The Office of Chief Medical Examiner investigates cases of persons who die within New York City from criminal violence, by accident, by suicide, suddenly when in apparent health, when unattended by a physician, in a correctional facility or in any suspicious or unusual manner or where an application is made pursuant to law for a permit to cremate a body of a person.

We exist to provide answers in support of families, victims, and community during times of profound need.

The core values of the OCME are to put the mission of the agency first, to be truly dedicated and to have integrity in every aspect of our professional life. Under the direction of the Executive Director of Human Resources, the selected candidate will provide time and leave support to the Human Resources Unit at the Office of Chief Medical Examiner. The core functions of the Human Resources Unit include: recruitment, onboarding/offboarding, employee discipline, labor relations, performance management, payroll, timekeeping, leaves and professional development.

Typical tasks that will be performed by the selected candidate include, but are not limited to the following:

- Process 0150s/0180s to ensure timely payment
- Analyze the Pending Pay Details Awaiting Approval (161) report. Approve pay details to release funds to employees.
- Process employment verifications, change of address, name changes, direct deposit forms, and all other updates
- Answer questions concerning direct deposit accounts, college savings plan and commuter benefits for all employees
- Perform periodic payroll audits, to ensure employees are compensated appropriately
- Performing CityTime entries including approver and schedule changes, OT approvals, and manual entries
- Researching, resolving and responding to employee payroll, time, and leave questions.
- Ensure that employees timesheets are submitted, and failures are corrected to allow for proper payment
- Processing documented sick leave, blood donations, FMLA requests, jury duty actions and absence control reports.
- Process MLAs appropriately
- Processing manual leave adjustments.
- Approving and adjusting weekly timesheets for employees.
- Ensure that employees timesheets are submitted, and failures are corrected to allow for proper payment
- Assisting in the monitoring of the overtime cap for employees covered by the Citywide Agreement
- Generate confidential reports through the CHRMS, PMS, NYCAPS, CityTime, and other HR-related systems.
- Maintaining employee personnel folders and confidential information
- Liaise with DOHMH and other agency partners, managers, supervisors.
- Other duties and projects as assigned

Qualification Requirements
A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State's department of education or a recognized accrediting organization and one year of satisfactory clerical experience.
Skills Requirement
Keyboard familiarity with the ability to type at a minimum of 100 key strokes (20 words) per minute.

1. Knowledge of Citywide pay and leave regulations. 2. Timekeeping experience

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.