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Benefits Specialist I (Inst)

Job Group: Human Resources
Job Subgroup: Payroll and Benefits
Salary Range (Annual): 19: $42,600-86,900
Employee Category: Academic Staff
Job Code: HR033
  • Job Summary:
    Provides accurate, timely, and comprehensive benefit information and counseling to institutional human resources professionals and employees to assist audiences in understanding benefits eligibility, selection, and enrollment rules. Completes and processes benefit enrollments and changes to ensure up-to-date benefits data.
  • Job Responsibilities:
    • Receives, responds to, and resolves complex employee benefits questions, feedback and problems from employees, HR leadership, and campus partners through various mediums
    • Advises current and prospective employees and human resources staff on benefit eligibility, options, and applicable timelines according to established policies and procedures
    • Researches eligibility and enrollment rules, plan documents, contract statutes, and administrative codes to provide correct benefit resources and materials to human resources professionals and employees
    • Develops and facilitates employee benefit trainings and associated resources and materials
    • Serves as a unit subject matter expert and liaison to internal and external stakeholders providing complex benefit information
    • Receives, processes, and audits benefit enrollments and changes according to established policies and procedures
    • Identifies opportunities for operational improvements and recommends changes to leadership
  • Education:
    Associate's Degree Preferred Minimum
  • FLSA Status:
    Exempt
  • Institution Job:
    Yes
  • Required Supervisory Duty of at Least 2.0 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Employees:
    No
  • Employee Category:
    Academic Staff
  • Scaled Job:
    No
  • Salary Range (Annual):
    19: $42,600-86,900
  • Job Code:
    HR033: Benefits Specialist I (Inst)
  • Link directly to this job title: https://hr.wisc.edu/standard-job-descriptions/?q=HR033

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