Benefits and Wellness Specialist / Benefits and Wellness Specialist, Senior

About the role

Forsyth County is seeking an engaged, detail-oriented HR professional to join our Benefits & Wellness team. This recruitment will be used to fill either the Benefits and Wellness Specialist or Benefits and Wellness Specialist, Senior classification. Placement will depend on the applicant’s education and experience.

Responsibilities

• Provides information regarding the County’s employee benefits packages.
• Processes and evaluates enrollment and changes to existing elections.
• Serves as a liaison between County employees and vendor.
• Assists with short-term and long-term disability claims.
• Affords pre-retirement benefit information.
• Affords assistance with the development of annual enrollment materials.
• Conducts reconciliation of open enrollment and life event changes.
• Processes benefit invoices for payment.
• Affords coordination of wellness program activities.
• Affords assistance with creation and distribution of promotional materials.
• Communicates with employees, managers, officials, carriers, and agencies.
• Maintains confidentiality and current knowledge of laws/regulations.
• Receives, reviews, prepares, and processes various records and reports.
• Performs clerical tasks and other related duties as required.

Requirements

• Benefits and Wellness Specialist: Associate’s degree from an accredited college or university in Human Resources Management, Business Administration, or closely related field; supplemented by one (1) year previous experience and/or training that includes human resources administration, benefits administration, office administration, employment services; or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this job.
• Benefits and Wellness Specialist, Senior: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Human Resources Management, Business Administration, or closely related field; supplemented by three (3) years previous experience and/or training that includes human resources administration, benefits administration, employment services; or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this job.

Qualifications

• Personal Leave Accrual: 0 - 4 Years - 20 days per year - 6.16 hours per pay period, 5 - 14 Years - 25 days per year - 7.70 hours per pay period, 15+Years - 30 days per year - 9.24 hours per pay period.
• Medical Insurance: The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners offers employees a choice of two medical plans offered by Aetna and a plan offered by Kaiser Permanente.
• Dental Insurance: The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners offers two dental plans from Delta Dental: Base $1,000 Plan Buy-Up $1,500 Plan.
• Vision Insurance: The vision plan offered by Forsyth County Board of Commissioners is administered by Aetna and will offer office visit copays for exams, as well as copays for lenses, frames, and contacts.
• Life & AD&D Insurance: The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners recognizes the importance of basic life insurance for all of its employees. The Board provides term life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) protection for each full-time employee. This is a County-paid benefit.
• Disability Insurance: 100% paid by Forsyth County. Eligibility begins date of hire. Short Term Disability – 60% of weekly earnings to a maximum of $1,000.00 a week. Eligibility begins 14 days after an accident or sickness and has a benefit period of 24 weeks. Long Term Disability – 60% of monthly earnings to a maximum of $5,000.00 a month. Eligibility begins at 26 weeks to coordinate with the end of Short Term benefits and continues 24 months (Own Occupation).
• Additional Life Insurance & AD&D: Rates vary based on amount of coverage selected. Additional life insurance may be purchased for employee, spouse, and children.
• Retirement Plan (401K): Fully vested at five years of employment – 20% graduated vesting annually. Eligible to begin contributions immediately upon hire. Six Months through One Year of County Service Forsyth County matches your contributions, dollar for dollar, up to 5% of your pay. That’s a 100% return on the first 5% of pay you save. Years One through Five Forsyth County “seeds” your account with 5% of your pay each year, and matches 100% of what you contribute, up to 5% of your pay. Years 5 through 10 The County continues its automatic “seed” contribution of 5% of pay, matches up to the first 5% of pay that you contribute, then adds a 50% match up to the next 5%. After 10 Years of Service You continue to receive a 100% County match on the first 5% of pay you contribute, and 50% on the next 5% of pay you save. But now, the automatic contribution the County makes to “seed” your account each year increases to 7.5% of your pay.

Benefits Provided by Forsyth County to Full-Time Employees

• Personal Leave Accrual
• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Life & AD&D Insurance
• Disability Insurance
• Additional Life Insurance & AD&D
• Retirement Plan (401K)

Required Question

• 01 Please indicate the highest level of education you have completed:
  • No High School Diploma or G.E.D
  • High School Diploma or G.E.D
  • Technical School Degree
  • Associate's Degree
  • Bachelor's Degree
  • Master's Degree
  • Juris Doctorate
  • PHD
• 02 Do you have at least one (1) year previous experience and/or training that includes human resources administration, benefits administration, office administration, employment services?
  • Yes
  • No
• 03 Do you have a PHR or SHRM-CP certification?
  • Yes
  • No