Benchmark Jobs Front Desk Receptionist Administrative Assistant Payroll Assistant Operations Analyst Benefits Manager

-Job Summary Plan, direct, or coordinate compensation and benefits activities of an organization.

-Essential Job Tasks

Design, evaluate and modify benefits policies to ensure that programs are current, competitive and in compliance with legal requirements. Analyze compensation policies, government regulations, and prevailing wage rates to develop competitive compensation plan. Fulfill all reporting requirements of all relevant government rules and regulations, including the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). Direct preparation and distribution of written and verbal information to inform employees of benefits, compensation, and personnel policies. Administer, direct, and review employee benefit programs, including the integration of benefit programs following mergers and acquisitions. Plan, direct, supervise, and coordinate work activities of subordinates and staff relating to employment, compensation, labor relations, and employee relations. Identify and implement benefits to increase the quality of life for employees, by working with brokers and researching benefits issues. Manage the design and development of tools to assist employees in benefits selection, and to guide managers through compensation decisions. Prepare detailed job descriptions and classification systems and define job levels and families, in partnership with other managers. Prepare budgets for personnel operations.

-Job Context Indoor, environmentally controlled; telephone; contact with others. -Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems 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. 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

Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data. 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 Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.