Human Resources Specialist – Benefits

he Human Resources Benefits Specialist is responsible for the design, implementation, managing, and administration of College benefit programs including, but not limited to group health insurance (medical / dental / vision), ancillary (voluntary life / AD&D, accidental injury, critical illness, hospital indemnity), section 125 – cafeteria plans (HSA, HealthCare FSA, Limited FSA), HRA, 403(b) Plan (NON ERISA), and workplace benefits. Benefit Specialist is responsible for ensuring accurate enrollment, addressing employee inquiries, processing benefit changes, and maintaining compliance with relevant laws, while collaborating with the HR team to promote employee benefits and optimize their overall employee experience. Key duties include benefit plan communication, new hire onboarding regarding benefits, resolving benefit issues, and staying updated on industry regulations. This position is responsible for providing appropriate advice and counsel to employees as they consider benefit enrollment, changes to benefit elections, planning for retirement, etc.

Responsibilities :

Delivery of Benefit Services / Vendor Relationships

• Actively participate in annual benefits renewal process – work with broker, TPAs, and benefit providers and with internal decision makers / resources to support renewal process.
• Manage Employee Annual Enrollment process – develop internal timeline, communication materials, and enrollment tracking procedures; identify methods of delivery and resources to support process.
• Develop and maintain Benefits SharePoint Site and Employee Navigator benefit self-service employee portal to provide a real-time resource to employees.
• Introduce benefit plan to candidates; complete employee benefit orientations to assist employees in making informed benefit decisions.
• Make recommendations to leadership to enhance and / or streamline the College’s benefit programs (i.e. group health provider and plan designs, 403(b) employer match, Tuition Remission, etc.) to attract candidates and retain employees striving towards the College’s goal of making it a great place to work.
• Administer employee paid and unpaid Leaves of Absence; facilitate employee application for disability benefits; apply FMLA and, as applicable, ADA guidelines as needed.
• Complete Workers’ Compensation Claims from initial investigation to closure; together with Assistant Director of Security and Risk Management identify root cause and remedial employee training opportunities; file with WC carrier; apply lost time against FMLA as allowed and maintain accurate OSHA 300 Log.
• Serve as primary, ongoing contact for benefit plan broker, TPAs, and providers and as internal resource to employees’ benefit needs.
• Complete benefit surveys.
• Benefit Policy design, development, analysis and recommendations to senior leadership.

Audit / Compliance

Recordkeeping

Employee Well-being

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

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Other Qualifications :

Edgewood College, a Catholic college sponsored by the Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa, is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to academic excellence through diversity in its faculty, staff, and students. Candidates must demonstrate multicultural competence – the awareness, knowledge, and skills needed to work with others who are culturally different from self in meaningful, relevant, and productive ways. Applicants from traditionally underrepresented populations including women and racial and ethnic minorities are especially encouraged to apply. The selected candidate must actively support the mission of the College by working with faculty, staff and students to share in our core values – truth, compassion, justice, partnership, and community.

How to Apply :

Send a cover letter, resume, and references to :

Edgewood College

Human Resources – HSPB

1000 Edgewood College Drive

Madison, WI 53711

E-mail : humanresources@edgewood.edu

Equal Opportunity Employer