What are the responsibilities and job description for the Mediator and Intake Specialist - 701357 position at City of New York?
The NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) protects and enhances the daily economic lives of New Yorkers to create thriving communities. DCWP licenses more than 45000 businesses in more than 40 industries and enforces key consumer protection licensing and workplace laws that apply to countless more. By supporting businesses through equitable enforcement and access to resources and by helping to resolve complaints DCWP protects the marketplace from predatory practices and strives to create a culture of compliance. Through its community outreach and the work of its offices of Financial Empowerment and Labor Policy & Standards DCWP empowers consumers and working families by providing the tools and resources they need to educate consumers and to achieve financial health and worklife balance. DCWP also conducts research and advocates for public policy that furthers its work to support New York Citys communities. For more information about DCWP and its work call 311 or visit DCWP at nyc.gov / dcwp or on its social media sites Twitter Facebook Instagram and YouTube.
DCWPs General Counsel Division seeks a Mediator and Intake Specialist to be a member of a collaborative team of employees engaged in mediating consumer complaints by negotiating with consumers and businesses for equitable resolutions on behalf of both parties. The Mediator and Intake Specialists responsibilities will include but are not limited to :
- Communicating and interacting with consumers and businesses on consumerrelated complaints;
- Analyzing documenting researching and resolving consumer complaints in accordance with the laws rules and regulations enforced by DCWP;
- Maintaining Agency database and providing reports as needed;
- Performing data entry and inputting detailed accurate notes in Agencys system(s) as needed;
- Providing timely followup and closure for each consumer complaint;
- Answering calls and directing callers to appropriate channels in a timely manner;
- Delivering accurate complete information to callers;
- Processing mail within assigned timeframes;
- Providing front desk reception coverage and assisting walkin consumers with filing complaints;
- Preparing training materials maintaining knowledge database and training others as needed;
- Provide intake and mediation efforts for hotel and broker fees complaints;
Performing other tasks and assignments as directed.
Qualifications :
Qualification Requirements
A fouryear high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a States department of education or a recognized accrediting organization and one year of satisfactory clerical experience.
Skills Requirement
Keyboard familiarity with the ability to type at a minimum of 100 key strokes (20 words) per minute.
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 : Employment Type :
Fulltime
Key Skills
Sales Experience,Crane,Customer Service,Communication skills,Heavy Equipment Operation,Microsoft Word,Case Management,OSHA,Team Management,Catheterization,Microsoft Outlook Calendar,EHS
Vacancy : 1
