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Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
Opening Date: April 22, 2026
Closing Date: May 5, 2026
Job Class Code: 6594
Grade: 13 (Administrative Services)
Salary: $17.30 - $24.91 per hour
Position Number: 02023-1621
Location: Calais
This position allows for partial telework with management approval.
Currently, this position is not eligible for visa sponsorship or STEM OPT extensions.
Core Responsibilities:
As a Customer Representative Associate II-HS you will serve in a supportive capacity to the Eligibility Specialists and provide quality customer service to Maine's citizens regarding the eligibility application process. The purpose of these positions is to answer calls from clients and provide basic information about their cases as well as information about services available to the client. The duties of these positions include:
- Complying with the requirements of State policies, including those concerning human resource components of security protocols of agency information security and confidentiality policies for state business purposes.
- Working with clients over the phone to assist with eligibility questions.
- Assisting clients with reporting, eligibility, and compliance requirements.
- Coordinating approved client services.
- Coding, computing, verifying, posting, reconciling, and/or updating standard documents.
- Updating case records and completing documentation requirements.
- Informing supervisor of emergency trends in service needs.
- Providing clients with information about how to apply for benefits.
- Confirming receipt of documents from clients.
- Replacing various cards clients use to access benefits.
- Providing information about resources to clients.
- Other duties as assigned
Minimum Qualifications:
Training, education, or experience in office and administrative support work that demonstrates:
1) competency in applying a solid knowledge of the principles and practices of quality customer service to perform complex work in assisting the public with applications, fees, examinations, or social services that have an eligibility or compliance component; and
2) the ability to use independent decision-making on the appropriate processes to follow, information to process, and actions to take in accordance with standard procedures.
All positions in this classification assume the qualifications of: Customer Representative Assistant I, Customer Representative Assistant II and Customer Representative Associate I.
Please submit a cover letter rating your skills in each of the following tasks/tools as: expert, skilled or novice.
- Outlook or comparable email applications.
- Excel or comparable spreadsheet applications.
- MS Word or comparable word processing applications.
- Receptionist or customer assistance by phone. Data entry (entering data and narratives)
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Agency information:
The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is dedicated to promoting health, safety, resilience, and opportunity for Maine people. The Department provides health and social services to approximately a third of the State's population, including children, families, older Mainers, and individuals with disabilities, mental illness, and substance use disorders. The Department also promotes public health, operates two state psychiatric hospitals, and provides oversight to health care providers.
The Office for Family Independence (OFI) is responsible for administration of eligibility determination for a number of programs, including MaineCare, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Food Supplement, Fraud and Recovery, and Child Support. We have a vacancy in Calais, ME.
Application Information:
For questions about this position, please contact Marcus Hatch at Marcus.Hatch@maine.gov or (207) 890-6810.
Please submit all documents or files in PDF or Word format.