Technician IV - Fraud Prevention Specialist

Department Information

This position is only available to current permanent residents of the State of Colorado. Be BOLD and make a real difference. Do you desire a career that provides you with opportunities to improve the world around you? The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) is seeking diverse individuals from all backgrounds to apply for a career position that makes a direct impact on improving the lives of Colorado citizens.

Our mission is to advance Colorado's health and protect the places we live, work, learn, and play. Our vision is to create a healthy and sustainable Colorado where current and future generations thrive.

• Employee wellness programs and facilities
• Extensive internal professional development opportunities on a wide variety of subjects
• Bike to work programs, including access to storage lockers and bike racks
• Distinctive career advancement opportunities throughout the State system
• Strong, yet flexible retirement benefits including a choice of the PERA Defined Benefit Plan or the PERA Defined Contribution Plan, plus optional 401K and 457 plans
• Medical and dental health plans
• Paid life insurance
• Short‑ and long‑term disability coverage
• 11 paid holidays per year plus generous personal time off
• Mentoring program with opportunities for mentors and mentees
• Tuition assistance for college‑level courses including Masters degree programs
• Excellent work‑life programs, such as flexible schedules, and
• A variety of employee resource groups

Some positions may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. For more information, visit Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.

The Work Unit
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This position is housed in the Center for Health and Environmental Data (CHED), which is comprised of six programs including the Office of the State Registrar of Vital Statistics (OSRVS). The Office of the State Registrar of Vital Statistics is responsible for the stewardship and preservation of Colorado vital records.

This position is housed in the Vital Records Records and Data Integrity Unit, which exists to provide records management, fraud prevention, and quality assurance activities. The unit compiles and analyzes data for activity and utilization reports to ensure the integrity of all vital records data via quality assurance and quality control methods. It applies legal requirements regarding confidentiality and manages access and retention of official records and their life cycle.

The unit investigates suspected fraud and potential criminal activity involving birth and death certificates and provides assistance to citizens who have been victimized by fraud or identity theft involving birth or death certificates. The unit also contributes to the program’s business continuity plan, disaster recovery plan, records retention plans, and data destruction plans.

The position assists in the coordination of the Vital Records Office’s fraud prevention, records and quality assurance activities, including analyzing, evaluating, auditing, maintaining, securing, and using program records. The incumbent compiles and analyzes data for activity and utilization reports, applies legal requirements regarding confidentiality, access, and retention of official records, and enforces policies and procedures for state and local vital records offices.

The role is responsible for processing data, including creating, downloading, uploading, and transmitting data files from Vital Records systems to the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and other jurisdictions via secured web‑based systems, and pulling returned coded data files from the secured systems and uploading to Vital Records systems.

The incumbent provides technical and administrative assistance to law‑enforcement agencies in the investigation and prevention of fraud and potential criminal activity involving birth and death certificates. Security paper management includes performing regular audits of security paper usage at State and Local level and investigating discrepancies, voiding and unvoiding security paper as needed, and overseeing security paper logs. Performing fraud prevention…