POSITION PURPOSE:

The Human Resources Benefits/Compliance Manager administers and monitors all benefit programs, manages open enrollment, ensures compliance with federal and state leave policies, as well as the Affordable Care Act. Under policy direction, plans, organizes, manages, directs and participates in the design, development and implementation of a complex array of benefit programs and services for all employees; provides expert professional assistance and guidance to NHA management on workers’ compensation, group insurance, 401(k) retirement, supplemental employee benefits and related matters; manages consultant, broker and vendor relations; and performs other related duties as assigned.

DESIRED MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Knowledge of:

• Theory, principles, practices, trends, and techniques of workers’ compensation, absence management and employee benefits plan design, evaluation, and administration;
• Federal, California, and local laws, regulations, court decisions applicable to assigned areas of responsibility;
• Tax incentives associated with certain benefits;
• Research methods and analysis techniques;
• Principles and practices of effective management and supervision;
• HRIS systems, payroll administration software, and Microsoft Excel.

Ability to:

• Comprehend, interpret, explain, and apply NHA, state and federal laws, regulations, policies, and procedures pertinent to human resources management;
• Analyze and make sound recommendations on complex absence management, workers’ compensation and employee benefit management issues including retirement/401k;
• Plan and manage a broad, centralized absence management, workers’ compensation, and employee benefit management program, and serve as NHA’s subject matter expert in these fields;
• Present proposals and recommendations clearly to all levels of employees;
• Evaluate employee benefit management practices and make sound recommendations for improvement;
• Prepare clear, concise, and comprehensive correspondence, reports, studies, and other written materials;
• Exercise sound, expert, and independent judgment with general policy guidelines;
• Exercise tact, objectivity, sensitivity, strategy, and judgment in dealing with sensitive, complex, and confidential issues;
• Communicate effectively with people of various educational, socio-economic, and cultural backgrounds;
• Ability to defuse and/or mediate emotional and volatile situations;
• Operate a computer using word processing, spreadsheet, and database software applications and operate other standard office equipment;
• Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing;
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with all levels of management, employees, applicants, vendors, and the public;
• Provide effective supervision and training to staff.