Benefits Representative - Hiring This Week

Tasks

• Evaluate job positions, determining classification, exempt or non-exempt status, and salary.

• Ensure company compliance with federal and state laws, including reporting requirements.

• Prepare occupational classifications, job descriptions, and salary scales.

• Provide advice on the resolution of classification and salary complaints.

• Research job and worker requirements, structural and functional relationships among jobs and occupations, and occupational trends.

• Advise managers and employees on state and federal employment regulations, collective agreements, benefit and compensation policies, personnel procedures, and classification programs.

• Perform multifactor data and cost analyses that may be used in areas such as support of collective bargaining agreements.

• Prepare reports, such as organization and flow charts, and career path reports to summarize job analysis and evaluation and compensation analysis information.

• Plan, develop, evaluate, improve, and communicate methods and techniques for selecting, promoting, compensating, evaluating, and training workers.

• Assess need for and develop job analysis instruments and materials.

• Consult with or serve as a technical liaison between business, industry, government, and union officials.

• Observe, interview, and survey employees and conduct focus group meetings to collect job, organizational, and occupational information.

• Assist in preparing and maintaining personnel records and handbooks.

• Analyze organizational, occupational, and industrial data to facilitate organizational functions and provide technical information to business, industry, and government.

• Administer employee insurance, pension and savings plans, working with insurance brokers and plan carriers.

• Research employee benefit and health and safety practices and recommend changes or modifications to existing policies.

• Develop, implement, administer and evaluate personnel and labor relations programs, including performance appraisal, affirmative action, and employment equity programs.

• Advise staff of individuals' qualifications.

• Negotiate collective agreements on behalf of employers or workers, and mediate labor disputes and grievances.

• Review occupational data on Alien Employment Certification Applications to determine the appropriate occupational title and code, and provide local offices with information about immigration and occupations.

• Plan and develop curricula and materials for training programs and conduct training.

• Work with the Department of Labor and promote its use with employers.

• Prepare research results for publication in form of journals, books, manuals, and film.

• Speak at conferences and events to promote apprenticeships and related training programs.

Skills

• Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.

• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

• Writing - Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.

• Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.

• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

• Active Learning - Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.

• Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.

• Social Perceptiveness - Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.

• Persuasion - Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.

• Instructing - Teaching others how to do something.

• Complex Problem Solving - Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

• Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

• Systems Analysis - Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.

Knowledge

• Administration and Management - Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

• Clerical - Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.

• Economics and Accounting - Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data.

• Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

• Personnel and Human Resources - Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.

• Mathematics - Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.

• English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

• Law and Government - Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.