Job Description APPLICANTS MUST BE PERMANENT IN THE PRINCIPAL ADMINISTRATIVE ASSOCIATE CIVIL SERVICE TITLE. The Office of Quality Assurance & Fiscal Integrity (OQA & FI) ensures the integrity, efficiency and regulatory compliance of Agency operations, advising programs of potential risks and vulnerabilities. They also ensure FIA programs such as Food Stamps, Cash Assistance and Medicaid operate with a high level of accuracy and integrity, monitoring these programs to find potential threats to integrity, ensuring compliance and adherence to best practices and relevant policies, while staying abreast of legal and federal, state and city regulatory requirements. OQA & FI is recruiting for one (1) Principal Administrative Associate III to function as a Quality Control Case Review Supervisor who will: - Supervise and provide guidance to Quality Control (QC) Case Reviewers assigned to conduct reviews for either the Enhanced Quality Assurance System (EQAS) or the State Case Review units. Provide guidance and clarification to QC Case Reviewers on Federal/State rules and regulations to ensure adherence to the SNAP Source Book - Ensure that Case Reviewers assigned to the State Case Review unit evaluate and review all cases found in error status by the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (NYSOTDA). Review the corrective action memorandums and supporting documentation on State OTDA error findings to assess the accuracy, validity and integrity of the material. - Monitor the preparation and submission of detailed correspondence and documentation to be sent to New York State Quality Control regarding disagreements to their error findings to ensure the accuracy of audit results reponed to CA and NCA centers. - Be responsible for the supervision of Non-Cash Assistance (NCA) EQAS SNAP reviews to obtain information on the current financial status and eligibility factors in each case. Ensure that QC reviews replicate Federal/State QC methodology and comply with the directives and protocols outlined in the Federal Nutrition Service (FNS) Handbook. - Research and interpret Federal/State regulations and policies to determine whether City's Procedures have been properly applied and are in compliance with the State. - Train QC Case Reviewer on these rules and procedures on an on-going basis to keep current with departmental procedures and Federal, State and City revisions. Ensure subordinate staff attend appropriate training sessions conducted by other State and City offices to improve unit performance. - Assign and review work of subordinates; when appropriate return for needed correction, additions, and/or further clarification. Maintain internal controls and supervisor case notes for tracking that appropriate follow-up work is completed accurately and within mandated deadlines. - Be responsible for the review of finalized cases to ensure that QC workbooks are completely documented, SNAP budget computations are accurate, third-party collateral clearances and system matches are processed and documented as required following FNS guidelines. Ensure that the eligibility and payment accuracy decisions on cases under review are correct, complete and recommended corrective actions are in accordance with mandated procedures. - Supervise the preparation of detailed analysis of error causation, timing and fiscal impact of specific errors on case-by-case basis summarizing error findings to be used in planning corrective actions initiatives. - Supervise the preparation of detailed narrative summaries on all SNAP payment error findings, detailing the causation, timing, error element, error amount and fiscal impact of specific errors needed for analysis, error tracking and development of corrective action initiatives. Qualifications 1. 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 2. 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 3. 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; 4. 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. 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.