Senior Program Integrity Specialist

City of New York • Brooklyn, NY

2d • Onsite

About The Position

As one of the Mayor’s critical initiatives to ensure a government-issued photo identification card that also provides access to City services, IDNYC benefits every city resident, including the most vulnerable communities the homeless, youth, the elderly, undocumented immigrants, the formerly incarcerated and others who may have difficulty obtaining other government-issued ID, and used for identification and security purposes. IDNYC is recruiting for three (3) Fraud Investigator II to function as Senior Program Integrity Specialist who will:
- Conduct thorough, more complex and detailed investigations of documents that are submitted by IDNYC applicants at enrollment sites, which have been identified by IDNYC enrollment staff as requiring review.
- Access numerous database resources, such as LexisNexis, USPS Address Verification, NYC Government maps and other databases, as necessary, to conduct research and obtain vital information relevant to the investigation and/or review.
- Verify information of record; invalidate fraudulent documents; may write case notes in cases.
- Resolve suspicions of fraud in selected applications; may be required to work on Photo Duplicate Identification (PDI) cases using proprietary databases.
- Apply provisions of laws, rules and regulations related to the investigation and/or review.
- Attend and participate in one-on-one conference/discussion sessions with supervisor to discuss work plans, course of action, status and final recommendations on all assigned investigative cases.
- Review and stay current on the most up-to-date policies and rules for the IDNYC program as communicated through trainings, written policy updates, and directives from IDNYC leadership.
- Perform other related duties as assigned, consistent with in-title work.
- Selected candidates must be willing to work flexible schedules which includes evenings and weekends.
- Travel within all 5 boroughs of NYC is required.

Requirements

• APPLICANTS MUST BE PERMANENT IN THE FRAUD INVESTIGATOR CIVIL SERVICE TITLE
• A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and three years of satisfactory, full-time experience, acquired within the United States in one or a combination of the following: a . performing investigations involving criminal and/or fraudulent activities; or b. evaluating credit histories; or c. searching for assets; and/or d. researching, compiling and/or locating evidence or information in order to build a case or uncover activities of a criminal, corrupt, unlawful or unethical nature involving public or private funds
• An associate degree or 60 semester credits from an accredited college or university, including or supplemented by 12 semester credits from an accredited college or university in criminal justice, forensic auditing, forensic science, police science, criminology, criminal justice administration and planning, and/or law or a related field and one year of satisfactory, full-time experience as an investigator as described in “1” above
• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university
• Education and/or experience equivalent to “1”, “2” or “3” above. Undergraduate college credit can be substituted for experience on the basis of 10 semester credits from an accredited college or university, for three months of full-time experience. However, all candidates must have at least a four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent.
• Clerical experience in an organization which investigates criminal or fraudulent activities is not acceptable.

Responsibilities

• Conduct thorough, more complex and detailed investigations of documents that are submitted by IDNYC applicants at enrollment sites, which have been identified by IDNYC enrollment staff as requiring review.
• Access numerous database resources, such as LexisNexis, USPS Address Verification, NYC Government maps and other databases, as necessary, to conduct research and obtain vital information relevant to the investigation and/or review.
• Verify information of record; invalidate fraudulent documents; may write case notes in cases.
• Resolve suspicions of fraud in selected applications; may be required to work on Photo Duplicate Identification (PDI) cases using proprietary databases.
• Apply provisions of laws, rules and regulations related to the investigation and/or review.
• Attend and participate in one-on-one conference/discussion sessions with supervisor to discuss work plans, course of action, status and final recommendations on all assigned investigative cases.
• Review and stay current on the most up-to-date policies and rules for the IDNYC program as communicated through trainings, written policy updates, and directives from IDNYC leadership.
• Perform other related duties as assigned, consistent with in-title work.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: High school or GED