HR Benefits Analyst

Job Title

HR Benefits Analyst

Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi

Human Resources

Commensurate

Corpus Christi, Texas

Staff

TAMU-CC is a dynamic university designated as both a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) and Minority-Serving Institution (MSI) with approximately 11,000 students from 47 states and 54 foreign nations. We employ over 1,400 full-time and 2,000 part-time Islanders (including students/GAs). The University attracts highly talented faculty and staff and offers an array of undergraduate and graduate degrees, including doctoral programs. As a member of the Texas A&M University System, TAMU-CC benefits from a range of resources, increased visibility and influence, and opportunities to collaborate in mutually beneficial ways with peers across member institutions and associated agencies.

TAMU-CC’s campus is located on a 240-acre island on Corpus Christi Bay and was ranked #1 College by the Sea by Best College Reviews. Learn more information here!

Under general supervision, provides support to graduate assistants, adjunct faculty, faculty, and staff in utilizing and understanding basics of benefit, retirement, and wellness programs.

Functional Area

1:
Benefits Liaison (60% Effort)

• Provide counseling and information to employees and retirees on benefit programs. Answer basic benefit, retirement, and wellness questions. Request assistance on tasks that require further investigation.

• Monitor benefit and wellness email accounts and respond to inquiries.

• Assist with benefit and retirement processes for employees and retirees regarding Workday actions.

• Assist with obtaining dependent documentation and processing in HRConnect. Complete tasks for this event in HRConnect and Workday.

• Assist in processing, faxing, and emailing retirement documents (TRS or ORP).

• Process death claims, assist beneficiaries with life insurance policies and enrollment of surviving dependents.

• Assist with separation and retirement processes including sending email notifications, discussing separation items, processing paperwork, exit interviews, and processing lump sum payments.

• Set up benefit/retirement appointments, as needed.

Functional Area

2:
Benefits, Retirement, and Wellness Events (30% Effort)

• Responsible for event planning for Benefit, Retirement, and Wellness events.

• Promote and foster wellness on campus as the campus Wellness Champion, working with community vendors such as Catapult, Airrosti, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Voya, Corbridge HEB, etc. Maintain good business relationships with vendors to benefit employees and the community.

• Create flyers and information using PowerPoint, Publisher, Adobe, etc.

• Market events by different methods of communication with employees.

• Coordinate Wellness Activities (venue, location, food, speakers).

• Work with departments across campus to have successful events (e.g., CLIMB, Compliance Conference, Catapult, Lunch & Learns).

• Develop e-mail notifications, flyers, social media posts, and campus announcements for questions and events (New Employee Benefits, Wellness Benefits, COBRA, Benefits @ separation, retiree notifications, pavers/retiree gifts, deductions/reimbursements, candidate follow-ups, retirement enrollment eligibility).

• Assign and notify employees of benefit orientation and set up calendar events for orientation; update Benefits, Retirement, and Wellness websites.

Functional Area

3:
Other (10%)

• Communicate with employees, retirees, faculty, and adjunct faculty in benefits-eligible positions.

• Assist in projects such as Summer Premium processing for graduate assistants and adjunct faculty.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s Degree in a closely related field.

• Two (2) years of experience in the Human Resources field.

• Substitution:
  Associate degree with four (4) years of HR experience or high school diploma/GED with six (6) years of HR experience.

• Strong customer service, interpersonal, and communication skills to work with individuals at all levels.

• Intermediate skills in Microsoft Office Suite (Access, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).

• Detail oriented, good time management, and strong…