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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
- 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.
- Ensure enrollment and mid-year changes are done within compliance and departmental deadlines.
- Establish and maintain confidential benefit files and records necessary for implementing benefit coverage, to include filing of benefit documents.
- Validate bi-monthly vendor eligibility termination dates for accuracy of file load per compliance requirements.
- 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.
- 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.
- Assist in the annual open enrollment to include review of communications for employees and retirees.
- Process death claims.
- Perform other office administration functions as needed to include, filing, generating correspondences and reports and data entry requirements.
- Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local employment related laws and regulations.
- Maintain various tracking logs.
- Process and validate benefits department invoices.
- Special tasks as assigned.
Requirements
- High School Diploma or equivalent; or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
- A minimum of two years related Human Resources experience.
- 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.
- Proficient with the use of personal computers including spreadsheet, database and word processing applications.
- 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.
- General knowledge of Company and departmental policies, procedures, and practices as well as applicable federal, state, and local governmental laws and regulations.
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.
Nearest Major Market: Portland Oregon