Benefits Specialist

Within the Office of Human Resources, the Benefits Specialist works full time assisting the Director of Benefits to manage and administer the health insurance plan, basic and voluntary life insurance plans, long term disability insurance, flexible spending accounts, employee assistance plan, adoption assistance program and the retirement plan all of which are offered to the approximately 5,500 eligible employees of the Archdiocese.

The Benefits Specialist’s mission is to support the employer benefit administrators with their employees’ benefits.

• Help manage and create annual Open Enrollment material along with coordinating mailing and printing
• Help any employee with a medical, dental or prescription claim problems
• Process prescription exceptions for medical purposes
• Support any Retirement plan projects or communications
• Take minutes at the Archdiocesan Benefits Committee (BC) meetings
• Assist with any Benefits Committee employee appeals
• Respond to daily emails and phone calls from employees and employer administrators
• Manage the United Healthcare and Delta Dental data transfer reports
• Process remittance payments for the three carriers for medical, dental and life insurance
• Process check requests for accounts payable
• Work with benefit representatives and consultants
• Help educate and assist any bookkeepers/administrators on benefit management
• Coordinate mass printing, mailing, and emailing for employee/employer benefit information
• Attend meetings on renewal of employee benefit plans
• Monitor Hartford Voluntary Life billing issues monthly and send to Hartford any billing issues
• Support any new HRIS implementation benefit tasks
• Facilitate Continuation of Coverage through third party vendor
• Coordinate wellness events across the Archdiocese
• Manage enrollment and termination of participants within insurance vendor systems

• Bachelor’s Degree is desired.
• Human Resources and Employee Benefits experience is required.
• Computer knowledge and Microsoft Office skills with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook are necessary.

• Punctuality
• An ability to follow a project through to completion
• Promptness in responding to email and phone messages
• Listen, respond and communicate with respect, kindness, clarity and helpfulness to employees, employers, and office staff
• Public speaking with employees
• Positive attitude toward change
• Positive, patient and helpful in the office

• Associate

• Full-time

• Human Resources

• Non-profit Organizations and Religious Institutions