LOA Specialist

Meyer Building•Houston, TX

21h•Onsite

About The Position

Pride Health is hiring a Leave of Absence Specialist to support a client’s medical facility based in Texas. This is a 5-month contract with the possibility of extension, offering competitive pay and benefits. The role involves serving as a knowledge expert for leave of absence administration, identifying, coordinating, and assisting with the creation of internal training materials, communications, and documents related to leave management. The specialist will educate staff and management on LOA, FMLA, and LTD matters, monitor and manage employee returns to work, and build effective relationships with internal and external customers including employees, vendors, HR, Information Services, Payroll, and Benefits. Additionally, the specialist will provide vendors with accurate and appropriate information regarding claims.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree.
2 years of experience in a human resource function.
Two years of leave of absence, family medical leave, benefits, vendor relationship management, or employee relations experience.
Intermediate skills in MS Office (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint) pivot tables, spreadsheets, graphs, word documents, presentations, etc.

Responsibilities

Serves as a knowledge expert for leave of absence administration.
Identifies, coordinates and assists with creating internal training materials, communications and documents related to leave management.
Educates staff by providing accurate and complete information to employees and management on LOA, FMLA and LTD matters in accordance with policy terms and conditions.
Monitors, manages and returns employees to work within policy guidelines. Notifies managers of employee’s inability to return to work within original timeline.
Builds and maintains an effective relationship with internal and external customers including employees, vendor(s), HR, Information Services, Payroll and Benefits.
Provides vendor with accurate and appropriate information regarding claims.

Benefits

comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans)
supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity)
a 401(k)-retirement savings
life & disability insurance
an employee assistance program
identity theft protection
legal support
auto and home insurance
pet insurance
employee discounts with some preferred vendors