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SalaryJOB DESCRIPTION
JOB TITLE
Benefits Specialist
PROGRAM
Corporate
WORK SCHEDULE
Five Days per week, 40 hours per week, 12 months per year
LOCATION
Remote Texas
REPORTS TO
Human Resource Director
JOB TYPE
Full Time
GENERAL JOB DESCRIPTION
The Benefits Specialist is responsible for managing our employees health benefit program to include FMLA, ADA and Workers comp. This position will also be in charge of our retirement and life insurance accounts. The Benefits specialist will be reporting directly to the HR Director.
ABOUT YOU
The ideal candidate for our program is:
- A self-motivated and dedicated person who is excited and passionate about helping our employees with their benefit needs.
WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING
- Handles all questions regarding the company’s benefit programs.
- Reviews all employees’ benefits to ensure they are receiving the correct coverage.
- Coordinates with health care providers and investment brokers
- Consults with management regarding any new and exciting benefits plans.
- Will focus on all FMLA, STD/LTD, and worker comp cases and will follow up with accordance to state and national regulations.
- Ensures compliance in accordance with legislation such as PPACA, ERISA, COBRA.
- Assist with the communication of education of benefits to our current employees.
- Monitor and audit all benefit accounts and payroll adjustments and deductions.
- Assist with benefit related documents in our HRIS.
- Assist with our yearly open enrollment presentations and communications.
- Maintains all employees’ records regarding benefits, retirement, and life plans.
- Other duties as assigned.
EXPERIENCE and/or REQUIREMENTS TO BE CONSIDERED
- Bachelor’s degree in human resources or related field
- 5 Years of Related Experience
- Experience in eligibility, claim, and/or compliance processing
- Knowledge of MS Office 365
- Must possess great communications skills.
- Demonstrate knowledge of benefits and HRIS systems
- Bilingual: English/Spanish
- Detail-oriented, able to handle and manage conflict, technically astute, collaborative leader
ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION
SALARY
$75,000.00 Annual
ABOUT US
Urban Strategies was founded by a Hispanic woman in 2003. Our mission isto equip, resource, and connect grassroots organizations so that all children and families can reach their full potential.
We work with trusted faith- and community-based organizations and focus on the Latino community to engage and come alongside the whole family. Our vision is that all children and families reach their full potential. Our organization is headquartered in Washington, D.C. Our team works across the United States and Puerto Rico with direct service centers located in California, Arizona, Texas, Florida, New York, and Puerto Rico. We also have some programming conducted in Latin America.
COMPANY CULTURE
Our work is drive by our three core values:
- Authentic Relationships are foundational to our work and move beyond a transactional nature to truly know people. They serve as opportunities for mutual development and growth and are based on the belief that all people have inherent dignity and worth.
- Servant Leadership is rooted in an other-centric mindset that informs the way one leads and builds up individuals, families, and communities.
- Intentional Compassion describes a deliberate commitment to understand, formulate strategic responses, and activate others to reach their full potential.
BENEFITS
- Remote work for eligible positions.
- Medical, dental is paid 95% by company, 5% by employee (individual or family) eligible first day of hire.
- Vision is covered 100% (individual or family) eligible first day of hire.
- Employee Assistance Program
- Vacation time is generous but varies depending on program and position.*
- 9 Sick Days and 11 Holidays*
- Every teammate gets long and short-term disability free.
- Positions that require laptops, company provides one.
- Positions that require cellphone, company issues one.
PERKS
- Meaningful employee engagement programs.
- Education discounts (BA-PhD) with a variety of education partners.
OTHER
- All employees must pass a mandatory criminal background check and a bilingual language test for positions that require them.
- Employment is conditional pending satisfactory results of all required tests and background checks.
- Periodic physical examinations and TB clearances will be required, if hired. *Some positions governed by Service Contract Act guidelines.
In keeping with its equal employment opportunity legal requirements, Urban Strategies will not discriminate against any person in employment because of legally protected classifications such as race, color, national origin or sex. Urban Strategies provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, or other legally protected classifications under applicable federal, state and local legal protections. This policy applies to all terminations and conditions of employment, including hiring, placement, promotions, terminations, layoffs, leaves of absences, compensation, and training. Please note that Urban Strategies in order to fulfill its mission is legally allowed to make decisions in its employment practices based on its distributed employee manual. All employee positions are critical to the fulfillment of this mission. Consequently, Urban Strategies expects all employees to live out the standards as set forth in the Employee Handbook and otherwise as interpreted by the Urban Strategies leadership. Among other things, this means that Urban Strategies may take employment-related action against an employee based on his or her noncompliance with the policies, procedures, and practices of Urban Strategies, including employment termination.
To apply:
Please visit www.urbanstrategies.us/careers
Contact us with any questions at Recruiting@urbanstrategies.us
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