Reasonable Accommodation Specialist - Inclusive Advocate

New York City Police Department; New York (NY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental and vision coverage

Paid annual leave

Paid sick leave

Pension

Deferred compensation

Flexible spending account

Job summary

The New York City Police Department is seeking a Reasonable Accommodation Specialist within the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity. The role focuses on disability, religion, domestic violence status, and pregnancy accommodations, with residency requirements for NYC employees.

Responsibilities include processing accommodation requests, cooperative dialogue, information analysis, case tracking, supervisor training, and maintaining sensitive documentation.

Qualifications

• A master's degree from an accredited college in economics, finance, accounting, business or public administration, human resources management, management science, operations research, organizational behavior, industrial psychology, statistics, personnel administration, labor relations, psychology, sociology, human resources development, political science, urban studies or a Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school; or
• A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college and two years of satisfactory full-time professional experience in budgeting, accounting, economic or financial administration, or related areas.
• An associate degree or completion of 60 semester credits and four years of related experience.
• A four-year high school diploma and six years of related experience.
• A combination of education and/or experience equivalent to the above; college credits may substitute for experience.

Responsibilities

• Process employee reasonable accommodation requests in a timely manner.
• Engage in good faith in cooperative dialogue.
• Interview, collect, analyze, and interpret information to evaluate requests.
• Track and monitor assigned reasonable accommodations requests.
• Educate and train supervisors on reasonable accommodations.
• Act as a liaison between employees, applicants, and supervisors in accommodations resolution.
• Provide guidance to staff on matters related to reasonable accommodations.
• Articulate and disseminate decisions made by the OEEO clearly.
• Record and maintain sensitive documentation, including dispositions and supporting documents.
• Draft and/or review presentations and/or reports.

Skills

Reasonable accommodations

Interviewing

Data analysis

Policy interpretation

Education

Master’s degree in economics/finance/administration or related field

Bachelor’s degree + 2 years relevant experience

Associate degree + 4 years relevant experience

High school diploma + 6 years relevant experience

Education/experience equivalent

Job description

The New York City Police Department is seeking a Reasonable Accommodation Specialist within the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity. The role focuses on disability, religion, domestic violence status, and pregnancy accommodations, with residency requirements for NYC employees.

Responsibilities include processing accommodation requests, cooperative dialogue, information analysis, case tracking, supervisor training, and maintaining sensitive documentation.