Benefits Specialist II

Title: Benefits Specialist II

Salary Range: $41,880.00 - $52,356.00

Contract Term Length: 12 Months

Standard Hours: 37.5

Work Location: Hybrid

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

College: KCTCS System Office

Campus Location: KCTCS System Office

Department: Human Resources / Payroll Shared Services & Benefits Operations

Total Rewards

KCTCS System Office offers a competitive benefits package and an attractive work environment that supports excellence, innovation, and creativity including:

• Exceptional health care, vision, dental coverage for you and your family
• Tuition reimbursement/waiver for you, your spouse, and dependents
• 403(b) retirement plan: a 5% employee contribution receives a 10% employer match
• Vacation/Sick Time
• Work-Life Balance
• 9.5 Paid Holidays
• 2 Weeks Institutional Closing Pay (Last 2 weeks of December) for qualifying positions
• Employee Assistance Program

Job Summary

The primary responsibility of the Benefits Specialist II position is to provide support for the Benefit Operation functional area. This position is responsible for ensuring accurate entry of benefit information into the PeopleSoft HCM system, working with carriers to process long/short term disability claims and life insurance claims, processing benefit enrollment updates due to qualifying events and enrollments for new hires, processing national medical support notices, supporting open enrollment events, provide benefit customer support to employees and retirees, support the retiree direct billing process, participate in reconciliation of billing to withholdings, and other duties as assigned. This position will participate in PeopleSoft testing, implementations, and upgrades as they relate to the benefit programs in PeopleSoft. This position will work cooperatively with team members in the Payroll Shared Services and Benefit Operations organization and provide reporting as needed and will function as a back-up for the Benefit Manager.

Positions with the KCTCS System Office located in Versailles, KY are term-contract positions, with the expectancy of continuance based on performance.

KCTCS offers a hybrid work schedule with a requirement to be onsite a minimum of 3 days per work week. Hybrid work schedules are subject to periodic review and may be modified or terminated at any time.

Job Duties:

Entry, audit, and assist with benefit set up in PeopleSoft HCM and all ancillary processes associated with benefit assignment and withholding.

LTD, STD, Life Claims processing.

Supporting and maintaining the retiree direct bill process.

Customer Support.

Provide support to the Shared Services organization and Benefit Manager.

Provide support for PeopleSoft upgrades and implementation through testing system inputs and outputs.

Minimum Qualifications:

Associate's Degree and three (3) years of relevant experience or equivalent. 

Preferred Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree and five (5) years of relevant experience or equivalent.

Additional Skills Requested:

Employee Rights - Employee Polygraph Protection Act

Equal Opportunity Employer - The Kentucky Community and Technical College System is an equal educational and employment opportunity institution.