Benefits Admntr - Portland, Or #110877

Date: Jul 20, 2023

Location: PORTLAND, OR, US, 97232

Company: PacifiCorp

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PacifiCorp is seeking customer-centric candidates to grow and sustain our commitment to a culture of customer service excellence, environmental sustainability and diversity, equity and inclusion.

General Purpose

Facilitates and coordinates health and welfare benefits programs, benefit enrollment and mid-year changes. Ensures benefit activities are performed in accordance with federal, state and local employment related laws and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the annual open enrollment to include review of communications for employees and retirees.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local employment related laws and regulations.
• Notify vendor of employee and dependent terminations needing COBRA offerings, Long Term Disability employees and retirees that need to be billed for premiums and monitoring of timely payments.
• Maintain various tracking logs.
• Facilitate enrollment activities for new hire enrollment, to include offering of benefits and mid-year changes. Validate elections, receipt of dependent documents and evidence of insurance approvals.
• Special tasks as assigned.
• Process death claims.
• Perform other office administration functions as needed to include, filing, generating correspondences and reports and data entry requirements.
• Process and validate benefits department invoices.
• Establish and maintain confidential benefit files and records necessary for implementing benefit coverage, to include filing of benefit documents.
• Assist internal and external customers via the toll-free benefit line, general email box and in person meetings, regarding group health plan questions, enrollment, claims issues, personal time and retirement benefits.
• Ensure enrollment and mid-year changes are done within compliance and departmental deadlines.
• Validate bi-monthly vendor eligibility termination dates for accuracy of file load per compliance requirements.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent; or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Proficient with the use of personal computers including spreadsheet, database and word processing applications.
• Capability of effective planning and priority setting. Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously while working under pressure to meet deadlines and excellent follow through on tasks.
• General knowledge of Company and departmental policies, procedures, and practices as well as applicable federal, state, and local governmental laws and regulations.
• A minimum of two years related Human Resources experience.
• Communication and interpersonal skills including the ability to work with all organizational levels as a team member to ensure that key information on schedules, requirements, and resources is communicated to management in a clear and timely manner.

Preferences

• PHR or SPHR Certification.
• Benefit administration experience.

Additional Information

Req Id: 110877

Company Code: PacifiCorp

Primary Location: PORTLAND

Department: Benefits Administration

Schedule: Monday - Friday // 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Personnel Subarea: NON-EXEMPT

Hiring Range: $59,100.00 -69,500.00

Benefits: Health care, retirement, paid time off, tuition assistance, paid short-term and long-term disability, paid bereavement leave. For more information, please visit: https://careers.pacificorp.com/content/New-Benefits-Page/?locale=en_US

Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without an accommodation.

At PacifiCorp, we celebrate diversity, equity and inclusion. PacifiCorp is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or religious creed, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status (except as required by law), gender (including gender identity and expression), sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran or military status, familial or parental status, marital status or any other category protected by applicable local, state or U.S. federal law.

All offers of employment are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check and drug screening.