Benefits Specialist

Bilingual Preferred

Job Duties:

• Other duties may be assigned.
• Identify legal requirements and government reporting regulations affecting human resources functions and ensures policies, procedures, and reporting are in compliance.
• Ability to recruit, interview, test, and select team members to fill vacant positions. Also coordinate and work with staffing agencies to recruit qualified hourly team members.
• Ability to plan and conduct new team member orientation to foster positive attitude toward company goals. Ability to answer detailed benefit questions, as well as Company background, policies, procedures, etc...
• Capable of keeping records of personnel transactions such as hires, promotions, transfers, performance reviews, filing personnel records and terminations.
• Able to handle highly confidential and personal team member information.
• Can accurately and in a timely manner respond to inquiries regarding policies, and procedures.
• Administers and keep track of benefit programs such as life, health, dental and disability insurances, pension plans, vacation, sick leave, leave of absence, and team member assistance.
• Is capable of investigating accidents and preparing reports for insurance carriers.
• Prepares team member separation notices and related documentation, and conducts exit interviews in absence of Human Resources Manager to determine reasons behind separation.

QUALIFICATIONS

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
• The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, Kronos, Oracle and PowerPoint.
• Bilingual preferred
• HR Background a plus

FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES

These are the competencies that are specified within the relevant functions of the job. The training for these competencies is kept for each team member in the job function training plan in their department. The general competencies in coordination with the job function are defined in goals and objectives and reviewed regularly and in a mid-year review and evaluated annually for each team member. They are:

• Problem Solving
• Project/Program/Process Management
• Functional Core Tools
• Product Awareness
• Knowledge; Job function
• Delivery; Quality and Productivity
• Communication & Leadership; commitment & motivation, and Communication & Professionalism, and Teamwork

WORK ENVIRONMENT DEMANDS

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a team member encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

DATA PROTECTION

• This role has been assess as having the accountability level indicated of the exposure to personal data, as defined by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
• This also relates to the IT access authorized to the role holder.
• for the protection, access, sharing, and decision-making related to this personal data responsible,Therefore, the role holder is
• Any misuse of the personal data including unauthorized sharing, selling or theft, could lead to disciplinary action.