Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Carina Health Network is a mission-driven organization supporting community health organizations across Colorado with technology, data, and resources to improve patient care and outcomes. The HR Operations & Benefits Specialist manages day-to-day HR operations, benefits, leave administration, HR systems, onboarding, offboarding, personnel records, and compliance while providing service to employees throughout the employee lifecycle.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate onboarding and offboarding activities
- Prepare employment documentation
- Coordinate background checks and pre-employment requirements
- Manage employee personnel files and HR documentation
- Coordinate new hire orientation and onboarding logistics
- Administer employment status changes
- Administer employee benefit programs
- Coordinate and execute annual open enrollment
- Serve as primary employee contact for benefit questions
- Work directly with benefit vendors
- Reconcile benefit vendor invoice reconciliation
- Coordinate COBRA administration
- Process qualifying life events
- Administer FMLA, state leave programs, ADA-related leave coordination, and Company leave policies
- Coordinate leave documentation
- Track leave usage and communicate with employees and managers
- Coordinate with third-party administrators as needed
- Maintain HRIS data integrity
- Process employee changes within HR systems
- Generate HR reports and workforce metrics
- Support payroll by ensuring timely and accurate personnel transactions
- Maintain I-9 documentation and E-Verify compliance
- Coordinate required employment notices
- Maintain required personnel records
- Support audit preparation
- Track required employee training and acknowledgments
- Maintain HR standard operating procedures jointly with the Employee Relations Manager
- Coordinate employee recognition and service awards
- Manage HR departmental communications
- Coordinate equipment and access requests with IT during onboarding and offboarding
- Assist with departmental process improvements
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related filed; or, equivalent combination of coursework and experience
- Three or more years of HR operations or HR administration experience
- Experience administering employee benefits and leave programs
- Experience with HRIS systems and HR recordkeeping
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Excellent customer service and communication skills
- Demonstrated success supporting a remote, multi-state workforce while ensuring consistent employee experience
- SHRM-CP/SHRM-SCP or PHR/SPHR
Benefits
- Primarily remote, with the ability to go into the Denver office for trainings and employee onboarding
- Insured group health, dental, and vision plans (Employer covers 100% of the cost for dental and vision)
- Medical and dependent care flexible spending account options
- Employer contributions $900 annually towards a Health Reimbursement Employer (HRA) or Health Savings Account (HSA), depending on the health plan selected
- 401k retirement plan with up to a 4% employer contribution match
- 100% employer-paid life, AD&D, short-term, and long-term disability plans paid for employees
- Free 24/7 access to confidential resources through an employee assistance program (EAP)
- Voluntary benefit plans to complement health care coverage, including accident insurance, critical illness, and hospital indemnity coverage
- 17 days of paid vacation within one year of service
- 12 paid sick days accrued by one year of service
- 14 paid holidays (which includes two floating holidays)
- One paid volunteer day
- Employer-paid programs/courses for professional growth and development
- Cell phone and internet reimbursement
- Annual, all expenses paid staff retreat
- Flexible work (remote or hybrid)
- Supportive, mission-driven team
- Opportunities to learn and grow
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