Quality Assurance Specialist Title IV E

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Public Consulting Group (PCG) is currently seeking Title IV-E Quality Assurance Specialists.Positions are available at various locations throughout the state of Pennsylvania.

 

These individuals are responsible for:

* Conducting quality assurance reviews throughout the state on the Title IV-E Foster Care and Adoption Assistance program
* Reviewing case files on-site visits to ensure that Title IV-E eligibility was properly determined by the area office and reviewing Title IV-E claiming materials to ensure that federal and state rules were followed
* Reviewing financial invoices for state and federal funding
* Entering findings, running routine reports on performance indicators, identifying trends, among other tasks
* Provide education, information, and technical assistance to county office personnel and eligibility workers
* Working as part of a larger project team that is coordinating a statewide project with various tasks. Eventually, Quality Assurance Specialists will be assigned to a geographical area within the 67 counties of Pennsylvania.

Ideal candidates will have:

* Excellent communication skills, the ability to work independently and on a team
* The ability to organize and plan work efficiently within set time limits, as well as review numerous cases while paying strict attention to detail
* Experience working with the Title IV-E federal funding program
* The ability to analyze and manage significant amounts of data, communicate openly and effectively and produce written reports.
* Available transportation for in-state travel.

Specific Responsibilities

• Ability to learn and apply Pennsylvania’s policy and procedures for Title IV-E eligibility and claiming for foster care, adoption assistance, for both care and maintenance and administrative spending.
• Gather, review, and analyze county Adoption Assistance and Foster Care case information within a geographic region in the Commonwealth.
• Travel frequently within the Commonwealth, including overnight stays as well as travel long distances from day to day.
• Analyze complicated financial reports and data sets for compliance with state and federal standards.
• Communicate effectively with counties to identify and correct compliance errors as well as recognize and promulgate best practice.
• Work well within a team.
• Participate in entrance and exit conferences.
• Providing technical assistance on-site visits.
• Collect and enter findings into a database with accuracy, timeliness, and specificity.
• Perform data management, including creating and managing queries.
• Participate in the creation of review reports of county visits.
• Identify trends in compliance issues and business practices.
• Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein.
• Maintain positive working relationship with the client.
• Other responsibilities as necessary.

Requirements

• Bachelor degree or higher, preferably in business, business administration, accounting, social work, public policy, or other closely related fields; OR
• A minimum of three years relevant work experience in the fields of child welfare and Title IV-E eligibility, policy, or invoicing; OR
• A minimum of five years work experience in financial management and invoicing for federal and state funds.
• Detail oriented.
• Quick learner.
• Effective oral and written communication skills.
• Experience with Microsoft Office applications, preferably Excel, Word, Outlook and Access.