Benefits Administrator

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About Seattle Pacific University:

Founded in 1891, Seattle Pacific University has a long and distinguished history in Christian higher education. Located just minutes from downtown Seattle, SPU seeks to be a premier Christian University fully committed to engaging the culture and changing the world by graduating people of competence and character, becoming people of wisdom, and modeling grace-filled community. Seattle Pacific University seeks applicants committed to its Christian mission.

Diversity Statement

As part of our mission of cultural engagement, SPU is committed to building an excellent and diverse staff and faculty. Diversity is an ethos that is inseparable from our Christian faith. At SPU, we recognize diversity as a basic feature of God's creation and a core theme of the gospel. At the heart of our mission-centered commitment to becoming a more diverse community is a desire to represent the breadth of God's kingdom more fully.

We strive to become a workplace of choice and to recruit, develop, and retain faculty and staff who can embrace, value, and engage differences with humility and care. We invite you to join us on our journey by starting a career at SPU! Learn more about SPU's commitment to diversity

and opportunities

for our employees to deepen their capacity to serve our increasingly diverse student body.

Seattle Pacific University provides reasonable accommodation to applicants. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any portion of the application or hiring process please contact the Human Resources Department at (206)281-2809, or email hr@spu.edu

. Notification must be given at least five (5) working days before the accommodation is needed.

Job Description:

About SPU HR:

Human Resources at Seattle Pacific University serves its employees with a team of professionals who are caring, compassionate, and humble as we do our work. It is our goal to provide services competently and responsibly in an atmosphere of teamwork and collaboration with our campus partners. We are motivated and sustained by our passion for SPU's mission and by our commitment to promote personal and professional satisfaction and success for all SPU employees.

What you would do:

In this position you are an efficient collaborator and a generous team player that can operate both strategically and operationally. You will use your great attention to detail to manage the day-to-day programming needs of the University's benefits offerings that include generous retirement plans as well as group medical/dental/vision plans.

You will use your combination of expertise and empathy to help employees understand and optimize their benefits regarding paid leaves, worker's compensation, and accommodation situations. Effective management of these matters, so important to our employees, will also require great attention to detail.

You will use your skills in leadership, strategic thinking, and analytics as you work with the University's benefits consultants and vendors, stewarding these vital resources for the University's employees.

Working within our generous retirement package, you will develop effective communications to employees surrounding events like open enrollment, life event changes and retirement as well as managing eligibility/participation.

Your project management skills will be used in coordinating annual audit processes of the retirement plans and ensuring the annual benefits-related forms and reports are processed, while following proper policies and practices in compliance with federal, state and local laws and regulations.

Requirements:

SPU HR seeks a purpose-driven professional with intermediate to advanced knowledge of HR functions, program management or leadership skills, to provide operational and strategic leadership of SPU's employee benefits program. Some benefits experience is preferred but many specific responsibilities could be developed on the job in a person with the right skill set.

Bachelor's degree in business management, human resource management or other related field, and/or commensurate experience.

Ability to communicate complicated subject matter clearly. Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Mature in character, able to use good judgment in making decisions and the ability to maintain confidentiality.

Strong attention to detail, minimum intermediate user in Excel. Familiarity with Microsoft Office suite, including Work, Outlook, PowerPoint, SharePoint and Teams.

Commitment to SPU's Christian mission and a desire to serve SPU employees with a humble spirit.

Preferred Qualifications:

Master's degree in business, human resources or related fields and/or commensurate experience in benefits management.

4 years of experience coordinating benefits programs, higher-ed experience a plus.

Prefer PHR or SPHR; and CEBS or GBA.

Additional Information:

Position will remain open until filled.

Salary: $67,000 - $77,000 annually DOE

This is a full time position with excellent benefits. SPU pays the employee premium for medical, dental, and vision insurance. SPU makes contributions to an employee HSA account and to a retirement account after one year of eligibility in the plan. Tuition discount program available for the employee and qualified immediate family members.

Application Instructions:

Please submit a cover letter and resume along with the online application.

Company info

Seattle Pacific University
Website : http://www.spu.edu