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Temporary Professional -Benefits Enrollment

Employer
University of Colorado System Administration
Location
Denver, CO

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DescriptionEmployee Services provides the University of Colorado community with services from recruitment to retirement. The department provides functional and technical expertise in the areas of benefit, human resources, international tax, learning and development, payroll, retirement, technologies and financial wellness. Employee Services strives to create a workforce that is stronger, healthier and more secure.

The Benefits Enrollment Management team held within Employee Services is looking for a temporary professional to assist with annual open enrollment as well as administrative responsibilities. Position is responsible for accurately entering, verifying, and correcting a variety of data in the University’s Human Resource Information System (HRIS) and Enrollment Management Access Database as it relates to University of Colorado payroll and benefit programs. Position will be required to resolve problems regarding benefits enrollment data and is responsible for ensuring that employees, retirees, surviving spouses and students are enrolled properly in their benefit plans and that they are charged appropriate deductions for their enrollment. This position reports to the Benefits Administration Functional Analyst, and is exempt from the State of Colorado Classified Staff system.

Temporary Employment: You will not receive any benefits coverage, nor will you accrue any paid leave. All temporary limited to a nine-month employment term, with a four-month waiting period before being eligible for temporary employment again. This position will work Monday- Friday from 8am-5pm.

Duties and Responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to:
  • Input enrollment information into the University’s HRIS.
  • Ensuring that customers are enrolled accurately per their eligibility.
  • Review enrollment documentation completed and submitted by the employee for accuracy and contact the employee for correction when applicable.
  • Record and verify quality of data entry via established reports/queries. 
  • Position will be required to resolve problems regarding the data pulled from the University’s HRIS system.
  • Respond to employee inquiries using Cherwell, email, and telephone.
  • Review documents that are located within the internal system Onbase document warehouse.
  • Provides limited administrative assistance as is applicable to enrollment of benefits, for example:
  • Copying forms
  • Folding and mailing benefit documents.
  • Calling vendors for necessary follow-up information
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
To be successful in this position, candidates will need the following:

  • Knowledge of Administrative duties and how to best perform the tasks necessary.
  • Ability to self-motivate and accomplish tasks with minimal oversight.
  • Ability to use creativity to problem-solve and diagnose issues with a willingness to figure out solutions.
  • Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, must be adept at managing multiple competing projects/priorities, and must perform well as a collaborative member in a tightly knit team.
  • Excellent written and oral communications and organization skills. 
Who we are: System Administration, which also houses the Office of the President, is located in the uptown neighborhood of Denver with an office in Broomfield and a few smaller offices located on the campuses. This position is located in Denver. Many of our departments support the educational and research missions of the four University of Colorado campuses. We provide diverse opportunities for professional development, innovation, and collaboration with talented staff and faculty.



What we offer:

Salary: The salary range for this position is $18.50- $19.00 per hour.

This position will work Monday- Friday from 8am to 5pm.


Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution of higher education or equivalent experience (experience may be substituted for the educational requirement on a year for year basis).

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Previous experience working within Administrative Assistant capacity.
  • Previous experience with an HRIS system.
  • Previous working experience administering employee benefits


Job Category: Professional Support Services
Primary Location: Denver
Schedule: Full-time
Posting Date: Oct 8, 2018
Unposting Date: Ongoing

Organization

Read our Diversity Profile The University of Colorado is the third largest employer in the state of Colorado and plays a profound role in the lives of individuals, businesses and communities throughout the state, across the country and around the world. Nearly 500,000 alumni lead the way in business, science, the arts, health care and their communities, and they’re joined by some 15,000 more each year.UC aerial view

Founded in 1876, the University of Colorado now includes four campuses: CU BoulderCU Denver, CU Colorado Springs and the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. The University of Colorado is recognized as a national leader in teaching and research excellence, with campuses offering more than 300 unique degree programs.

University of Colorado campuses are consistently ranked nationally and regionally by U.S. News & World Report’s annual Best Colleges Rankings. A total of 14,479 degrees in were awarded in 2015-16 and the total enrollment among CU’s four campuses during the fall 2016 semester was 63,202.

UC buffaloIn FY 2015-16, CU garnered $924 million in sponsored research awards, which support research related capital improvements, scientific equipment and salaries for research and support staff. In the past year alone, CU Technology Transfer registered 275 invention disclosures, 112 new patent filings and 193 follow-on filings. Five new companies were formed based on CU technology.

 

Our outstanding staff and faculty make us who we are. Notable honors and awards received include:  

  • Five Nobel Laureates
  • One Pulitzer Prize recipient
  • Nine MacArthur fellows
  • Twenty-four recipients of the Hazel Barnes Prize
  • Two Carnegie Foundation Professor of the Year honorees

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