Human Resources Specialist-Benefits

SAL Community Services

Moline, IL

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Join our growing Human Resources team! SAL Community Services connects the community to services that ensure every child can succeed in school and life, and every adult has access to basic human needs like food, counseling, child care, and housing. We do this by listening, learning, and acting to help individuals and families navigate the barriers that prevent them from moving their life forward in a positive way.

We are passionate about building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable working and learning environment for all children, families, staff, and our communities. We believe every member on our team enriches our diversity by exposing us to a broad range of ways to understand and engage with the world, identify challenges, and to discover, design and deliver solutions.

As a Benefits Specialist on our Human Resources team, you will have the opportunity for work including:

• Serving as the subject matter expert and point of contact within company benefits coordination and communication.
• Managing eligibility and enrollment of company-sponsored 401(k), health and welfare plans, and other benefit offerings to include distribution and submission of monthly and annual enrollment documents.
• Serving as the liaison between our employees and benefits vendors. This includes:
• Coordinating the transfer of data to providers for services, premiums, and plan administration.
• Resolving administrative cases with the carrier representatives.
• Working with provider representatives to resolve account corrections or issues.
• Investigating, analyzing, and resolving a wide range of benefits issues.
• Providing benefits orientation information and self-enrollment support to all new eligible employees.
• Being responsible for implementation of year-round agency benefits communication plan; including new employee enrollment outreach, scheduled employee benefits information sessions, and distribution of required employee notices.
• Coordinating with our third-party vendor to monitor and complete COBRA continuation requirements to employees including distributing general notices, election notices, processing enrollment information, accepting payments, and maintaining record keeping system to track billing.

We are looking for team members who:

• Have great attention to detail while working quickly and are great communicators;
• Are passionate about building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment for all, and,
• Are professional, kind, and look forward to being a part of a great team!

Salary, benefits and perks

Our entire compensation package includes paid time off and paid holidays; health, dental, and vision benefits; 401(k) with employer contribution; and pet insurance. A full list of benefits is available on our website.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. A full list of job responsibilities will be provided prior to an interview. This position must obtain required background clearances. Requests for reasonable accommodation as required under applicable law will be considered.

Education and Experience

Required: Four-year degree in human resources, business administration, or applicable related field with one or more years of experience in company benefits coordination required. A combination of experience and education may be substituted for the qualifications stated previously. Preferred: In addition to required education and experience, at least five years of experience in a company benefits coordinator role. PHR/SHRM-CP is preferred but not required. Experience working in a non-profit environment for one or more years preferred.

ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION

Mission

SAL Community Services (SAL) strengthens children, families, and individuals to build and enhance thriving communities.

About Us

At SAL Community Services, we provide Support, Advocacy, and Learning in our communities—from childhood to adulthood. Our mission is to strengthen children, families, and individuals to build and enhance thriving communities. Founded in 1970, we have a history of listening to the needs of our community and responding. We have grown from an organization focused on providing quality child care to low-income working families to one that meets a wide variety of needs, from early care and education to crisis assistance and stabilization services. Today, SAL has a bi-state 17 county regional footprint from the Quad Cities to Central Illinois area. We advocate with and for the people we support, the communities we serve, and the solutions we champion, and we offer an inclusive, welcoming community for the people we serve—and our employees. Learn more on our website at www.salcommunityservices.org/about-us.

EOE STATEMENT SAL Community Services is an equal opportunity employer and believes in equal opportunity for all employees and applicants. Accordingly, all employment decisions are based on the principles of equal opportunity. These decisions include recruitment, selection, promotion, transfer, discipline, compensation, benefits, training and other personnel actions involving persons in all job titles and shall occur without regard to actual or perceived race, creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), color, religion (or for requesting an accommodation for a religious belief), sex, age, ancestry, national origin, genetic information (as defined in Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA)), military status or discharge status, veteran status, qualified disabled veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, transgenderism, marital status, citizenship status, familial status, physical or mental disability (or for requesting an accommodation for a disability), association with a disabled person(s), medical condition (including HIV or AIDS status, cancer related or genetic characteristics) arrest record (unless doing so violates contractual, funding, or licensing requirements), order of protection status, pregnancy (including conditions related to childbirth or breast feeding), homelessness or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

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