ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION SPECIALIST

Eligibility Verification Specialist

Full-time

Agency : HRA / DEPT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

Job Category : Administration & Human Resources

Job Description

Applicants must be permanent in the Principal Administrative Associate Civil Service Title. The Bureau of Case Integrity & Eligibility Verification's mission is to maximize revenue generation for DSS / HRA / DHS and outside Agencies, ensure payments are categorically eligible for their respective funding streams and carry out cost avoidance projects to minimize audit disallowances. The Office of Revenue Management and Development (ORMD) is recruiting one (1) Principal Administrative Associate II to function as an Eligibility Verification Specialist in its Bureau of Case Integrity and Eligibility Verification (BCIEV) / Case Integrity Unit, who will :

• Review and provide documentation for : Cases Domestic Violence Residential participants payments to determine eligibility for claim adjustments, and Domestic Violence Non-Residential cases, ensuring cases are categorically eligible for their respective funding streams.
• Work on projects to determine which cases qualify for a category eligible for state or federal funding, and the effective date of adjustment for federal and state reimbursements by reviewing case record entries and date of change and occurrence.
• Process invalid Social Security Numbers files produced by Family Independence Administration (FIA) to assist in reducing fraud.
• Perform quality assurance for Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) queries, and Welfare Management System (WMS) lookups.

Work Location : 4 World Trade Center

Hours / Schedule : 9 : 00 am to 5 : 00 pm

Principal Administrative Assoc - 10124

Qualifications

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and three years of satisfactory full-time progressively responsible clerical / administrative experience, one year of which must have been in an administrative capacity or supervising staff performing clerical / administrative work of more than moderate difficulty; or 2. An associate degree or 60 semester credits from an accredited college and four years of satisfactory full-time progressively responsible clerical / administrative experience including one year of the administrative supervisory experience described in "1" above; or 3. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State's department of education or a recognized accrediting organization and five years of satisfactory full-time progressively responsible clerical / administrative experience including one year of the administrative supervisory experience as described in "1" above; 4. Education and / or experience equivalent to "1", "2", or "3" above. However, all candidates must possess the one year of administrative or supervisory experience as described in "1" above. Education above the high school level may be substituted for the general clerical / administrative experience (but not for the one year of administrative or supervisory experience described in "1" above) at a rate of 30 semester credits from an accredited college for 6 months of experience up to a maximum of 3 years.

Additional Information

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.