Total Rewards Specialist
Argonne National Laboratory
Lemont, USA
Job posting number: #7221350 (Ref:417529)
Posted: February 27, 2024
Job Description
Our Total Rewards team is seeking a Total Rewards Specialist to join their team! In this role you can expect to:
- Counsel employees, retirees, dependents, and beneficiaries on eligibility and provisions of Argonne's Total Rewards programs and plans.
- Participate in planning, coordinating and/or presenting a wide range of educational and informational Total Rewards programs.
- Act as an informational resource and advocate for benefit claims and issues.
- Evaluate and administer recognition programs.
- Maintain, create and update Total Reward related websites and online resources.
- Educate plan participants in the use of internal and external Total Rewards web resources.
- Benchmark best practice data on program and plan enhancements and presents to Total Rewards Leadership.
- Create and update reports as needed within Workday, MarketPay and other applicable systems.
Position Requirements
- Continuing education and training to ensure an accurate working knowledge of all federal and state laws/regulations governing employee benefit programs (e.g., ERISA, PPA, EGTRRA, HIPAA, COBRA, ADEA, FMLA, TEFRA, DEFRA, HMO Act, DOL,etc.).
- Ability to understand and to be conversant in all Argonne Benefit Plans.
- Knowledge of HR Policies and Procedures.
- Effective oral and written communications skills and the ability to handle sensitive personal information in a professional manner.
- Effective skills in developing and maintaining good working relationships with multiple vendors.
- Ability to asses and ensure understanding of the employee/retiree need so as to direct to the appropriate benefit resource for assistance/resolution.
- Effective organization skills for planning and , coordinating all phases of assignment
- Strong computer skills and the ability to assist employees/retirees with the use of vendor web resources.
- Ability to model Argonne's core values of impact, safety, respect, integrity, and teamwork.
- PA2: Bachelor's degree and 2+ years of experience with benefit programs, or equivalent.
- A Certified Employee Benefits Specialist Certificate, or progress toward a Certificate, is highly desirable.
Job Family
Professional Administrative (PA)Job Profile
Total Rewards 2Worker Type
RegularTime Type
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