Benefits Specialist
About The Position
The Benefits Specialist administers employee benefits offered through the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas Board of Regents, and State of Kansas. Benefit programs include health, dental and vision coverage; flexible spending, health savings and health reimbursement accounts; life and long-term disability insurance; and retirement and deferred compensation plans. The role provides benefit information and customer service to employees, processes benefit changes and enrollments in HR systems and the KPERS portal, and supports open enrollment, orientations, educational events, and benefit-related website updates. The position combines in-office and remote work, with a primary work location at the Kansas City campus and possible work at other campuses as needed.
Requirements
- Four years of experience in Human Resources, business, or a closely related field; education may substitute for experience on a year-for-year basis.
- Experience presenting information to various audiences.
Nice To Haves
- A benefits administration HR certification, such as CBP, is desirable.
- Experience working in higher education.
- Experience with Workday.
- Oral and written communication skills.
- Microsoft Office computer skills.
- Time management.
- Attention to detail.
- Teamwork and collaboration.
Responsibilities
- Communicate benefit plans and information effectively to customers.
- Provide excellent, proactive customer service to employees and respond to benefit inquiries in a timely and professional manner.
- Manage intake items and requests for benefit services.
- Participate in administering health, dental, vision, flexible spending, health savings, and health reimbursement account programs, and communicate benefit status changes resulting from qualifying events.
- Counsel employees regarding State of Kansas retirement, deferred compensation, and other benefit programs.
- Administer employee life insurance, long-term disability insurance, Kansas Board of Regents tax-sheltered annuity retirement plans, KPERS defined benefit pension plans, and deferred compensation plans.
- Process new KPERS enrollments through the KPERS portal, and verify and submit adjustments.
- Process and maintain benefit information in the appropriate HR systems of record, and monitor the MAP portal dashboard to keep it current.
- Assist with planning and participate in open enrollment, new-hire orientations, and benefit-related workshops and seminars.
- Partner with benefit vendors and providers and foster positive relationships.
- Process benefit terminations in HR systems of record and distribute termination letters.
- Assist with benefit-related website updates and upgrades.
Benefits
- Health, dental, and vision insurance coverage beginning on day one.
- Health expense accounts with generous employer contributions for employees participating in a qualifying health plan.
- Employer-paid life insurance and long-term disability insurance.
- Additional voluntary insurance plans.
- Vacation and sick time off that begins accruing upon hire.
- Ten paid holidays.
- One paid discretionary day after six months of employment.
- Paid time off for bereavement, jury duty, military service, and parental leave after 12 months of employment.
- Retirement program with a generous employer contribution.
- Additional voluntary retirement programs (457 or 403b).
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
