Clearance Administrator, Bureau of Childcare

The Bureau of Child Care ensures that child care services in New York City operate in compliance with the New York City Health Code and New York State Social Service regulations and are licensed or permitted as required by law. The Bureau routinely monitors child care programs to protect the health and safety of children while in the child care environment and actively works to improve and expand access to high quality programs which support early childhood development and learning. The Bureau seeks to hire an Investigator to serve as Clearance Administrator for the Central Clearance Unit who will conduct comprehensive background checks for child care staff.

What You Will Do

Review background clearance applications for completeness and accuracy, and process all required checks within designated timeframe. Manage a caseload of background clearance requests for licensed and prospective child care providers. Examine, analyze and verify records, documents and other information. Draft determination letters and conduct related outreach to providers and staff of child care programs regarding clearances.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate will have excellent oral, written and interpersonal communication skills, highly organized, strong attention to detail, and solution oriented. Experience with data entry and querying large datasets is a plus.

Requirements

• A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and two years of satisfactory, full-time experience as an investigator evaluating credit worthiness, searching for assets, verifying information concerning education, experience, and other personal qualifications bearing upon character and fitness for employment; or performing investigations involving the research, compilation and/or location of evidence or information in order to build a case or uncover activities of a criminal, corrupt, unlawful or unethical nature; or
• An associate degree or 60 semester credits from an accredited college; or
• Education and/or experience equivalent to '1' or '2' above. Undergraduate college credit can be substituted for experience on the basis of 30 semester credits, from an accredited college, for one year of full-time experience.

Benefits

• premium-free health insurance plan
• additional health, fitness, and financial benefits
• public sector defined benefit pension plan
• tax-deferred savings program
• Worksite Wellness Program
• Work From Home Policy
• Job Security