CAU Case Navigator, Bureau of Vital Statistics

City of New York • New York City, NY

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About The Position

Open to permanent DOHMH employees in the title of Principal Admistrative Associate. The Bureau of Vital Statistics is responsible for registering and certifying all birth, deaths, spontaneous and induced terminations of pregnancy in NYC. The bureau issues, analyzes and reports on 285,000 vital events each year. The bureau is a very large customer service operation, providing death certification services on a 24/7 basis, issuing more than 900,000 certified copies of birth and death records, and fulfilling hundreds of data requests annually. This position will be within the Health Department's innovative Center for Population Health Data Science (CPHDS). The CPHDS is working to strengthen citywide population health surveillance by better linking public health, healthcare, and social service data to fully characterize and improve the health of New Yorkers. Our vision is for these data to be accessible, timely, equitable, meaningfully usable, and protected and being actively to protect and promote health and wellbeing of New Yorkers. Housed in the Center for Population Health Data Science, the Bureau of Vital Statistics (BVS) at the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene registers, amends, processes, and analyzes all vital events (births, deaths, and spontaneous and induced terminations of pregnancy) in New York City while also issuing certified copies of certificates to the public. There are approximately 120,000 births and 52,000 deaths and about 1 million certified copies of birth and death certificates issued each year. Vital event data are used by most health department programs (including infectious and chronic diseases, community health, environmental/occupational health, and health care access) and reported to national agencies

Requirements

• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and three years of satisfactory full-time 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
• An associate degree or 60 semester credits from an accredited college and four years of satisfactory full-time progressively responsible clerical/administrative experience including one year of the administrative supervisory experience described in "1" above; or
• A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State's department of education or a recognized accrediting organization and five years of satisfactory full-time progressively responsible clerical/administrative experience including one year of the administrative supervisory experience as described in "1" above;
• 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 3½ years.

Nice To Haves

• Must be comfortable working in a dynamic atmosphere handling multiple concurrent activities displaying excellent attention to details.
• Work well with a team to meet deadlines and analyze problems and potentially difficult scenarios.
• Knowledge of detailed record keeping systems.
• Excellent oral, written, administrative and customer service skills.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office Programs such as Word, Excel and Access.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality customer support in adherence to agency customer service principles of respect, trust, empathy, and accountability. Ensure that staff provide high quality customer support in adherence to these principles.
• Work with CAU director and leadership to identify areas for streamlining processes to improve customer experience and identify areas for improvement. Characterize the current work process and propose changes for improving the process, using data to support changes.
• Examine and approve all CAU amendment types, as assigned. This includes Acknowledgements of Parentage, Transgender amendments, court order amendments, delayed registration amendments, adoptions, and filiations.
• Function as case navigator and provide clear, detailed next step instructions and assistance to customers with their amendment requests. This includes providing written guidance to customers in clear and courteous plain language.
• Approve completed customer applications as a designated Deputy City Registrar.
• Review financial reconciliation accounts from intake staff and approve or follow up with staff as needed. Ensure that all financial reconciliation accounts are submitted daily.
• Access secure area where security paper is stored, assign paper to staff who are printing certificates; reconcile security paper usage and ensure that all unused paper is returned to secure area and that all security protocol is followed.
• Test IT system fixes and updates/enhancements. Report outcome of testing to IT and BVS leadership.
• Create tickets and report any IT issues that impact productivity and day to day operations. This includes issues with the eVital database system, Documentum, Qmatic, customer kiosks, MS Office applications, printers, and scanners.
• Use staff trainings, professional judgement and decision making to resolve issues with customer applications, in accordance with Health Code and BVS policies and procedures.
• Provide customer support in customer lobby as assigned, including at a customer window or podium.
• Critically assess customer documents, identify any issues, and follow up with customer for resolution.
• Present complicated cases to peers at monthly case review meetings with the goal of identifying best practices and ensuring ongoing professional development. This includes drafting a summary of the situation, what has been done to resolve the issue and possible next steps.
• Support maintaining, or rapidly standing up, response activities across all types of possible incidents, including storms, pandemics, and other emergencies. This position fulfills a key Continuity of Operations role and is critical to the Health Department's fulfillment of its mission.

Benefits

• Benefits: City employees are entitled to unmatched benefits such as:
• a premium-free health insurance plan that saves employees over $10K annually, per a 2024 assessment.
• additional health, fitness, and financial benefits may be available based on the position’s associated union/benefit fund.
• a public sector defined benefit pension plan with steady monthly payments in retirement.
• a tax-deferred savings program and
• a robust Worksite Wellness Program that offers resources and opportunities to keep you healthy while serving New Yorkers.
• Work From Home Policy: Depending on your position, you may be able to work up to two days during the week from home.
• Job Security - you could enjoy more job security compared to private sector employment and be able to contribute to making NYC a healthy place to live and work.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees