The Benefits Division’s focus is to provide a quality health benefits package that serves the needs of both the organization and its employees. The Deputy Director of Health and Welfare directs the design and administration of the City Administered Benefits Plan for active employees and retirees, with a strong focus on health equity and wellbeing. Many initiatives are primarily intended to promote health literacy, and healthy lifestyles of employees, and families while effectively managing costs. The Deputy Chief Human Resources Officer (DCHRO) of Health and Welfare reports to the Chief Human Resources Officer for the City. The position provides effective management of employees benefits though vendor relationships and direction of activities including health provider contract solicitation and evaluation, oversight of the union-administered plans for active and retiree members, administration of citywide life insurance, dependent care, and transportation benefits, payment validation for self-insured union plans, provision of retiree data for actuarial analysis for inclusion in the City’s Annual Financial Report, maintenance of data on incurred-but-not-paid claims, annual provision of the 1095 form for employee tax compliance, administration of the City’s service-connected disability program under Regulation 32, and provision of ongoing training for HR representatives in client departments. City Representation, Trustee for all City Health and Welfare Union Funds.