Benefits & Leave Administrator | Human Resources | Full Time | Day

Concord Hospital Health System•Concord, NH

About The Position

Responsibilities Benefits Administration Administer employee benefits programs as well as with benefits enrollments, plan changes and benefit related claims, prepare and conduct benefits meetings. Communicates benefit information to employees, including new hires and existing employees. Processes enrollments, changes and termination of employee benefits. Serve as primary contact with carriers and third-party administrators, responds to benefits inquiries from employees relating to status changes, plan provisions, and other general inquiries. Research, explore, recommend, design and implement new programs to ensure best plans, value and options for employees. Provides guidance, support and education to employees regarding their retirement plans and assists with administrative support to those plans to employees, retirees and beneficiaries. Leave Administration Serves as the primary point of contact for employees seeking information with leave requests, providing guidance and support throughout the process. Collaborates with manager and escalates issues when appropriate to aligned HRBP. Serves as primary point of contact with external third party leave administrators. Maintains working knowledge of federal and state requirements pertaining to ADA, EOOC, FMLA, NHPFML and military leave. Develop, implement and maintain leave policies and procedures. Manages administrative aspects of leave claims and works closely with payroll and managers to ensure leave time processing and tracking is accurate and timely. Concord Hospital is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is our policy to provide equal opportunity to all employees and applicants and to prohibit any discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal Applicants to and employees of this company are protected under federal law from discrimination on several bases. Follow the link above to find out more. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, you may contact Human Resources at 603-230-7269. Concord Hospital (CH) is a nationally-accredited, progressive regional health system. Over the past two decades, CH has evolved from a community hospital to a $550 million net revenue regional integrated health system with more than 3,574 employees, leaders and clinicians who are talented, mutually supportive, and community centered in helping the organization meet its community mission. CH has sophisticated clinical and management practices. The organization consistently performs among the top ten percent of national organizations and has received many national accolades (e.g., most wired, Press Ganey's summit award). After a four-year effort to strengthen and standardize our quality management processes, Concord Hospital has become the first healthcare system in New Hampshire to be certified as being in compliance with internationally recognized quality management practices ISO 9001:2008 certification, issued by DNV GL. ISO certification means that patients can be confident CH has implemented and strengthened processes for internal auditing, control of documents, control of records, control of non conforming products, and preventative and corrective action. Learn more about working at Concord Hospital Culture and Values Career Development Benefits Life Here

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Human Resources or a related field or Bachelor’s Degree in unrelated field with commensurate work experience.
At least 3 years of relevant Human Resources experience in one of the following areas: benefits administration, leave management.
FMLA, ADA and Workers Compensation

Nice To Haves

SHRM Certification to be obtained within one year of hire into role.

Responsibilities

Administer employee benefits programs as well as with benefits enrollments, plan changes and benefit related claims, prepare and conduct benefits meetings.
Communicates benefit information to employees, including new hires and existing employees.
Processes enrollments, changes and termination of employee benefits.
Serve as primary contact with carriers and third-party administrators, responds to benefits inquiries from employees relating to status changes, plan provisions, and other general inquiries.
Research, explore, recommend, design and implement new programs to ensure best plans, value and options for employees.
Provides guidance, support and education to employees regarding their retirement plans and assists with administrative support to those plans to employees, retirees and beneficiaries.
Serves as the primary point of contact for employees seeking information with leave requests, providing guidance and support throughout the process.
Collaborates with manager and escalates issues when appropriate to aligned HRBP.
Serves as primary point of contact with external third party leave administrators.
Maintains working knowledge of federal and state requirements pertaining to ADA, EOOC, FMLA, NHPFML and military leave.
Develop, implement and maintain leave policies and procedures.
Manages administrative aspects of leave claims and works closely with payroll and managers to ensure leave time processing and tracking is accurate and timely.