Director-Benefits & Retirement (Hybrid)

Job Title: Director-Benefits & Retirement (Hybrid)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Full/Part Time: Full-Time
Job ID: 272747
About Us

Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our strategic plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting Faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

About Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's Faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and is No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

Georgia Tech's Mission and Values

Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:

1. Students are our top priority.

2. We strive for excellence.

3. We thrive on diversity.

4. We celebrate collaboration.

5. We champion innovation.

6. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.

7. We nurture the well-being of our community.

8. We act ethically.

9. We are responsible stewards.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good, breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

Department Information

Georgia Tech Human Resources (GTHR) serves the Institute and its more than 14,000 employees through strategic counsel, employee engagement, and essential human capital management operations. As the people's unit, GTHR is engaged throughout the employee's lifetime at Georgia Tech. Our team works with sensitive employee information and assists in the management of complex employee issues. Professionalism and confidence are of the utmost importance within our team.

What we do:

Process payroll and maintain employment data for approximately 14,000 active faculty, staff, and studentsStrive to attract, recruit, and retain the best talent in the marketplace.Provide immigration, labor, and tax support required for foreign national faculty and staff to work at Georgia Tech and support employees performing services overseas.Leverage a market-driven compensation structure to attract and retain employees.Advise employees and managers regarding work performance and conflict management.

Job Summary

Develop, manage, and lead strategies for the Institute's employee benefit and retirement programs. Manage the administration of the Institute's benefits, health and welfare, and retirement plans and programs, including medical, dental, vision, flexible spending, disability, and life insurance, leaves of absence, work/life programs, Teacher's Retirement System pension (TRS), Optional Retirement Plan (OSP), and supplemental voluntary retirement plans (403 & 457). Responsible for setting employee goals, assessing employee performance, providing feedback, and making pay recommendations. This position will interact on a regular basis with Campus department leaders, HR managers and representatives, faculty, staff, and vendors. This position typically will advise and counsel Department leaders, faculty, vendors, and benefits staff. This position will supervise assigned staff.

Responsibilities

Job Duty 1 -

Plan and direct the implementation and administration of benefits and retirement programs.

Job Duty 2 -

Advise, consult, and serve as a member of the HR leadership team in the development and execution of short-term and long-range plans and budgets based on strategic goals and planning and implementing organizational initiatives. Evaluate and analyze the results of the programs and services regularly and report results to senior leadership.

Job Duty 3 -

Review and analyze the benefits and retirement market to determine employee needs, trends, regulations, and practices and develop competitive programs and services to align with University System of Georgia requirements.

Job Duty 4 -

Plan and supervise activities and personnel related to the Institute's benefit plans and programs administration. Manage benefits and retirement staff, including hiring, goal setting, performance reviews, training, customer service, and coaching.

Job Duty 5 -

Facilitate departmental/campus meetings on benefits/benefit-related and retirement technical initiatives. Coordinate and deliver mass and targeted education for eligible and current plan participants for Institute benefits, work-life, and well-being plans and programs.

Job Duty 6 -

Manage health/welfare benefit plan and retirement program administration, including associated reporting, data management, communication efforts, and vendor relationship management.

Job Duty 7 -

Provide project management for Benefits Open Enrollment and Retirement Planning as well as other Institute and University System of Georgia initiatives.

Job Duty 8 -

Interpret benefit and retirement plan documents, Institute and University System of Georgia policies, and government regulations. Ensure the Institute is compliant with applicable federal, state, and local state regulations related to benefits and retirement. Promote adherence to Institute and University System of Georgia policies.

Job Duty 9 -

Counsel employees on benefit and/or retirement-related matters. Communicate decisions to individuals and groups related to policy. Directly prepare and distribute written and verbal information to inform employees of benefits programs.

Job Duty 10 -

Perform other related duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

Educational Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Required Experience

Five to seven years of job-related experience.

Preferred Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

Certified Employee Benefits Specialists (CEBS) certification or Certified Benefits Professional (CBP).Higher Education ExperienceExperience in Benefits and RetirementLeadership in Benefits or Retirement

Proposed Salary

Pay Range: $93,869-$127,655/yr

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

KNOWLEDGE

Experience with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), PeopleSoft systems, and familiarity with Banner.

SKILLS

Knowledge of benefits administration and advanced skills in analyzing data, vendor management, and contract management. Previous experience in HR practices. Excellent communication, negotiation, and Conflict Management. Problem-solving, change management, leadership, and project management skills. Discretion and ethical conduct. Also required are skills in organizing and planning¿previous supervisory and management experience.

USG Core Values

The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 26 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found online at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section8/C224/#p8.2.18_personnel_conduct.

Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom, found online at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/C2653.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. The University is committed to maintaining a fair and respectful environment for all. To that end, and in accordance with federal and state law, Board of Regents policy, and University policy, Georgia Tech provides equal opportunity to all faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including applicants for admission and/or employment, contractors, volunteers, and participants in institutional programs, activities, or services. Georgia Tech complies with all applicable laws and regulations governing equal opportunity in the workplace and in educational activities.

Georgia Tech prohibits discrimination, including discriminatory harassment, on the basis of race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, disability, genetics, or veteran status in its programs, activities, employment, and admissions. This prohibition applies to faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including affiliates, invitees, and guests. Further, Georgia Tech prohibits citizenship status, immigration status, and national origin discrimination in hiring, firing, and recruitment, except where such restrictions are required in order to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or Attorney General directive or where they are required by Federal, State, or local government contract.

Other Information

This is a supervisory position.

This position does not have any financial responsibilities.

This position will not be required to drive.

This role is considered a position of trust.

This position does not require a purchasing card (P-Card).

This position does not require a security clearance.

Location: Atlanta, GA

Background Check

Successful candidate must be able to pass a background check. Please visit https://policylibrary.gatech.edu/employment/pre-employment-screening