hearings for penalty appeal and enforcement cases pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. 97-94. Reviews compromise settlement agreements, form agreements, and other forms requiring Commission approval. Performs other duties as assigned by the Chair of the Commission or Chief Deputy Commissioner.

Benefits 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 employee perks/benefits:

• Why Work For NC? (https://oshr.nc.gov/work-nc/0)
• NC OSHR: Benefits (https://oshr.nc.gov/state-employee-resources/benefits)

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities / Competencies:
Effective July 1, 2025, candidates now meet the minimum qualifications of a position if they have the minimum education and experience listed from the class specification. The knowledge, skills, and abilities listed in the vacancy announcement should be used as management preferences and be used to screen for the most qualified pool of applicants.

Management Preferences:

• Demonstrated experience drafting and analyzing legal documents and summarizing and applying relevant law to a specific set of facts.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate with external stakeholders (e.g., members of the Bar and the general public) and internal stakeholders, and to clearly and concisely convey oral and written information.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and utilize organizational skills to manage a high volume of assignments.
• Experience using computer applications, specifically Microsoft Office programs such as Word, Excel, and Outlook, and an ability to learn and become proficient with a Salesforce-based case management system.
• Licensed to practice law in North Carolina.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:
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.

Juris Doctor from an appropriately accredited institution.

Supplemental and Contact Information:
For consideration for this vacancy, all applicants must complete an online 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 consideration. Applications for positions requiring specific coursework must be accompanied by a copy of the applicant's transcript.

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.