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Saguache County Government Part-Time Veterans Service Officer (VSO) in Saguache, Colorado
JOB TITLE: Part-Time Veterans Service Officer (VSO)
MUSTS: Must have 6 months to one year specialized experience and knowledge of Veterans benefit administration. Must have valid state identification and transportation to the job site. Must also be a Veteran to apply for this position.
SKILLS: Experience with commonly applied claims and files procedures or operations requiring high attention to detail. Ability to utilize electronic records systems and processing systems. Ability developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize and accomplish tasks. Capable of communicating effectively with others and competence with writing routine reports and correspondence. Aptitude with reading and interpreting documents such as laws, regulations and procedural manuals.
DUTIES: Explain benefit programs and entitlement criteria, conduct interviews, identify issues, gather relevant evidence, adjudicate claims and input data to generate award notification letters to Veterans describing decisions and the reasons for them. The VSO in accordance with division rules, shall also perform the following duties and functions:
Formulate, establish, and supervise a plan and standard procedures to further prompt and efficient service to all Veterans in the state of Colorado on a uniform basis, whether by the division or by an county veterans service office; Establish and maintain liaison with all county veterans service officers and advise them of such plan and procedures;
Make reasonable requests of such county veterans service officers for their cooperation in the execution of such plan and procedures and in the handling of veterans cases and other matters;
Maintain liaison with the veteran s administration and other appropriate agencies of the federal government;
Provide all county veterans service officers with pertinent information, suggestions, forms, rulings, and other material in such form and in such manner as the division may deem appropriate to assist all county veterans service officers in the performance of their duties;
Distribute to such county veterans service officers any available bulletins, manuals, pamphlets, or other appropriate material, prepared either by the division or elsewhere, for the purposes stated in this section; and
Do such additional things, including the holding of conferences, whenever advisable, with the county veterans service officers either in their counties or in the office of the division or elsewhere and either singly or in groups, as the division may deem advisable to assist such officers in the proper performance of their suits and to keep them properly advised of current developments in the veterans field;
Render personal service to members and former members, or the surviving spouses, administrators, executors, conservators, guardians, or heirs of members or former members, of the Colorado state defense force and the Colorado National Guard in any claim they may have against the state or federal government.
Assist all discharged members of the armed forces of the United States, the surviving spouses, administrators, executors, conservators, guardians, or heirs of any such veterans, or any other persons who may have proper claims by filing and prosecuting such claims on behalf of such persons for insurance, pensions, compensation, hospitalization, vocational training, education, loans, readjustment allowances, or any other benefits which such persons may be or may become entitled to receive under any of the laws of the United States, the state of Colorado, or any other state by reason of such service.
Cooperate with and assist veterans organizations, county veterans service officers, veterans advisory groups, and all other organizations, now in existence or formed on or after July 1, 1973, which provide assistance to those mentioned above.
Perform services in this this state for the veteran s administration on a c ntractual, grant, or other basis, and perform such other duties and render such other services in furtherance of the purposes of this article or any other law in providing reasonable and proper assistance to veterans;
Establish a training and certification program for newly appointed county veterans service officers. Such a program shall be presented to the board for approval prior to implementation or modification.
Prepare, develop, construct, and maintain a state military veterans cemetery pursuant to section 28-5-708 and seek reimbursement from the federal department of veterans affairs for all allowable costs for the project as permitted by federal law; and
Make reasonable efforts to notify members of the armed forces of the United States who are planning their return to civilian life and are located in Colorado, or intended to relocate to Colorado upon discharge, of the requirements in sections 24-34-102(8) and (8.5) and 42-2-403, C.R.S.
WAGES: $31,339.80/per year, depending on experience.
BENEFITS: Qualifies for Saguache County retirement benefit. All available benefits to be discussed further with the employer.
JOB TO START: As soon as a qualified applicant is hired.
DURATION: This is a permanent position.