About DCAS
DCAS's mission is to make city government work for all New Yorkers. From managing New York City’s most iconic courthouses and municipal buildings, to purchasing over $1 billion annually in goods and services for more than 80 City agencies what we do ensures that all agencies can deliver on their mission. Our reach touches every facet of city government and is instrumental to the successful day-to-day operations of the City of New York.

Our commitment to equity, effectiveness, and sustainability guides our work providing City agencies with the critical resources and support needed to succeed, including:
- Recruiting, hiring, and training City employees.
- Managing 55 public buildings.
- Acquiring, selling, and leasing City property.
- Purchasing over $1 billion in goods and services for City agencies.
- Overseeing the greenest municipal vehicle fleet in the country.
- Leading the City's efforts to reduce carbon emissions from government operations.

When you work at DCAS, you're not just working for one agency, but in service of them all. It's an opportunity to provide impactful support, quality customer service, and help protect the future of New York City for generations to come. Visit our website at nyc.gov/dcas to learn more about the work we do.

Job Description
The Department of Citywide Administrative Services’ (DCAS), Human Capital (HC) Line of Service seeks to appoint a Principal Administrative Associate to work in the HC Bureau of NYCAPS Central (NCC). NCC is a human resources service center that oversees the expansion and maintenance of NYCAPS (New York City Automated Personnel System), a centralized state-of-the-art automated personnel system for human resources professionals, managers, and employees to access and manage personnel and benefits information. NCC oversees the implementation of civil service and human resources related transactions for over 300,000 employees citywide; supports approximately 96,000 NYC employees with all their health benefits needs; and manages Employee Self-Service (ESS), an online tool that provides NYC employees with easy access to human resources, payroll, tax, City job applications and benefits information.

The NYCAPS Central Help Desk call center serves as the first tier of support for agencies, employees and job applicants escalating issues and inquiries pertaining to Employee Self-Service, health benefits enrollment and changes, agency Human Resource actions, and NYC Jobs.

NYCAPS Central is seeking to hire a Help Desk Representative to perform the following duties and responsibilities:
- Assist employees and agency representatives with inquiries pertaining to HR, Health Benefits, NYC Jobs, and ESS via phone and email.
- Enter benefits transactions such as enrolling new hires and their dependents into health insurance plans, updating dependent data, entering manual events as well as entering elections for health benefits events.
- Research and respond to calls and emails from applicants.
- Track all calls and emails via NCC’s Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system.
- Provide exceptional and consistent customer service to agencies and employees.
- Work with the NCC HR unit, Change Management unit, and the Human Resources Information Systems unit to analyze system inquiries/issues.

Only permanent employees in the title and those that are reachable on the civil service list are eligible to apply.

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.

- Excellent customer service experience, especially in a call center environment. - Strong listening and communications skills (verbal and written). - PC literacy, especially with Microsoft Office programs such as Excel, is essential. - Prior Health Benefits Generalist experience handling Health Benefits transactions in a PeopleSoft environment preferred. - Strong analytical skills. - Must be comfortable working in a fast paced and dynamic atmosphere, handling multiple concurrent activities, and work well with a team, meet deadlines, analyze problems and potentially difficult situations.

This position is also open to qualified persons with a disability who are eligible for the 55-a Program. Please indicate at the top of your resume and cover letter that you would like to be considered for the position through the 55-a Program.

As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education’s website at https://studentaid.gov/pslf/.

New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County. To determine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of interview.

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.