Benefits Specialist at Richland County School District One in Columbia, SC

Job description

Richland County School District One, South Carolina Classification Description Classification Title: Benefits Specialist FSLA: Non-Exempt 240 Day Salary Range: $48,922.00 - $67,907.00 General Statement of Job Under regular supervision, performs moderate to complex clerical duties and specialized technical duties in the Benefits Division of the Human Resources Department. Work involves counseling employees on their insurance and retirement benefits to ensure that the necessary paperwork is done in a timely manner; and ensuring that the correct deductions are made. Reports to the Personnel Analyst. Specific Duties and Responsibilities Essential Functions : Conducts benefit orientations, retirement counseling, and insurance counseling. Assists with and completes forms associated with enrollment, disability, and retirement. Prepares insurance letters for employees. Completes forms associated with employee death. Maintains codes for insurance associated with pay; keys deduction associated with employee pay. Prepares COBRA/HIPPA letters. Organizes and conducts benefits fairs and enrollment sessions; answers questions related to insurance. Ensures books/directory insurance. Answers questions pertaining to insurance, disability, and retirement. Prepares part-time employees' status for the Education Department. Serves as chairperson for the Benefits Committee, which includes Sick Leave Bank Approval, Money Plus/Flexible Spending Account, and Medical Spending/Dependent/Health Saving Accounts. Counsels employees on long term care insurance. Works with outside vendors such as insurance and private companies. Receives and/or reviews various records and reports including supplemental long term disability reports, optional life insurance reports, disability retirement report, retirement enrollment forms, retirement name change, flexible spending report, and long term care reports. Prepares and/or generates various records and reports including supplemental long term disability salary report, retirement and optional retirement report, supplemental long term disability change report, and part-time teachers report. Refers to Cobra Manual, Hippa manual, Benefits Administrator Manual, Plan of Benefit Manual, South Carolina Retirement Manual, FMLA Manual, School Board Policy Manual, School District Handbook, etc. Interacts and communicates with various groups and individuals such as the immediate supervisor, employees' insurance program, South Carolina Retirement System, Ward Services, insurance vendors, Payroll, Risk Management, retirement vendors, and the general public. Complies with all federal laws, state statutes, Board policies, administrative rules, and directives. Additional Duties : Conducts meeting for Sick Leave Bank. Prepares statement to be sent to Sick Leave Bank Committee members for approval. Performs other related work as required. Minimum Education and Training An Associate's degree in business administrative, human resource, and/or computer science work and four years of experience in clerical-administrative work, or any equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities. Minimum Qualifications and Standards Required Physical Requirements: Must be physically able to operate a variety of automated office machines including computers, typewriters, calculators, copiers, facsimile machines, etc. Must be able to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time, but may involve walking or standing for periods of time. Data Conception: Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural, or composite characteristics (whether similar to or divergent from obvious standards) or data, people or things. Interpersonal Communications : Requires the ability to speak and/or signal people to