Benefits Specialist
- Req Number: 27216
- Department: Human Resources
- Job Type: Full Time
- Shift: Days
- Address: 2201 Lexington Avenue
- City, State: Ashland, KY
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JOB SUMMARY
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The Benefit Specialist assists in the daily functions of the Benefit Team and HR Department. This position will perform functions beneficial to all benefit and retirement enrollments for new hires and existing team members.
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DUTIES AND ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
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Overall performance rating of below indicated essential job duties:
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Continuously improves the operation of the HR and Benefits Team by identifying common team member concerns and facilitating solutions through performance improvement activities.
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Engage in on-line benefit enrollment architecture, technical application reviews and requirements to ensure successful application deployment and long term sustainability are achieved.
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Assist and provide development and support of automated benefit processes and identify improvements in workflow for continued process improvement and enhancement.
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Coordinate and manage on-line benefit enrollment application to ensure integration with internal and external IT systems.
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Assist in gathering information necessary to support needs of the HR Benefit team in employment, benefits and team member relations. Represents and presents benefits to new hires in orientation.
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Coordinates and works closely with insurance benefit and retirement issues interacting with team members, benefit providers and detailed tracking of related issues.
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Assists with terminations and expediting process and communication to terminated team members with timely COBRA notifications and expediting communication with respect to retirement and/or any benefit conversion to which they may be entitled.
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Assist with coordinating and processing disability and FMLA claims including tracking, expediting and communication between team members, carriers and leaders.
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Demonstrate advanced Microsoft Office skills and reporting processes.
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EDUCATION/LICENSE/CERTIFICATION/OTHER REQUIREMENTS
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Minimum requirement:
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Bachelors Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or other related field.
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Preferred qualifications:
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Previous Healthcare Human Resources experience
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WORKING ENVIRONMENT
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Works indoors in an office/clinic setting
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The noise level is usually moderate
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PHYSICAL DEMANDS
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Constantly required to maintain a stationary position behind a computer.
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Frequently required to move about inside the department.
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Constantly required to communicate telephonically and face to face with colleagues and customers.
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Constantly required to operate a computer and telephone.
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Constantly required to lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
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Frequently required to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
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Occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
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Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception
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