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Employee Benefits

The Benefits Manager is responsible for all aspects of managing the Benefits function/team. Develops, implements, administers, and maintains benefits programs, policies, and procedures. Ensures programs meet employee needs, comply with legal requirements, and are cost effective.

• Manage the implementation and operationalizing of benefit strategies, major projects and initiatives with large scale/University-wide impact; main focus on health and welfare plans
• Responsible for annual benefit enrollment process, including communication of benefits changes, liaison to IT support for system configuration, vendor file integration, internal training, etc.
• Responsible for resolution and response to employee, dependent and retiree benefits issues and concerns
• Responsible for the successful execution of ad hoc programs, system upgrades that impact benefits operations and implementations
• Actively involved in union negotiation process with respect to benefits and serves as main contact for union leadership and employees for benefits-related issues and concerns
• Responsible for all aspects of the annual active employee Benefits Open Enrollment process
• Responsible for continuous communication with medical vendor management regarding claims, benefit clarification, and overall operational management of the account
• Manage a team of staff members, including hiring, development, and performance management

Level:

– Senior Manager

Base Description:

– Manages direct reports where primary duty is the management of a working unit.

Level Summary:

– Demonstrates advanced skills in critical functions related to unit's success. Demonstrates advanced knowledge of emerging technologies and processes. Monitors completed work of others to ensure effectiveness and adherence to requirements. Sets clear expectations and holds team accountable. Establishes a shared team/unit vision. Demonstrates ability to evaluate and enhance team/unit practices that promote a strong commitment to inclusionary practices. Coaches others using appropriate strategies. Demonstrates diplomacy. Demonstrates ability to serve as liaison between senior-level management and staff. Resolves complex, controversial, or unprecedented issues and problems.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

– Oversees large team or teams of individual contributors and/or supervisors/managers
– Leads a department or functional area

Fiscal Responsibilities:

– Monitors and tracks large budgets
– Plans, forecasts, and/or develops budgets
– May approve budgets for specific area
– Typically has final signature authority for specific area

Problem Solving:

– Encounters highly varied and complex problems that impacts the team and possibly the unit
– Develops creative and/or novel approaches to resolve problems that are difficult in nature
– Independently resolves complex and/or unprecedented issues and problems

Independence of Action:

– Work results are not clearly defined
– Generally sets own goals and determines how to accomplish results with few or no guidelines to follow
– Monitors completed work of others to ensure soundness of approach, effectiveness of meeting requirements, the feasibility of recommendations and adherences to requirements
– Delegates more advanced tasks to others

Communication and Collaboration:

– Communicates with both internal and external audiences
– Collaborates closely with team members and various areas across the University
– Fosters collaboration between units and engages others' coordinated efforts to reach desired outcomes with broad scope

• Comp Grade – 14
• Minimum – $97,100.00
• MidPoint – $121,400.00
• Maximum – $145,700.00