Role OverviewThe Benefits Specialist II plays a key role in the oversight, administration, and continuous improvement of JPL's health and welfare benefit programs. This position partners closely with internal stakeholders, vendors, and HR colleagues to ensure the effective delivery, compliance, and communication of health and welfare, retiree and wellness programs.
What You Will Do
Support the oversight and administration of health and welfare benefit programs, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and related offerings. Support annual Open Enrollment activities, provide support for retiree benefit programs, and assist in the development and ongoing management of employee wellness initiatives.
Why It Might Be a Fit
The ideal candidate brings strong analytical capability, knowledge of benefits regulations and best practices, and a proactive, service-oriented approach to supporting a diverse workforce.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree with typically 3 years of related experience in employee Benefit Administration
- Ability to influence and adapt style to consult with all levels of employee and management
- Strong data and numerical analytic skills including intermediate to advanced Excel proficiency
- Ability to work effectively and well within the JPL culture
- Ability to perform data analysis, troubleshooting, creative problem resolution, diagnostics and process improvement
- Understand HRIS processes to facilitate systems modifications, program updates and testing
- Highly organized with an ability to meet critical deadlines
- Excellent problem-solving, critical thinking, reasoning and analytical skills
- Excellent writing and editing skills
- Effective team player
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to work effectively in situations that require sound decision-making
- Establishes trust and maintains confidentiality
Benefits
- health, dental, vision, wellbeing, and retirement plans
- paid time off
- learning
- rideshare
- childcare
- flexible schedule
- parental leave
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