What are the responsibilities and job description for the ASSISTANT RETIREMENT BENEFITS EXAMINER position at NYC Department of Social Services?
The New York City Employees’ Retirement System is seeking three Assistant Retirement Benefits Examiners in the Membership and Service division in the Active Accounts Review and Service Processing units.
These candidates will be required to:
ASSISTANT RETIREMENT BENEFITS - 40491
Preferred Skills
This position is also open to qualified persons with a disability who are eligible for the 55-a Program. Please indicate at the top of your resume and cover letter that you would like to be considered for the position through the 55-a Program.
Public Service Loan Forgiveness
As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education’s website at https://studentaid.gov/pslf/.
Residency Requirement
New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County. To determine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of interview.
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.
These candidates will be required to:
- Determine eligibility for Membership, Tier Reinstatement, Transfers, calculate years of service, account balances, required contributions, determine rate cancellation effective dates, Pre-member cost and compensation base.
- Review applications, forms and/or any related materials for completeness and accuracy. Enter, obtain, and/or update beneficiaries or pensioner data and information into the appropriate PROD system.
- Communicate and obtains information from/to members, other City and State agencies, NYCERS' Business units, and/or other Retirement systems.
- Perform a variety of administrative tasks such as drafting NYCEwork letters, payroll certifications, and payroll verifications, payment confirmations, preparing documents for scanning, archiving and attaching documents to cases.
- Review and maintain work items including taking ownership, updating work status, updating case notes, transferring work items, pending and close items in the worker and checker queues of the NYCEwork system.
ASSISTANT RETIREMENT BENEFITS - 40491
- An associate degree or completion of 60 credits from an accredited college, including or supplemented by 9 credits in mathematics, statistics, accounting, and/or actuarial science; or
- A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and two years of satisfactory full-time experience performing mathematical, statistical, actuarial or accounting computations in one or more of the following: a) a retirement or employee benefits plan; b) customer service in a financial
- A satisfactory combination of education and/or experience equivalent to “1" or “2" above. College education may be substituted for experience in “2" above on the basis that 30 semester credits from an accredited college may be substituted for each year of required experience. However, all candidates must posses a four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and either 9 semester credits
Preferred Skills
- Must be able to work well in a high volume, fast paced environment and time sensitive unit. - Must have strong analytical skills, ability to multi-task and prioritize assignments. - Written and oral communication skills should be clear and on a professional level. - Knowledge of MS Word, Excel and Access.
This position is also open to qualified persons with a disability who are eligible for the 55-a Program. Please indicate at the top of your resume and cover letter that you would like to be considered for the position through the 55-a Program.
Public Service Loan Forgiveness
As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education’s website at https://studentaid.gov/pslf/.
Residency Requirement
New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County. To determine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of interview.
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.
