ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION SPECIALIST

Company Description Job Description APPLICANTS MUST BE PERMANENT IN THE PRINCIPAL ADMINISTRATIVE ASSOCIATE CIVIL SERVICE TITLE The Department of Social Services (DSS) is comprised of the administrative units of the New York City Human Resources Administration (HRA) and the Department of Homeless Services (DHS). HRA is dedicated to fighting poverty and income inequality by providing New Yorkers in need with essential benefits such as Food Assistance and Emergency Rental Assistance. DHS is committed to preventing and addressing homelessness in New York City by employing a variety of innovative strategies to help families and individuals successfully exit shelter and return to self- sufficiency as quickly as possible. The Finance Office/The Office of Revenue Management and Development (ORMD) is a major revenue-producing office within HRA; it contributes to creating PEG revenue and generating additional State and Federal Reimbursement and City-tax levy savings for the City. ORMD/The Bureau of Case Integrity & Eligibility Verification's (BCIEV) 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 Finance Office/The Office of Revenue Management and Development (ORMD)/Bureau of Case Integrity and Eligibility Verification (BCIEV), Division of Eligibility Verification is recruiting for two (2) Principal Administrative Associate II to function as an Eligibility Verification Specialists, who will: -Review and analyze Cash Assistance case records and computer data to determine which cases qualify for a category that is eligible for State and Federal funding, identify retroactively obligations that have not been claimed and to determine the effective date of adjustment for Federal and State reimbursements as established by case record entries and date of change and occurrence. -Review and provide documentation for: Safety Net cases with Single Issuance payments to determine eligibility for claim adjustments; and Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) cases, ensuring cases are categorically eligible for their respective funding streams; families participating in the Anti-Eviction program to determine if the family meets the criteria for Emergency Assistance to Needy Families; invalid Social Security Number files produced by Family Independence Administration (FIA) in an effort to assist in reducing fraud; 100% of Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA) recipients to verify non-citizenship status and determine the State portion of the reimbursement; and Duplicate Client Identification Number (CIN) cases to determine which CIN should be disenrolled. -Perform quality assurance for Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) queries, and Welfare Management System (WMS) lookups. -Engage in numerous special projects involving other areas of the agency, and occasional field work. Work Location: 4 World Trade Center Hours/Schedule: 9:00 am to 5:00 pm 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 3½ 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.