Teachers' Retirement Examiner ; NYHELPS

Position: Teachers' Retirement Examiner 1 (NYHELPS)
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Review Vacancy

Date Posted 02/13/26

Applications Due
03/01/26

Vacancy ID209537

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NY HELPYes

Agency Teachers' Retirement System

Title Teachers' Retirement Examiner 1 (NYHELPS)

Occupational Category Clerical, Secretarial, Office Aide

Salary Grade
12

Bargaining UnitCSEA Local 658 (NYS Teachers' Retirement System)

Salary Range From $54655 to $71314 Annually

Employment Type

Full-Time

Appointment Type Contingent Permanent

Jurisdictional Class Non-competitive Class

Travel Percentage 0%

Workweek Mon-Fri

Hours Per Week 37.5

Workday

From 8 AM

To 4:30 PM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? No

Compressed workweek allowed? No

Telecommuting allowed? Yes

County Albany

Street Address 10 Corporate Woods Drive

City Albany

StateNY

Zip Code
12211

Duties Description The Teachers' Retirement Examiner 1 position is responsible for working with active members, retirees, employers and other retirement systems to process various services, issues and maintain loans; work with System employers on the reporting of service and salary information, as well as process retirement data. Additionally, they are responsible for communication with members and retirees and for the accuracy of the data used to calculate benefits in accordance with Education Law and the System's rules and regulations.

The Member Relations Division is seeking to fill a total of 13 vacancies. These positions will be in the following areas:

Death and Disability Unit - 1 Position

Service Retirement Unit - 2 Positions

Retired Death Benefits - 1 Position

Estimates, Refunds and Retiree Services - 1 Position

Resource Unit - 2 Positions

Document & Office Services Support Unit - 1 Position

Employer Reporting/Terminating Employees Unit - 2 Positions

Transfers/Reinstatements Unit - 2 Positions

Quality Assurance - 1 Position

Under the direction of a Teachers' Retirement Examiner 2 (SG-15), the Teachers' Retirement Examiner 1 may be responsible for any of the following duties, depending on the unit they are assigned to:

* Strong understanding of the Education laws that dictate our process, as well as the Rules and Regulations

* Provide positive customer service

* Adhere to policy and all legal requirements for benefit processing

* Review of membership applications, enrollment into our system and determining membership eligibility

* A significant amount of customer contact is required, both via phone and written communication with members, employers, other retirement systems and internal staff

* Evaluate monthly employer reports

* Processing loan applications and payments from members and employers

* Perform calculations of service and salary

* Review of employers Collective Bargaining agreements for reportability

* Adjustments to members service/salary/contributions

* Maintaining proper documentation in member and employer files

* Evaluate members' service and salary at the time of retirement for accuracy

* Process service request for prior and military service including evaluating historic payroll records

* Process both transfer in and transfer out requests including corresponding with other retirement systems

* Determine eligibility for service retirement benefits, disability benefits and/or post-retirement death benefits

* Perform benefits calculations and research activity required to determine proper service credit

* Processing manual calculations for special types of retirement files

* Processing of domestic relations orders in conjunction with retirement processing

* Contact beneficiaries for over payment of benefits upon death

* Acquire and document appropriate detail for all transactions

* Review imaged records of members and employers

* Accurate payment of death benefits for both active members as well as retired members

* Attending training

* Supervision of Office Assistants 1 & 2 in reviewing their calculations and assist them on procedure

* May be deployed to other units within the Member Relations division, based on business need

* May perform other duties as described in the Civil Service classification standards for this title

Minimum Qualifications EITHER
1) Reachable on the Civil Service eligible list; OR
2) Eligible for reassignment by virtue of having permanent competitive service as a Teachers' Retirement Examiner 1 (SG-12); OR
3) Eligible for transfer under the provisions of the Civil Service Law by virtue of having one year of permanent competitive service in an appropriate title.

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