ProSidian Seeks a EEOICPA Claims Processing and Verification Specialist located in The Hanford Tri-Cities Area (Kennewick | Pasco | Richland) to support an engagement for the US Dept. of Energy (DOE) Hanford in Eastern Washington (Tri-Cities - Kennewick | Pasco | Richland) Area.
The ProSidian Engagement Team Members work to provide General Support Services Contractor (GSSC) assistance to support DOE Hanford [which consists of Richland Operations Office (RL), and Office of River Protection (ORP)] in support of the Govt’s operations, personnel management, and general administration of regional operations at the Hanford Site in Richland, Washington.
EEOICPA OP AB Support Candidates shall work to support requirements as a EEOICPA Claims Processing and Verification Specialist and support to the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program (EEOICPA) Program Mgr. across the U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE), Richland Operations Office (RL), Assistant Mgr. for Mission Support (AMMS), Site Stewardship Division (SSD). EEOICPA Claims Processing and Verification Specialist shall provide staff to effectively support the EEOICPA Program Mgr. in all phases of program implementation, including but not limited to managing all incoming and outgoing EEOICPA claims, preparing verifications of employment, and providing support for data capture requests from the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Dept. of Labor (DOL) and other involved parties.
DELIVERABLES
The EEOICPA Claims Processing and Verification Specialist shall provide support to the DOE-RL EEOICPA Program Mgr. . Such support shall include limited support to the DOE EEOICPA Program Mgr. , as requested, in support of the completion of DOE's requirements to support DOL and NIOSH during on-site data capture visits and in preparation for the data capture visits. The ProSidian Engagement Team may be required to escort visitors to classified meetings, assist in documenting data captures, and providing other various administrative or basic technical support during these data capture visits, as directed by the EEOICPA Program Mgr.
Other direct support by definitive work category shall include:
- Have the ability to review and analyze personnel records for relevant information, as well as skills at preparing summary documents, as requested.
- After receipt of the information from others on site, ,EEOICPA Claims Processing and Verification Specialist shall compile the entire package including the employment verification prepared, evaluate it for completeness and process the claim to the requesting agents.
- Ensure that these duties are performed in a competent, professional manner that meets established milestones and delivery schedules.
- Work products are expected to be thorough, accurate, appropriately documented, and comply with mandated schedules.
- Contacts with claimants or other EEOICPA related staff are expected to be of the highest competence and professionalism, recognizing the personal dynamics and issues of the claimants and other impacted personnel.
CLAIMS PROCESSING
- Provide support on the day-to-day administration, management and tracking of all aspects of the EEOICPA claim process applicable to the Hanford and PNNL facilities and Hanford and PNNL employees.
- Process all requests in a timely manner, as is within their scope of work and control.
- Prepare reports, correspondence, copying, computer input, documentation as requested.
- Communicate effectively with all Federal and contractor staff, as well as with all claimants that are in contact with the office.
- Keep DOE-RL Program Mgr. informed of work progress, new issues, concerns, or other items as appropriate.
- Shipments and electronic downloads/uploads of claim related information shall be in accordance with the DOE-RL EEOICPA Program Mgr. ' s and DOE-HQ direction, policies and procedures
- Provide routine monthly status reports and other reports as requested by the DOE-RL Program Mgr. . .
- Conduct research to respond to inquiries from DOL and NIOSH relating to Hanford past practices or history to support claim development. These requests for research will be sporadic but require some specialized knowledge of Hanford's past contractor history.
- Compile finding aids, as available, that document unusual sources of employment information, including historical lists of Hanford’s contractors. Manage that information collection in a secure and appropriate manner.
VERIFICATION OF EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT
- Provide verification of employment reports on employees for former contractors, based on review and analysis of personnel records available. These verifications should include a narrative of the job title and work location, as well completion of the EE-5 forms required by Dept. of Labor.
TECHNICIAN SUPPORT
- Assist in logging documents/boxes into an established tracking system.
- Move records boxes from one location in a work area to another to ensure the boxes are accurately staged for various work processes.
- The ProSidian Engagement Team employee will scan personnel, medical or claim records from paper and electronic format and merge and consolidate the scanned files e-claim files.
- The .contractor employee will provide typing, scanning, or records management support to EEOICPA claim and other EEOICPA related functions.
- Create documents, lists or indices from various sources.