Legal Affairs
Administrative Claim Examiner- Tort
$68,214 to $201,607 a year
Posted until October 27, 2026 · posted August 28, 2026
Requirements
Other requirements
Exam
Competitive title
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From ≈ $32.80 an hour · $2,624 every 2 weeks, before taxes (40-hour weeks).
NYC minimum wage is $17/hr. This beats it by $15.80/hr, with health insurance and a pension on top.
What you'd have made
$2,615 If you'd started this job 2 weeks ago, at this pay, before taxes.
An hour of this job pays for about 10.9 subway rides ($3 fare).
Price anything in hours of this job
Overtime added $861 on average that year, and it isn't guaranteed. Base salary of active employees paid a yearly rate, fiscal year 2025 (July 2024 to June 2025). Source: NYC's payroll data
Check yourself
What they actually ask for.
Other requirements: read them on the posting
- A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of full-time experience investigating and settling liability claims, 18 months of which must have been in an administrative, managerial or executive capacity or supervising a staff performing the investigation and settlement of liability claims or related work;
- Education and/or experience equivalent to "1" above. However, all candidates must have the 18 months of experience in an administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory capacity as described in "1" above.
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The work
What the job is.
Provides administrative direction and broad managerial oversight, exercising substantial independence, initiative, and judgment in carrying out unit support professional responsibilities.
Establishes goals and objectives for support professional personnel, delegates as appropriate, and remains accountable for the quality, timeliness, compliance, and effectiveness of the support professional personnel unit’s work.
Read the rest, from the posting
The position is accountable for the overall administration and performance of the assigned unit’s support professional staff. The duties include, but are not limited to:
- Supervises staff, establishes performance expectations, conducts evaluations, approves timesheets and leave, manages attendance, provides coaching and discipline when appropriate, and ensures adequate staffing.
- Provides formal onboarding and training to all new employees and continuing education to existing staff.
- Develops, implements, updates, communicates, and enforces divisional policies, procedures, standards, and protocols.
- Directs daily operations, establishes priorities, assigns work, monitors deadlines, ensures effective utilization of personnel and resources, and compliance with internal and external deadlines.
- Establishes quality-control measures, including maintenance of accurate metrics,
and ensures compliance with applicable laws, rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.
6. Conducts weekly staff meetings and maintains consistent communication among employees, division management, executive leadership, and other stakeholders.
7. Monitors individual performance, identifies deficiencies, implements corrective measures, and promotes continuous improvement.
8. Evaluates operational needs, anticipates staffing and workload demands, develops solutions, and recommends organizational solutions and improvements to senior management.
In addition, Tort prefers five years of experience in the above duties.
Before you apply
The fine print.
Where you have to live
Live in NYC within 90 days (usually)
New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County. To determine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of the interview.
How to apply, from the posting
Please click on the "Apply Now" button.
Sources
Straight from the city.
Updated every day from the city's job data (last city update September 21, 2026). You apply through the official posting.
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