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Human Resources Consultant 4 - Benefits
Position Summary
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Serves as a subject matter expert in Benefits, delivering strategic guidance and responsive, high-quality service to employees and leadership. Provides expert consultation on complex benefits and retirement matters, ensuring compliance with state and federal regulations while supporting an inclusive, equitable workplace. Leads and mentors team members to deliver consistent, solutions-focused HR support.
ABOUT THE COLLEGE:
Green River College has four campuses, including the main campus in Auburn, with satellite campuses in Kent, downtown Auburn, and Enumclaw. Green River programs serve high school graduates, Running Start students (dual enrollment in local high schools and the college), those seeking retraining for the workforce, international students, learning English as a second language, and Continuing
Education students. Green River’s service areas are increasingly ethnically diverse, comprising African Americans, African immigrants, Asian Americans, Asians, Latinos/as, Native Americans, Pacific Islanders, and Middle Eastern Americans, among other communities.
COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION:
Green River College is committed to enhancing and supporting a diverse campus environment, incorporating principles of equity in order to promote inclusive practices. Diversity is understood in terms of intersectional identities defined by culture, race, ethnicity, sex, gender, sexual orientation, social class, disability, religion, veteran status, immigration status, and age. Given the diversity of our student population and service areas, we encourage applications from faculty, staff, and administrators with demonstrated experience and expertise in supporting, sustaining and serving people from a wide range of backgrounds and collaborating effectively with others.
Position Responsibilities
COLLABORATION & STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT:
- Healthy Gators Committee
- Payroll and Business Office
- Department supervisors and managers
- External stakeholder including, but not limited to, Washington State Health Care Authority (PEBB HCA), State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC), Department of Retirement Systems (DRS), TIAA-CREF and other retirement vendors, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), legal representatives or agencies during benefits-related appeals or inquiries and external auditors or compliance bodies related to ACA, PEBB or retirement programs.
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Administer and manage Washington State insurance and retirement programs for 800+ employees to include classified, exempt, faculty and hourly groups.
- Review and manage monthly eligibility reports to determine benefits and retirement eligibility for all faculty and staff.
- Lead annual PEBB open enrollment process and ensure compliance with external agencies, including PEBB, HCA, ACA, and SBCTC.
- Conduct in-depth planning sessions with prospective retirees; prepare supplemental retirement calculations for the State Board plan.
- Stay current on legal and regulatory changes; respond to appeals and legal information requests related to benefits.
- Maintain strong working relationships with external partners such as HCA, SBCTC, DRS, EAP, and internal stakeholders.
- Serve as a trusted resource for employees, providing timely, clear, and compassionate benefits support and communication.
- Create and maintain communication templates to ensure consistent, accurate messaging around benefits.
- Act as the college’s primary contact for HCA, Wellness, and TIAA-CREF programs.
- Lead FMLA, Shared Leave, and Unpaid Leave processes.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in human resources, Business Administration, Public Administration, or related discipline and/or equivalent relevant work experience.
- Progressively responsible professional-level benefit administration experience or a blend of human resources and payroll, including experience supporting or managing benefits or payroll administration.
- Knowledge and experience with both defined benefit and defined contribution retirement plans; working knowledge of state pension plans such as the Teachers' Retirement Plan (TRS) and the Public Employees' Retirement Plan (PERS).
- Knowledge and familiarity with disability laws (Federal and State).
Supplemental Information
Required Training:
- Non-discrimination
- Ethics
- Child Abuse and Neglect
- Safety Orientation
- Title IX
- Procurement 101
- FERPA
- Must be able to sit for long periods at a desk/computer workstation.
- Frequent repetitive arm, hand, and finger motions.
- Frequent use of computer and exposure to terminal screen in performing work assignments.
- Work in an office setting with frequent interruptions.
- Must be able to maintain “regular and predictable attendance”
- May need to carry, lift or move equipment/supplies up to 5 lbs
- Work schedule: HR office hours of Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Hybrid schedule may be optional.
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This position is part of a bargaining unit subject to a collective bargaining agreement.
At this time, Green River College is not sponsoring H1-B Visas.
All offers of employment are subject to background checks. (Prior to a new hire, a background check including criminal record history will be conducted. Information from the background check will not necessarily preclude employment but will be considered in determining the applicant’s suitability and competence to perform in the position.)
Applicants considered for this position will be required to disclose if they are the subject of any substantiated findings or current investigations related to sexual misconduct at their current employment and past employment. Disclosure is required under Washington state law RCW 28B.112.080.
Green River College is a tobacco free campus. For more information on the tobacco policy, please visit the following link: https://www.greenriver.edu/campus/policies-and-procedures/general-administrative-policies/ga-2-tobacco-use-policy/
Jeanne Clery Statement: Notice of Availability of Annual Security and Fire Safety Report— Green River College’s Annual Safety and Fire Report is available online at www.greenriver.edu/CleryASFR, containing mandated information about current campus policies concerning safety and security issues, required statistics, and other related information for the past three calendar years. To obtain a paper copy of the report, please call 253-288-3350.
The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies: Executive Director of Human Resources, 12401 SE 320th Street, Auburn, WA 98092-3622, (253) 288-3320.
To request disability accommodation in the application process, contact the Disability Support Services at (253) 833-9111, ext. 2631; TTY (253) 288-3359.
Equal Opportunity Employer and Statement of Non-Discrimination: Green River College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, citizenship or immigration status, age, perceived or actual sensory, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, creed, religion, honorably discharged veteran or military status, or the use of a trained guide dog or service animal. Green River College prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, including sex-based harassment, and sex discrimination in any education program or activity that it operates, as required by Title IX and its regulations, including in admission and employment. Inquiries about Title IX may be referred to Green River College’s Title IX Coordinator, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, or both.
Reporting: Any employee, student, applicant, or visitor who believes that he, she or they have been the subject of discrimination or harassment should report the incident or incidents to the College’s appropriate Title IX Coordinator identified below. If the complaint is against that Coordinator, the complainant should report the matter to the President’s office for referral to an alternate designee.
For students/employees/public/visitors/applicants: Korland Simmons, Title IX Coordinator • Equity, Diversity, Inclusion
More than Just a Paycheck!
Washington State offers one of the most competitive benefits packages in the nation. We understand that your life revolves around more than just your career and that your priority is making sure that you and your family will maintain health and financial security. That's why choice is a key component of our benefits package. We have a selection of health and retirement and dental plans through the Public Employee Benefit Board, and most classified staff members will participate in either WA state’s PERS 2 or PERS 3 retirement programs. Other benefits include sick and vacation leave, staff training, paid holidays, and the opportunity to participate in the tuition-waiver program. We also offer an on-campus fitness center.
Health Benefits:
Medical, dental, life and long term disability insurance benefits are provided as currently administered under the Public Employees Benefits Board.
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