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Social Security Administration Claims Specialist in Albany, New York
Claims Specialists (CS) in Field Offices play a vital role delivering Social Security benefits and services to the public, both in-person and over the phone. As a CS, you conduct interviews to obtain, clarify and verify information for initial eligibility for various benefits. In addition, you resolve discrepancies, clarify issues, and make final decisions for initial and post-entitlement benefits and payments; adjudicate entitlement or disallowance actions; and use SSA’s computer systems to access and update claims information.Entry into the CS position is at the GS-5 and GS-7 level with career ladder advancement opportunity within the position to the GS-11 level. Salaries are competitive and include locality adjustments based on the job location. SSA offers promotion opportunities and a wide variety of positions in our numerous offices across the country. Salaries & Wages (opm.gov)
Minimum Salary: 38650 Maximum Salary: 47878 Salary Unit: Yearly