What are the responsibilities and job description for the Benefit & Engagement Coordinator position at Texas A&M Foundation?
Brief Description
Why you’ll love this…
As a Benefit & Engagement Coordinator, you’ll be an essential part of the Foundation’s talent management strategy—designing and administering benefit, reward, and engagement programs that attract and retain top talent while ensuring compliance with ever-changing legislation. You’ll act as a trusted resource for team members, educating them about the benefits of working at the Foundation and helping them maximize those benefits. In this role, you’ll oversee benefit enrollment, lead wellbeing initiatives, manage recognition programs, and ensure accurate records and reporting. You’ll also build meaningful relationships across the organization, contribute to a positive workplace culture, and support our mission of purposeful philanthropy. In this role, you will leverage a blend of skills including technical capabilities to maximize effectiveness, organizational skills, and attention to detail to manage administrative functions, and a people-focused mindset to support Foundation talent and enhance the workplace experience.
What We Have To Offer…
Minimum Required Qualifications
Why you’ll love this…
As a Benefit & Engagement Coordinator, you’ll be an essential part of the Foundation’s talent management strategy—designing and administering benefit, reward, and engagement programs that attract and retain top talent while ensuring compliance with ever-changing legislation. You’ll act as a trusted resource for team members, educating them about the benefits of working at the Foundation and helping them maximize those benefits. In this role, you’ll oversee benefit enrollment, lead wellbeing initiatives, manage recognition programs, and ensure accurate records and reporting. You’ll also build meaningful relationships across the organization, contribute to a positive workplace culture, and support our mission of purposeful philanthropy. In this role, you will leverage a blend of skills including technical capabilities to maximize effectiveness, organizational skills, and attention to detail to manage administrative functions, and a people-focused mindset to support Foundation talent and enhance the workplace experience.
What We Have To Offer…
- Purpose. Serve a cause that makes an impact every day. Opportunity for thousands of students to achieve a college education. Opportunity for Texas A&M’s groundbreaking research to solve complex challenges of today and tomorrow.
- Comprehensive compensation package with salary reflective of role and experience.
- Competitive benefits (medical, dental, life insurance, identity protection, and more).
- Retirement plan with generous contributions.
- Professional development support and training to help you grow your HR expertise and career.
Minimum Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field OR equivalent combination of education and professional experience.
- Minimum 3 years of progressive HR or benefits administration experience with strong customer service skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft 365 applications, specialized software, and complex information systems.
- Technical skills – ability to work with benefits administration systems, databases, and relevant software tools.
- Administrative skills – strong organization, documentation, and record-keeping abilities; able to manage multiple deadlines, maintain accurate files, and ensure compliance with policies and regulations.
- People-service focus – proven ability to provide excellent service to team members, resolve issues promptly, and communicate with professionalism and empathy when appropriate utilizing discretion and maintaining confidentiality.
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple priorities under deadlines.
- Strong ability to coordinate tasks and resources, prioritize effectively, and maintain accuracy in fast-paced environments.
- Strong commitment to the mission and vision of Texas A&M Foundation and ability to serve as a compelling ambassador for the organization and Texas A&M University.
- Experience with administering employee benefits, including health, retirement, or other related workplace programs.
- Experience with HR regulations such as FLSA, FMLA, HIPAA, COBRA, ACA, and Workers’ Compensation.
- Ability to interpret and apply HR policies and procedures.
- Experience in nonprofit or higher education settings.
- Proven ability to navigate complex situations diplomatically, balancing competing priorities while maintaining professionalism.
- Brings a customer-focused approach to benefits and engagement.
- Communicates clearly and builds trust with team members.
- Is proactive in identifying improvements and solutions.
- Values collaboration and contributes to a positive team culture.
- Reports to: Assistant Vice President for Human Resources.
- Supervision: No direct reports; may provide guidance to student workers or team members.
- Schedule: On-site, exempt position, Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. May require occasional evenings or weekends.
- Travel: Occasional travel, including overnight stays, for professional development.
- Physical demands: Primarily computer-based work with occasional standing, bending, lifting, and similar activities.
- A mission-driven culture centered on purposeful philanthropy.
- A commitment to the Aggie Core Values and the Foundation Beliefs.
- Encouragement for continuous improvement and process innovation.
- Opportunities to contribute to the success of our mission while advancing your professional development.
