Workers Compensation and Extended Leave Specialist
Workers Compensation and Extended Leave Specialist
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***PLEASE NOTE THAT ONLY EMPLOYEES PERMANENT IN THE PRINCIPAL ADMINISTRATIVE ASSOCIATE TITLE OR ON A CURRENT LIST WILL BE CONSIDERED**
The NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) enriches the environment and protects public health for all New Yorkers by providing 1.1 billion gallons of highquality drinking water managing wastewater and stormwater and reducing air noise and hazardous materials pollution. DEP is the largest combined municipal water and wastewater utility in the country with nearly 6000 employees. DEPs water supply system is comprised of 19 reservoirs and 3 controlled lakes throughout the systems 2000 square mile watershed that extends 125 miles north and west of the City.
The Bureau of Organizational Development & Human Resources (OD&HR) is the Agencys internal consultant/partner on organizational culture change and human resources matters for a workforce of approximately 6000 employees. OD&HRs Employee Benefits and Extended Leaves Unit (EBU) is responsible for providing the Agency with support in the areas of Employee benefits Pension enrollment Retirement counseling WTC 9/11 Health Initiative & Registry Flexible Spending Programs Deferred Compensation Union benefits Management Benefits Fund and all other aspects of noncentralized related health benefits.
The EBU is seeking a dynamic and motivated individual to serve as a Workers Compensation and Extended Leave Specialist. The selected candidate will be responsible for the following:
Oversee manage and process workers compensation leave of absence cases while ensuring adherence to state and local rules and regulations and agency protocols standards policies and procedures.
Process Workers Compensation claims in the Workers Compensation System (WCS) and in CityTime as well as personnel transactions in the New York City Automated Personnel System (NYCAPS) in a prompt and timely manner.
Generate and distribute biweekly/monthly reports by consolidating data from multiple data sources using Microsoft Excel and by utilizing reporting tools found in other agency systems for operational and decisionmaking purposes as well as with third party agencies.
Administer and monitor workers compensation sick leave grants and pay programs that are authorized to maintain eligible employees in pay status while ensuring compliance with grant criteria.
Process restorations of time as authorized by the New York City Law Department.
Partner with the NYC Office of Payroll Administration the agencys Office of Labor Relations Employee Discipline Unit Timekeeping and Payroll units when necessary regarding workers compensation leave of absence case.
Prepare and process all managerial lump sum payments for separating managers.
Audit years of time usage for any inaccuracies and make corrections as required.
Compile supporting documentation such as MD notes and assemble prior nonmanagerial salary history.
Qualifications :
1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and three years of satisfactory fulltime 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 fulltime progressively responsible clerical/administrative experience including one year of the administrative supervisory experience described in 1 above; or
3. A fouryear high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a States department of education or a recognized accrediting organization and five years of satisfactory fulltime 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 individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
