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Role Description

Title: Benefits Specialist

Supervised by: Compensation & Benefits Manager

Classification: Salaried/Exempt

Starting Salary: $66,000

Position Summary. As a Benefits Specialist, you will ensure our employees are familiar with and fully able to use Jubilee’s robust benefits package by serving as the primary daily contact with staff. You will troubleshoot, assist, and provide excellent, responsive customer care. You will also handle detailed daily administration of voluntary and mandated benefits

Responsibilities.

• Process requests and receipts for wellness, tuition reimbursement, staff development funds, payroll advances, vacation reimbursement, referral bonuses and other benefits
• Ensure excellence, accuracy, and readability of all communications and materials related to employee benefits
• Administer benefits programs and provide excellent customer service to employees
• Suggest innovations to improve benefits administration and employee satisfaction
• Support annual open enrollment and promote benefits throughout the employee lifecycle

• Assist employees with questions and issues related to benefits, leave scenarios, worker’s compensation claims, etc.
• Run Medicaid Exclusions checks of employees and contractors monthly
• Work with Onboarding Specialist to collect and verify employee documents such as driver’s license and vaccination information
• Submit responses and documentation for unemployment hearings, workers compensation and similar
• Notify employees of vacation and sabbatical eligibility and track same

• File any benefits-related paperwork
• Cross-train to assist with other HR functions such as hiring, onboarding, training and events management

Qualifications.

• Associate’s degree in business, accounting, or related discipline preferred

• Some eperience with compliance issues related to the role
• 1+ years experience in a related field, such as human resources, benefits administration, payroll, etc.
• Intermediate knowledge of commonly offered workplace benefits
• Detail-orientation is critical
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Enjoys working in a fast-paced, team-oriented, results-driven environment
• Very strong technology skills to effectively use these systems and applications:
• Impeccable follow-through and customer service
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Excellent “people” skills

• Bilingual (English/Spanish) is always a plus
• Demonstrated ability to use good judgement and take initiative and make recommendations in resolving problems
• True passion for the mission of the organization; desire to work with and learn from people who have intellectual and development disabilities

Benefits. Competitive benefits include four weeks' vacation, health/dental/life/disability, student loan assistance, paid parental leave, retirement, $1000 annual staff development fund, periodic reimbursement of vacation expenses, and much more.

All employees must be fully vaccinated before starting work.

About Jubilee. Jubilee Association of Maryland is a faith-based nonprofit that provides opportunities and support for adults with intellectual and other developmental disabilities to live in and enrich their community while fulfilling their personal, family, social, and spiritual needs. Jubilee was started by Hyattsville Mennonite Church in 1978 as part of the movement to bring people with intellectual disabilities out of segregated institutions and into the community. Since then, Jubilee has grown to be a leader in person-centered disability services. We currently support more than 160 people who are included in their communities across Montgomery County, Maryland. The organization has a staff of over 400 and an annual budget of more than $30 million. Through partnerships, innovation, and attentive care, Jubilee is a leader in providing the highest quality services and helping its clients demonstrate the power of inclusion. Learn more at www.jubileemd.org.

Jubilee Association of Maryland is an equal-opportunity employer that values a diverse workforce. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, age, disability, physical characteristics, veteran status, or religion.

(This position will be advertised internally to all staff via email, on our website, and on various job boards)

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