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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:

– Principal Manager

Base Description:

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

Level Summary:

– Demonstrates awareness of broad issues and management trends. Applies exemplary management principles. Evaluates impact of policy and adjusts accordingly. Ensures appropriate skills are developed and maintained within team/unit. Realigns staff responsibilities to meet desired changes. Provides administrative and policy direction. Develops and articulates broad goals. Fosters collaboration between units. Engages in written and verbal communications that reach a university-wide and/or broad external audience. Develops and implements solutions to highly complex and often controversial problems.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

– Oversees teams of other supervisors/managers
– Leads a business unit

Fiscal Responsibilities:

– Plans, forecasts, develops, and/or approves budgets
– Typically has final signature authority for business unit

Problem Solving:

– Encounters highly varied and complex problems that may have a significant impact on multiple units and/or the University
– Regularly develops creative and/or novel approaches to resolve the most difficult problems
– Creates an environment that encourages imaginative solutions to problems

Independence of Action:

– Work results are not clearly defined and may be frequently changing
– Sets own goals and determines how to accomplish results with few or no guidelines to follow
– Oversees completed work of others and is accountable for unit results
– Delegates advanced tasks to others and provides guidance to team members

Communication and Collaboration:

– Communicates with both internal and external audiences
– May represent the University externally
– Collaborates closely with team members and other leaders across the University
– Communicates a compelling vision that inspires and motivates others

• Comp Grade – 16
• Minimum – $123,200.00
• MidPoint – $157,100.00
• Maximum – $191,000.00