Program Research Specialist 1/ Program Research Specialist Tr 1/2 (NY HELPS) - 63157

The New York State Office of Mental Health is dedicated to improving health equity and reducing health disparities. They are seeking a Program Research Specialist 1 to conduct Medicaid and Child Health Plus eligibility reviews and ensure compliance with state and federal rules. The role involves data analysis, case research, and supervision of subordinate staff.

Responsibilities

• Identifying appropriate case universes and generating test and/or review samples
• Assisting in testing, updating and/or revising standardized review worksheets and training materials
• Performing reviews/writing up findings and assigning finding codes for all cases, completing quality control reviews on initial and peer worksheets completed by subordinate staff
• Conducting case research and identifying cases at risk for irregularities
• Performing data analysis and accumulating review results
• Drafting and editing summary reports: and
• Providing supervision to professional subordinate staff, coordinating staff assignments, and reviewing, monitoring and evaluating staff performance

Skills

• Current Department of Health (DOH) employee with permanent or contingent-permanent status as a Program Research Specialist 1, G-18
• Current NYS employee with one year or more of permanent or contingent-permanent, competitive service in a title eligible to transfer under Section 52.6 of the Civil Service Law to a Program Research Specialist 1, G-18, Program Research Specialist Trainee 1, NS, or Program Research Specialist Trainee 2, NS
• A bachelor's degree including or supplemented by nine semester credit hours in biostatistics, data analysis, or data modeling, economics, econometrics, mathematics, research methods, or statistics
• A bachelor's degree including or supplemented by nine semester credit hours in biostatistics, data analysis, or data modeling, economics, econometrics, mathematics, research methods, or statistics, and one year of professional research experience performing the collection, manipulation (e.g., data construction, merging data files, data cleaning, working with data files containing different levels of data) and evaluation of quantitative data
• A bachelor's degree including or supplemented by nine semester credit hours in biostatistics, data analysis, data modeling, economics, econometrics, mathematics, research methods, or statistics and two years of professional research experience performing the collection, manipulation (e.g., data construction, merging data files, data cleaning, working with data files containing different levels of data) and evaluation of quantitative data directed toward review, analysis, and presentation related to program operations
• A master's degree or higher including or supplemented by nine semester credit hours in biostatistics, data analysis, data modeling, economics, econometrics, mathematics, research methods, or statistics may substitute for one year of experience
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to pay attention to details
• Good oral and written communication skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access)
• Ability to work well independently and as part of a team and to manage multiple priorities to meet deadlines
• Professional experience in public health insurance programs, including New York's Medicaid, Medicare and/or Child Health Plus
• Supervisory experience

Benefits

• Holiday & Paid Time Off
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)
• Pension from New York State Employees’ Retirement System
• Shift & Geographic pay differentials
• Affordable Health Care options
• Family dental and vision benefits at no additional cost
• NYS Deferred Compensation plan
• Access to NY 529 and NY ABLE College Savings Programs, and U.S. Savings Bonds

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