Job Description

*PLEASE NOTE THAT ONLY EMPLOYEES PERMANENT IN THE STAFF ANALYST 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 high-quality 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 6,000 employees. DEP's water supply system is comprised of 19 reservoirs and 3 controlled lakes throughout the system’s 2,000 square mile watershed that extends 125 miles north and west of the City.

The Bureau of Organizational Development & Human Resources (OD&HR) is the Agency’s internal consultant/partner on organizational culture change and human resources matters for a workforce of approximately 6,000 employees. OD&HR’s 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 non-centralized 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 bi-weekly/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 decision-making 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.

Analyze and process restorations of time, as authorized by the New York City Law Department.

Partner with the NYC Office of Payroll Administration, the agency’s Office of Labor Relations, Employee Discipline Unit, Timekeeping and Payroll units, when necessary, to research and analyze workers’ compensation leave of absence cases.

Review and audit time and leave records to prepare and process managerial lump sum payments for separating managers.

Compile all supporting documentation such as MD notes and assemble prior non-managerial salary history.

Submit complete MLS package to the NYC Comptrollers' Office for review and audit of potential monetary payout to separated employees. Liaise with NYC Comptrollers’ Office to reconcile discrepancies.

Liaise with external agencies in order to process DP-2001's for incoming and outgoing transfer personnel folders.

Ensure that all forms received from HR Operations are reviewed and logged in WARM database.

Complete and enter Manual Leave Adjustment forms (PMSF14) into Citytime and/or PMS and ensure that the MLA is placed in the MLA binder and original is sent to WARM to be placed in the personnel folder.

Qualifications

1. A master’s degree from an accredited college or university, accredited by regional, national, professional or specialized agencies recognized as accrediting bodies by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) in economics, finance, accounting, business or public administration, human resources management, management science, operations research, organizational behavior, industrial psychology, statistics, personnel administration, labor relations, psychology, sociology, human resources development, political science, urban studies or a closely related field; or

2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university, accredited by regional, national, professional or specialized agencies recognized as accrediting bodies by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) and two years of satisfactory full-time professional experience working in one or a combination of the following areas: working with the budget of a large public or private concern in budget administration, accounting, economic or financial administration, or fiscal or economic research; or in management or methods analysis, operations research, organizational research or program evaluation; or in personnel or public administration, recruitment, position classification, personnel relations, labor relations, employee benefits, staff development, employment program planning/administration, labor market research, economic planning, social services program planning/evaluation or fiscal management; or in a related area.

Special Note:

To be eligible for placement in Assignment Level II, individuals must have, after meeting the minimum requirements, one additional year of professional experience as described in "2" above.

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.