What are the responsibilities and job description for the Claim Specialist position at City of New York?
PLEASE NOTE ALL CANDIDATES MUST BE PERMANENT IN THE CLAIM SPECIALIST CIVIL SERVICE TITLE IN ORDER TO 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.
DEPs Bureau of Legal Affairs (BLA) works cooperatively with the New York City Law Department (Law Dept) to ensure that all DEPs legal needs are addressed. Given DEPs extensive infrastructure and operations DEP is involved in a significant amount of litigation and claims filed with the New York City Comptrollers Office. BLAs staff provide critical litigation support to the Law Department attorneys representing the agency and respond to requests for records and information from the New York City Comptrollers Office.
BLA is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Claim Specialist in the Litigation Support Unit. This position with some latitude for independent initiative and judgment encompasses work of varying degrees of difficulty and responsibility. The work is performed under the supervision of higher level staff and / or attorneys as well as other DEP personnel to provide litigation and claim support. The candidate will perform various types of clerical duties including but not limited to the following :
Assist with responses to litigation support requests discovery demands and / or other forms and papers related to legal proceedings and transaction.
Investigate / conduct review of multiple cases for specific issues and maintain spreadsheets of information about the cases.
Collect assemble and review information / records from DEP bureaus to comply with discovery obligations and production including interviewing agency custodians with potential evidence.
Assist in obtaining reviewing updating and maintaining physical and electronic case files.
Perform routine administrative duties when necessary including but not limited to photocopying filing scanning archiving data entry indexing reserving conference rooms and managing calendars.
Some of the physical activities performed and environmental conditions experienced include lifting and carrying boxes and files; organizing relevant agency records; climbing stairs; and traveling throughout the City on all types of public transportation and / or walking in all kinds of weather often carrying files.
CLAIM SPECIALIST 30726
Qualifications :
1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university; or
2. An associate degree or 60 semester credits from an accredited college or university and two years of fulltime satisfactory experience investigating and / or settling claims for personal injury or property damage or loss; or
3. A fouryear high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a States Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization and four years of fulltime satisfactory
experience investigating and / or settling claims for personal injury or property damage or loss; or
4. A satisfactory combination of education and / or experience that is equivalent to 1 2 or 3 above.
College education may be substituted for experience as described in 2 or 3 above on the basis that 30 semester credits from an accredited college or university may be substituted for each year of
required experience. However all candidates must have a fouryear high school diploma or its
educational equivalent.
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.
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