Herc-Higher Education Recruitment Consortium

Affirmative Action No.:: 22P208

First Consideration Date:: 06/30/2022

Department:: Human Resources

Position FTE::

Minimum Annual or Hourly Rate: $50,000

Job Purposes::

Required Qualifications::

• Bachelor's degree in HR, business or related field and two years of full-time HR experience OR an Associate's degree and four years of full-time HR experience with emphasis on compensation and/or benefit administration.
• Integrity and judgement necessary to maintain strict confidentiality at all times.
• Proficiency in Excel with experience utilizing lookup and pivot table commands.
• Proven ability to act independently and collaboratively as part of a team.
• Demonstrated capability to multi-task, prioritize and meet deadlines.
• Aptitude to think critically and creatively.
• Experience creating and delivering presentations in PowerPoint or other applications.
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills with significant attention to detail.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications::

• Three or more years working as a compensation or benefits analyst.
• Working knowledge of the market analysis and job evaluation process.
• Experience in Higher Education.
• Knowledge of federal compensation and benefits regulations (e.g. FLSA, FMLA, ACA, COBRA).
• Extensive knowledge of MS Office suite programs.

Essential Functions and percent of time::

• Craft university-wide communications and maintain updates to the HR Benefits web pages and other communication forums. Continuously monitor and improve communication efforts (including videos, workflows, tools, etc.) focusing on clarity and customer understanding.
• Provide benefit counseling and assistance to both individual employees and groups. Also develop and deliver presentations regarding benefit offerings, including conducting benefits presentation for new employee orientation.
• Participate in the coordination of large-scale benefits offerings (e.g. the annual benefits fair, annual flu shots, biometric screenings, open enrollment, etc.).
  
  

• Manage the tracking and timely processing of benefit vendor payments and maintain positive relationships with all benefit vendors. Ensure accuracy of vendor payments and address discrepancies through benefit audits and compliance reports.
• Serve as liaison between employees, managers, and third-party administrators for all leaves of absence, including FMLA and short-term/long-term disability leaves, including assisting employees with claim submission. Responsible for managing the relationship with third-party administrators for all leaves of absence.
• Collaborate with HRIS on benefit data, including system upgrades. Plan, test, and troubleshoot annual on-line open enrollment.
  
  

• Research, analyze, and make recommendations regarding compensation matters such as job descriptions, titles, pay grade levels, and minimum education/experience requirements for both existing and new positions.
• Provide consultation to HR Business Partners for compensation actions such as, promotions, transfers, salary adjustments, job audits, job creation, demotions and reorganizations.
• Provide data and information (both internal and external) to HR Business Partners to assist in compensation analysis.
• Engage in writing, updating and maintaining job descriptions and classification specifications.

Working Conditions::