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State of West Virginia · 6 days ago

Employment Programs Specialist, Senior

Charleston, WV

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

State of West Virginia is seeking an Employment Programs Specialist, Senior for their Unemployment Compensation Benefits & Technical Support unit. The role involves completing federal reporting, ensuring workflow efficiency, and coordinating with various departments to manage technical programming requirements and billing processes.

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Responsibilities

Responsible for timely and accurately completing a wide variety of federal reporting on a monthly, quarterly, and yearly basis

Responsible for the reporting functions for internal reports, completing them timely and accurately, and distributing to appropriate staff as necessary

Assists with ensuring workflow within the unit is handled in a manner that allows staff to process federal and internal reports in an efficient, accurate, and timely manner

Reviews and monitors daily reports and work items to ensure that policies and procedures are adhered to and that timeliness goals are met within the unit

Responsible for billing other states for the use of their wages in West Virginia claims and for authorizing reimbursement to other states who have used West Virginia wages in their claims under the Combined Wage Claims program

This includes ensuring payments owed were reimbursed as required

Coordinates Budget & Statistics work with other areas within the agency, State and Federal representatives, programming staff, accounting staff, etc., thus ensuring projects and work are completed correctly and within designated timeframes

Develops complex technical programming requirements between the UI program and various entities to relate statistical data that is mandated by the Department of Labor

Must be able to multi-task to ensure that work is completed both accurately and in a timely manner

Due to various job functions within this unit having time sensitive work items, this position will also have to serve as a back-up for various employees within the unit and other units under the Benefit & Technical Support section

Must be proficient in several Microsoft Office/Google programs including, but not limited to: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Sheets, Google Docs, etc

Could potentially work on a variety of special projects, such as automation projects, State Quality Service Plan, modernization, training, Department of Labor revisions, etc., and any other duties as assigned

Performs other related duties as assigned