Benefits Manager

Overview

At The New York Foundling, we trust in the power and potential of people, and we deliberately invest in proven practices. From bold beginnings in 1869, our New York-based nonprofit has supported hundreds of thousands of our neighbors on their own paths to stability, strength, and independence.  We help children and families navigate through and beyond foster care. We help families struggling with conflict and poverty grow strong. We help individuals with developmental disabilities live their best lives, and we help our neighbors access quality health and mental health services—core to building lifelong resilience and wellbeing. Together, our interrelated programs provide a whole-person, whole-family, and whole-life approach that unlocks solutions for a lifetime.

The Benefits Manager is responsible for managing all day-to-day aspects of the New York Foundling’s employee benefits programs. The Benefits Manager works closely with all members of the Human Resources department; they are supervised directly by the Vice President-Human Resources and indirectly by the Chief Operating Officer.

Responsibilities

The specific responsibilities of the Benefits Manager include, but are not limited to:

• Coordinating the benefits enrollment of new employees, and coordinating any changes to benefits enrollment requested by current employees, with assistance from the HR Assistants and HR Generalists;
• Educating employees concerning benefits, including through presentations at Open Enrollment sessions and HR Orientations; ensuring that updates to benefits information is timely distributed among employees;
• Overseeing the administration of the Foundling’s Wellness Program, in consultation with the VP-HR, the HR Directors and HR Generalists;
• Communicating with representatives from the Foundling’s labor unions, applicable health insurers, disability insurance providers, 403(B) provider, and other benefits providers concerning benefits changes or enrollment;
• Managing the Foundling’s relationship with all applicable retirement plans; effectively communicating any requests for retirement benefits, as well as questions or changes thereto;
• Coordinating the Foundling’s response to any claim for unemployment benefits, in consultation with the VP-HR, HR Directors, HR Generalists, or Senior Generalist or HR Coordinator, or others; monitoring the Foundling’s results in connection with unemployment claims; managing the Foundling’s relationship with outside consultant for unemployment services;
• Arranging for information concerning COBRA eligibility and enrollment to be transmitted directly and promptly to employees who leave the Foundling’s employment;
• Overseeing the Foundling’s Tuition Reimbursement program;
• Preparing reports of relevant HR data on a recurring, or as requested, basis; coordinating with HR Information Systems Analyst regarding any requested analysis of HR data; assisting with audits of HR data as requested or needed;
• Coordinating, along with HR Directors and HR Assistants, the collection of annual performance evaluations for all employees;
• As back up to the HR Systems Analyst, coordinating changes to TransitChek enrollment;
• Monitoring the effectiveness of the Foundling’s employee benefits offerings and advising the VP-HR and COO concerning potential changes to employee benefits offerings;
• Maintaining current knowledge of legal requirements and government reporting regulations affecting human resources functions; analyzing whether policies, procedures, and reporting are in compliance with regulations; performing related research as requested;
• Maintaining current knowledge of competitors’ benefits offerings and identifying or suggesting improvements to current offerings.
• Educating program representatives regarding benefits policies and procedures; participating in HR-related trainings for program representatives; providing training to HR department staff as needed or recommended;
• Overseeing file feeds and other technological requirements for successful electronic Open Enrollment;
• Identifying and suggesting improvements and efficiencies in HR-related processes, including improvements to communications to employees and new hires about benefits offerings; and
• Performing other designated duties and completing special projects as requested.

The New York Foundling is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse employee population, the Foundling will honor your experiences, perspectives and unique identity. Together, our community strives to create and maintain working and learning environments that are inclusive, equitable and welcoming.

Qualifications

Human Resources or related field preferred.

Other Requirements: 

A positive, people-oriented personality and excellent writing skills necessary.  2 yrs human resources experience preferred.