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Job Description
Department: Office of Human Resources
General Statement of Job
The Benefits Supervisor reports to the Benefits Manager and will assist the Benefits Manager in managing all health insurance benefits, retirement plans, state reporting and benefits deductions for all college employees. The Benefits Supervisor will also facilitate outreach to research other supplemental insurance benefits available for the college. Provides supervision to assigned staff.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities
Essential Functions:
- Responsible for monitoring all health insurance benefits, retirement plans, state reporting and benefits deductions for all college employees. Prepares and submits reports to state agencies and/or appropriate parties in a timely manner and/or as required by agencies.
- Serves as a subject matter expert to employees, retirees, management and college leaders in benefits, retirement and critical benefit related situations.
- Ensures benefit policies and procedures comply to applicable state and federal reporting.
- Evaluates and compares existing employee benefits with those of other employers by analyzing other plans, surveys, and other sources of information; provides recommendations for review by management.
- Responsible for accurately processing, monitoring, and validating payroll adjustments to include all benefit deductions for health, retirement, voluntary, optional additional payments and any types of leaves.
- Makes effective and sound decisions for complex and sensitive benefit and retirement related issues and offers creative and alternative solutions, as applicable.
- Advises employees and retirees regarding state benefits, insurance programs, policies and recommends solutions for all related employee/retiree problems and reports more complex issues to the Benefits Manger/Director of Benefits and Compensation.
- Develops and conducts training and new hire orientation sessions regarding college benefits, retirement and optional plans. Coordinates other special events such as ERS/TRS presentations, lunch and learns, benefits fairs, and trainings as needed.
- Provides interpretation and ensures compliance with government regulations and plan provisions including but not limited to IRS and retirement plan limits, retiree return to work provisions, issuing of 1095C forms and Affordable Care Act (ACA) eligibility and enrollment.
- Coordinates and implements the processing of benefit updates and any other changes impacting benefits eligibility.
- Uses discretion and independent judgment for duties; consults with the Benefits Manager for unusual or problematic concerns.
- Maintains confidentiality related to sensitive information.
- Travels throughout campus as needed.
- Recommends for hire, supervises, trains, assigns schedules, and evaluates benefits staff; provides guidance and direction to staff.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Required Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or related field required.
- At least two (2) years of benefits related experience required.
- Experience in higher educational setting is highly preferred.
- Working knowledge of benefit programs in higher educational setting is preferred.
- Advanced MS Office proficiency, including spreadsheet, database, and research skills required.
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Excellent oral, written, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Excellent customer service.
- Strong computer skills with knowledge of Microsoft Office including, but not limited to, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, the Windows environment, and internet research skills.
- Bilingual, English/Spanish, preferred.
- Ability to work evenings and/or weekends as needed; willing to travel throughout Hidalgo and Starr counties using own means of reliable transportation.
- Demonstrated commitment to achieving the vision and mission of South Texas College.
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret policies and procedures, and/or governmental regulations.
- Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
- Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
- Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Checks, Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations
- Security Sensitive position: All applicants are subject to a criminal background check under South Texas College policy.
- In addition, subject to a federal background check.
- Must have or qualify for a valid Texas driver's license and proof of liability insurance.
Physical Requirements
- Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.
- Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
- Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
- Picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.
- Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
- Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction.
- Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination in sound.
- Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. Occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles.
- Ability to make rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes.
- Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including the ability to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately and concisely.
- Standing particularly for sustained periods of time.
- Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. Occurs to a considerable degree and requires full motion of the lower extremities and back muscles.
- Close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; and/or extensive reading.
- Mobility to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.
The above job description is not intended as, nor should it be construed as, exhaustive of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.
Minimum Compensation
$63,976.20 Annual
Desired Start Date
May 19, 2025
Posting Close Date (No Close Date if Blank)
7 May 2025 11:59pm
