Benefits Specialist
Trinity College-Hartford
Location
Hartford, Connecticut
Quick overview
The Benefits Specialist administers employee benefits programs and manages all leave of absence processes. The role ensures compliance and provides timely support and guidance to employees regarding disability and leave programs.
Requirements summary
A Bachelor's degree is required, with 3-5 years of experience minimum and 5-8 years preferred. Candidates must possess strong technical knowledge of benefits regulations, analytical skills, and proficiency in MS Office.
Job description
The Benefits Specialist is responsible for administering employee benefits programs and managing all leave of absence (LOA) processes with accuracy, ensuring compliance, and exceptional customer service. This role ensures employees receive timely support and clear guidance on benefits, disability, and all state and federal leave programs.
Reporting to the Director of Benefits Administration/Operations, the Benefits Specialist is highly motivated, detail and project management minded, supporting an inclusive, collaborative, engaged, and diverse workforce.
Trinity is a highly selective, independent, nonsectarian liberal arts institution located in the capital city of Hartford, Connecticut. The college maintains a rigorous academic profile complemented by a vibrant co-curricular program. With more than 2,100 full-time undergraduate students, representing forty-three states and ninety-one countries, we consider our location in a culturally and socioeconomically diverse capital city to be among Trinity’s most distinctive assets; and we cultivate strong connections with our surrounding neighbors and with institutions and organizations throughout Hartford and the region. As a preeminent liberal arts college in an urban setting, Trinity College prepares students to be bold, independent thinkers who lead transformative lives.
