Benefit and Leave Specialist

Meritus Health External • Hagerstown, MD

6d • Onsite

About The Position

Meritus Health is seeking a service-focused and detail-oriented Benefits Specialist to provide responsive support for our health and benefit programs. In this role, you will help team members understand their benefit options, complete enrollment-related changes, resolve routine questions, and access the appropriate resources. You will also maintain accurate records, support attendance tracking, and collaborate with benefits leadership, the Leave Specialist, HRIS, Payroll, and benefit vendors to provide a consistent and helpful employee experience.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Two years of administrative support experience in a human resources department, benefits administration, or medical insurance role
• Strong customer service skills and a genuine interest in helping employees understand and use their benefits
• Ability to explain detailed information clearly and respectfully
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to maintain accurate, confidential records
• Ability to organize competing priorities, manage multiple employee questions and transactions, and follow through within expected timeframes
• Sound judgment to recognize when an issue requires escalation
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and web-based benefits or human resources systems
• Ability to research routine questions, follow established procedures, and work independently and collaboratively
• Basic knowledge of employee benefit terminology and applicable privacy requirements, or the ability to learn them quickly

Nice To Haves

• Associate degree in business, human resources, or a related field
• Experience assisting employees with benefit programs
• Benefits or human resources certification

Responsibilities

• Assist team members at all organizational levels with questions about medical, dental, and vision coverage; flexible spending and health savings accounts; life and AD&D insurance; disability coverage; and voluntary benefits
• Explain available resources and help employees navigate next steps without interpreting plan provisions beyond the role’s authority
• Process new-hire enrollments, qualifying life event changes, beneficiary updates, evidence-of-insurability requests, and other routine benefit transactions
• Review submissions for completeness and follow up when information or documentation is missing
• Maintain accurate and confidential benefit records and supporting documentation
• Review routine reports, identify discrepancies, and coordinate corrections with Benefits leadership, HRIS, Payroll, or benefit vendors
• Provide administrative support for attendance tracking, including maintaining accurate records, reviewing routine attendance information, and routing discrepancies or policy questions to the appropriate leader
• Educate team members through one-on-one assistance, email, printed materials, orientation, the company intranet, and other approved communication channels
• Research routine benefit questions, track open items through resolution, document actions taken, and provide timely updates
• Contact benefit vendors to obtain information and correct routine enrollment or eligibility issues
• Support annual open enrollment, benefit fairs, employee education sessions, and special enrollment activities
• Provide backup support to the Leave Specialist by answering general process questions, directing employees to required forms and resources, and routing leave cases for review
• Escalate complex, sensitive, or policy-related matters to Benefits leadership or the appropriate subject-matter expert

Benefits

• health, dental, and vision insurance available starting the 1st of the month following date of hire
• life insurance
• short and long-term disability coverage
• Paid Time Off begins accruing from day one
• 401k plan
• education assistance program
• employee assistance program
• shift differential for evening, night, or weekend shifts

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED