Benefits & Leave of Absence Coordinator

We need to output HTML fragment with sections for headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections with real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate. Preserve all substantive info. We have content: description about DOC (intro). That could be "About the role" maybe? Actually "About the role" could be the introductory paragraph describing the department and role. The posting includes: "The New York City Department of Correction (DOC) is an integral part..." That's about the agency. Then "Responsibilities" heading present. Then "Minimum Qualifications". Then "Preferred Skills". Then "Public Service Loan Forgiveness" (maybe benefits?). Then "Residency Requirement". Then "Additional Information" (EEO). Then salary range: "$62,868.00 – $72,298.00". Also maybe "Benefits" not explicitly listed except loan forgiveness and maybe residency? Not explicit benefits like health, retirement etc. The posting mentions benefits administration duties but not benefits offered. So we should not create Benefits section unless posting actually states them. It does mention "Public Service Loan Forgiveness" as a prospective employee benefit. That's a benefit. Also maybe "Residency Requirement" is not a benefit. So we could include a Benefits section with that info. Also Pay section with salary range. Schedule not mentioned, so omit. We need sections: About the role (intro), Responsibilities, Requirements (maybe Minimum Qualifications), Qualifications (maybe Preferred Skills?), Skills (maybe Preferred Skills?), Benefits (loan forgiveness), Pay (salary). We must not create thin sections; combine where appropriate. We have Minimum Qualifications (education/experience). That's Requirements. Preferred Skills could go under Skills. Could also combine Requirements and Qualifications? The instruction: use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can have separate Requirements and Qualifications if content distinct. Minimum Qualifications is about education/experience; Preferred Skills is about skills. So we can put Minimum Qualifications under Requirements, and Preferred Skills under Skills. Benefits: we have Public Service Loan Forgiveness info. Also maybe mention "As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs." That's benefit. Could also mention residency? Not benefit. So Benefits section with that paragraph. Pay: salary range. Now we need to preserve all substantive info, not invent or summarize away detail. Must not omit details like specific duties, agencies collaborated with, etc. We need to format using

for headings,

• for lists,

  for prose. We must not include markdown fences. Let's extract substantive content: Intro paragraph(s): "The New York City Department of Correction (DOC) is an integral part of the City’s evolving criminal justice system, participating in reform initiatives and strategies aimed at moving the City towards a smaller jail system without compromising public safety. The DOC is responsible for maintaining a safe and secure environment for our employees, visitors, volunteers and people in our custody. Importantly, safe jails enable DOC to provide people in custody with the tools and opportunities they need to successfully re-enter their communities. The DOC operates facilities and court commands across the five boroughs with more than 7,500 diverse professionals and knowledgeable experts." Then after that: "The New York City Department of Correction has an opening in its Employee Services Unit for an experienced Benefits and Leave of Absence Coordinator. Reporting to the Unit Supervisors and Deputy Director, the selected candidate will have the autonomy to exercise independent judgment and initiative." That could be part of About the role. Then Responsibilities list: bullet points (the list after "The key responsibilities of this position include:"). We need to capture each responsibility as list items. Let's list them: - Assessing, reviewing, and completing work related to employee benefits administration. This includes, but is not limited to, service and disability retirements, health benefits, the deferred compensation plan, management benefits fund, union benefits, pension enrollments, and Social Security administration. - Assessing, reviewing, and completing work related to employees’ leaves of absence. This includes handling requests for the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Paid Parental Leave (PPL), Paid Family Leave (PFL), Medical Leave, Personal Leave of Absence, Workers' Compensation leave, and conducting leave and time balance audits. - Overseeing and conducting retirement consultations for employees who submit retirement requests. - Preparing written correspondence regarding employee benefits and leaves of absence, researching information related to retirement and leaves, and providing technical assistance to resolve issues for employees. - Coordinating the employee benefits "roadshow" training for agency staff, providing technical oversight into program planning and development. This includes preparing training outlines, brochures, and materials, as well as conducting presentations on employee benefits and leaves of absence. - The coordinator will also oversee the unit's presentation on employee benefits during New Hire Orientation. - Maintains communication with relevant agencies regarding employee benefits, including the NYC Office of Labor Relations, NYC Employees' Retirement System, NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services, NYCAPS, and the Social Security Administration, to facilitate the determination of benefit programs for agency staff. - Collaborates with all Facility Personnel Supervisors, Captains, Wardens, and Deputy Wardens, as well as multiple agency divisions and units such as Payroll, Timekeeping, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), Trials and Litigation, Health Management Division, Investigation Division, and the Applicant Investigation Unit. This collaboration secures the necessary information and documentation and provides status updates related to employees' long-term leaves of absence and benefits requests. - Oversees, compiles, and develops statistical reports on long-term leaves of absence and retirement to identify trends and forecast outcomes. - Analyzes reports regarding employees who are either "missing in action" or "absent without leave" to provide production indicators to HR management. We need to keep all that. Then Minimum Qualifications: "A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and two years of experience in community work or community centered activities in an area related to the duties described above; or High school graduation or equivalent and six years of experience in community work or community centered activities in an area related to the duties as described above; or Education and/or experience which is equivalent to "1" or "2" above. However, all candidates must have at least one year of experience as described in "1" above." We need to preserve that exactly. Preferred Skills: list: "Ability to maintain high level of confidentiality - Verbal communication skills, strong multi-tasking, prioritization and organization skills - Attention to detail, critical thinking, analytical and problem-solving skills - Knowledge of state and federal FMLA regulations". It's a bit weird formatting with hyphens. We'll treat as list items. Benefits: "Public Service Loan Forgiveness 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/." Also maybe mention "Residency Requirement" but that's not benefit; but could be included under something else? Not required heading. We could omit as not requested heading. But we must preserve all substantive info; we could include it under a paragraph maybe under "Additional Information"? But we are not to create headings unless real specific content. We could add a paragraph under "About the role" or maybe a separate section like "Additional Information". However the instruction says prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. We could incorporate residency requirement into a paragraph under "About the role" or maybe under a generic "Additional Information" but that's not a listed heading. The allowed headings list includes only those; we should not create other headings. So we need to fit residency requirement somewhere else, maybe under "About the role" as extra sentence. Or we could drop it? But we must preserve ALL substantive information. So we need to include it somewhere. We could add a

  after the Benefits section maybe without a heading? But the instruction says output ONLY the HTML fragment; we can have multiple

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  etc. Headings only for sections. So we can have a

  for residency requirement without a heading, but that might be considered stray content. It's okay as long as we don't create a heading. The instruction: "Use

  for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). Use

  • for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and

    for prose. Do NOT repeat the job title as a heading (the page already shows it) and do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short

    or drop it." So we can have

    for prose anywhere, not necessarily under a heading. So we can include residency requirement as a

    after Benefits or wherever. Similarly, "Additional Information" about EEO etc is boilerplate; we should remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate. So we should drop the EEO statement. Also "Public Service Loan Forgiveness" is not boilerplate; it's a benefit. Keep. Also "Residency Requirement" is not boilerplate; keep. Also salary range: "$62,868.00 – $72,298.00". Keep as Pay. Now we need to ensure we don't include any duplicated lines. Let's craft HTML:

    About the role

    The New York City Department of Correction (DOC) is an integral part of the City’s evolving criminal justice system, participating in reform initiatives and strategies aimed at moving the City towards a smaller jail system without compromising public safety. The DOC is responsible for maintaining a safe and secure environment for our employees, visitors, volunteers and people in our custody. Importantly, safe jails enable DOC to provide people in custody with the tools and opportunities they need to successfully re-enter their communities. The DOC operates facilities and court commands across the five boroughs with more than 7,500 diverse professionals and knowledgeable experts. The New York City Department of Correction has an opening in its Employee Services Unit for an experienced Benefits and Leave of Absence Coordinator. Reporting to the Unit Supervisors and Deputy Director, the selected candidate will have the autonomy to exercise independent judgment and initiative.

    Responsibilities

    • Assessing, reviewing, and completing work related to employee benefits administration. This includes, but is not limited to, service and disability retirements, health benefits, the deferred compensation plan, management benefits fund, union benefits, pension enrollments, and Social Security administration.
    • Assessing, reviewing, and completing work related to employees’ leaves of absence. This includes handling requests for the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Paid Parental Leave (PPL), Paid Family Leave (PFL), Medical Leave, Personal Leave of Absence, Workers' Compensation leave, and conducting leave and time balance audits.
    • Overseeing and conducting retirement consultations for employees who submit retirement requests.
    • Preparing written correspondence regarding employee benefits and leaves of absence, researching information related to retirement and leaves, and providing technical assistance to resolve issues for employees.
    • Coordinating the employee benefits "roadshow" training for agency staff, providing technical oversight into program planning and development. This includes preparing training outlines, brochures, and materials, as well as conducting presentations on employee benefits and leaves of absence.
    • The coordinator will also oversee the unit's presentation on employee benefits during New Hire Orientation.
    • Maintains communication with relevant agencies regarding employee benefits, including the NYC Office of Labor Relations, NYC Employees' Retirement System, NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services, NYCAPS, and the Social Security Administration, to facilitate the determination of benefit programs