Benefits Coordinator - Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation

Tier: 1

Department: Human Resources

Supervisor: Director of Human Resources

Location: 16281 Q Road Mayetta, Ks

Pay Range: $19.26-$31.47

Offering rate will vary within the listed hourly range above. *Supported by the Department budget & related experience/education*

• Preference in employment actions exercised in accordance with applicable law. Applicants must provide proof of eligibility for preference.
• Benefits for Full-Time: Weekly pay periods, Holiday pay, paid Birthday leave, Weekly accruals for Vacation & Sick leave, Administrative, Bereavement, and Educational Leave available, Low-Cost & Low-Deductible Benefits Plans & Generous 401(k) matching program.

Questions before applying? 785-966-3060

Role: The Benefits Coordinator processes benefits administration for the Nation by assisting employees with employer-sponsored plan enrollment, insurance billing, and maintains employee database and files. This position also processes and monitors medical Leave requests and the worker's compensation programs for the Nation.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all minimum requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Minimum Requirements:

Driving: Must have a valid Kansas driver's license and be insurable with the Nation's insurance.

Experience:

MINIMUM: 2-4 years of direct HR or benefits administration experience.

PREFERRED: 5+ years of direct experience with benefits administration.

Education:

MINIMUM: Associate degree or above in a business-related field. Education may be substituted with 4+ years of direct HR or benefits administration experience. Willing to obtain the Tribal HR Professional (THRP) certification within one year of hire.

PREFERRED: Bachelor's degree in business or related field. Currently THRP or THRPII certified.

Interpersonal Skills: A significant level of trust and diplomacy is required, in addition to normal courtesy and tact. Work involves extensive personal contact with others and/or can be of a personal or sensitive nature. Work may involve motivating or influencing others. Outside contacts become important and fostering sound relationships with other entities (companies and/or individuals) becomes necessary and often requires the ability to influence and/or sell ideas or services to others.

Knowledge:

• Personnel and Human Resources: Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
• Administrative: Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as recruitment software, Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS), benefit portals, and Microsoft Office programs.
  
• English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
  
• Law and Government: Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
  
• Education and Training: Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
  
• Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

Skills:

• Speaking & Active Listening: Must have abilities to convey information effectively in person, over the phone and in email by giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Reading & Writing: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents and communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
  
• Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
  
• Judgement and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
  
• Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
  
• Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others.
  
• Strong Attention to Detail: Must have an eye for details and have skills to accurately hand key data.

Abilities:

• Ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences and to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
  
• Ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
  
• Ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense and the ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
  
• Ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
  
• Ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
  
• Ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
  
• Ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
  
• Ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information.

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