Benefits Specialist

Overview

Description

Episcopal Senior Life Communities Mission: We provide high quality services from skilled nursing and restorative care to housing, assisted living and community-based wellness programs. We are committed to meeting each individual’s needs, in a culturally competent manner, supporting family and loved ones through transitions, and fulfilling our pledge…

Life. Inspired Every Day.

Full-Time Days

Monday - Friday

Starting Pay Rate: $25.00/hr

Episcopal Senior Life Communities is dedicated to its staff, and we show it by providing incredible benefits!
Winner of the 2024 & 2025 Best-in-Class Employer award, ESLC was recognized for its comprehensive approach to benefits, compensation, and employee experience.

• Your Health & Well-being: We take care of you. We offer 100% employer-paid medical insurance for High-Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) for single-subscribers.
• We also offer Health Saving Accounts (HSA) with Weekly Employer Contributions. Alternatively, we also offer Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA).
• Additionally, staff are eligible for dental insurance with orthodontist coverage.
• 401(K) with Company Match: 100% company match on the first 3% of your contributions.
• Competitive Pay Rates: We offer competitive rates that reflect your skills and experience. ESLC processes payroll on a weekly basis.
• Tuition Assistance: Our tuition assistance program provides financial support for courses and degrees that will help you grow professionally with us.
• ETO (Earned Time Off): Generous ETO plan that accrues on a weekly basis for use after 90 days of employment.
• Paid Holidays: ESLC has six designated holidays and one floating holiday.

Additionally, ESLC offers voluntary benefits and insurances such as Short-Term Disability, Vision, Employee Assistance Program, and On-Site Workforce Success Coaches.

Benefits Specialist Position The Benefits Specialist position is within the Human Resources team of Episcopal Senior Life Communities under the direction of the HR Department Manager and Vice President of Human Resources and focuses on providing access to and resolving problems for benefits products that internal employees receive. A proficient understanding of concepts such as employment laws, relevant benefit programs and products, and human resources is helpful for success in this position.

• Responsible for the administration of all agency benefits programs, including, but not limited to, 401(k), health, dental, life, H.S.A, F.S.A, EZAccess
  
  MD, vision, Legal/d, life insurances, voluntary insurances, and tuition reimbursement.
• Recommends benefit programs to management by studying employee requirements, trends, and developments in benefits offered by other organizations.
• Develops, coordinates, and delivers benefit presentations for monthly new employee orientation and informal presentations throughout the year including but not exclusive of annual open enrollment.
• Partners with Benefit Broker and other benefit vedors/providers regularly identify cost effective benefit strategies that meet employee needs.
• Manages annual Open Enrollment process by establishing annual timeline, sets up OE benefit information meetings, employee communications, sets up educational meetings as needed throughout the year, etc.
• Serves as the dedicated Benefit resource to all staff, responding promptly and courteously to information requests and concerns.
• Assists new and all employees with the benefit enrollment process, qualifying event changes/updates and other significant changes impacting employee benefits.
• Set up and maintain benefits enrollment in HRIS.
• Set up Health Savings Accounts for new hires.
• Audits, monitors, and ensures benefit compliance, utilization information and communicates any changes in current benefit plans to existing employees.
• Builds and runs reports out of Paylocity to manage and monitor enrollments, deductions, and employee changes.
• Supervises and monitors HRIS changes affective employee benefit eligibility enrollment and ACA measurements.
• Audits, analyzes to ensure monthly ACA compliance.
• Run other benefit related reports as needed including any monthly reports.
• Assists with ESLC recognition programs as…