Benefits Specialist
University of New Mexico
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- Location
- Albuquerque, United States
- Work style
- Hybrid
- Job type
- Full time
- Posted
- Oct 13
- 7 days ago
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About the company
University of New Mexico
Higher education · 2 to 10 employees
The University of New Mexico's Division of Human Resources seeks a Benefits Specialist to join UNM’s Benefits & Employee Wellness team! Our team is a progressive and collaborative unit, with a talented and cohesive team of Benefits professionals.
What you'll do
- Advise employees, students, and retirees on benefits; support benefit plan design, communications, data reconciliation, problem resolution, and policy development.
- Ensure compliance with policies and laws, and supervise, train, and coordinate staff.
What you need
- The ideal candidate has a background in employee benefits and strong organizational, communication, and customer service skills.
- The candidate should demonstrate attention to detail and the ability to identify, analyze, and solve data or procedural problems.
Key skills
employee benefitsorganizationalcommunicationcustomer serviceattention to detailanalyze and solve data
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The University of New
Mexico's Division of Human Resources seeks a Benefits Specialist to join UNM’s
Benefits & Employee Wellness team! Our team is a progressive and
collaborative unit, with a talented and cohesive team of Benefits
professionals.
Provides
advice and guidance to university employees, students, and retirees
regarding benefits based on the benefit areas they support.Participates
in the design and review of individual benefit plans and/or programs.Coordinates
the preparation and implementation of communication and educational
programs and materials.Performs
complex reconciliations of benefits-related data.Researches
and resolves complex, non-routine problems.Participates
in the development of new or revised benefits policy recommendations.Ensures
compliance with various University and division-level policies,
procedures, and guidelines, as well as applicable federal and state laws. This position will have supervisory responsibilities, which may include
supervising, leading, training, providing technical support, and coordinating
the activities and coverage of staff performing related work.
The Benefits Specialist position will be focused in areas of expertise which may include health insurance, retirement processing, retirement plans as well as absence management, education benefits and compliance. This role reports directly to Manager, Benefits and currently offers a hybrid onsite/remote schedule. The ideal candidate will be a team-oriented individual, with a background in employee benefits, strong organizational, communication and customer service skills.
Additionally, the candidate should demonstrate attention to detail and the ability to identify, analyze and solve data and/or procedural problems.
To pursue your consideration for this position, please submit your job application, resume and a letter of interest by the best consideration date. Your letter of interest should include a high-level description of your interest in the position and your strengths to support these responsibilities.