Job Information
Sarasota County Government Benefits Assistant in Sarasota, Florida
Department:
Human Resources
Start Here. Grow Here. Stay Here.
Support our 5,000 employees and covered individuals in their Benefits journey. In this role your core responsibility will be vendor payment processing, vendor payment reconciliation, submitting purchase requests and initiating Board agenda items.
If you love analytics, spreadsheets, numbers and reporting, as well as interacting with team members to support their benefits needs, this is the role for you!
Benefits Team Support
Prepares Time of Wire and all payment requests from vendors on a weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis.
Reconciles checks from Payflex and FRS for Payroll.
Assists in gathering data information for OPEB, OIR, nondiscrimination testing, and other compliance and reporting needs.
Field benefit inquiries.
Assist with special events and projects for the Benefits and Wellness Teams and provide back-up to the Benefits Coordinator and Benefits Specialist, when applicable.
Administrative & Creative Duties
Organize the Benefit Team's activities and meetings including calendar management for the Benefits & Wellness Manager and Senior Benefit Analyst.
Meeting facilitation to include scheduling participants, meeting rooms and appropriate other resources.
Maintains inventory of SOPs for Benefits Team.
Create, review and post content for Stall Talk, Employee Update, Enplug and other communication materials using Canva and available resources.
Acts as a P-card holder to orders supplies, items and services eligible for p-card for the Benefits and Wellness Team.
Responsible for maintaining confidentiality, especially when handling information containing Personal Health Information (PHI).
Work Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
About You
Minimum Qualifications:
Associate’s degree AND three (3) years professional administrative experience
- OR - Bachelor's degree AND one year of professional administrative experience
Bachelor's degree in business administration or related field
Benefits experience
CCP/SHRM certifications
- I-9 Acceptable Documents to show your identity and authorization to work. Use this link to learn more and review the different document options: https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents
- If your position requires a Florida Driver’s License, this must be one of your documents. (Your Florida Driver’s License can serve as one of your documents listed in link above – List B Documents.)
- U.S. Social Security Card (signed, physical card). This is a requirement of our Payroll Department and failure to provide this document could jeopardize timely compensation. (Your U.S. Social Security Card can serve as one of your documents listed in link above – List C Documents.)
Enjoy great benefits including Health, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability, Flexible Spending Accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Florida Retirement System (FRS) and many, many more! C hoose one of three great medical plans, including one with a $0 premium option, with completed preventative visits!
For more information about employee benefits, please click this link or visit SCGov.net (https://www.scgov.net/government/human-resources/employee-health-and-benefits) for additional information.
Utilize our award-winning wellness program including free gyms at multiple Sarasota County Government locations.
Enjoy 11 paid holidays, 3 personal days and 16 paid vacation days in the first year of full-time employment with increasing accrual rates with years of service. (That adds up to a possible 30 days off in your 1st year!)
A different blend of voices prompt better conversations, choices and results for everyone. Sarasota County – Many Voices, One Team.
We celebrate and value the experiences, backgrounds, perspectives, talents and strengths that make us different.
Our vision is to attract, develop, retain and engage a talented workforce broadly representative of the citizens and communities we serve. To further value creativity, innovation, collaboration and great customer service – internally and externally.
A job applicant with a disability who requires reasonable accommodation to participate in the application/selection process is requested to make known the need for an accommodation to Human Resources or appropriate county staff members. For assistance with the application, please call 941-861-5353.
Sarasota County prohibits discrimination in all services, programs or activities. View the complete policy at scgov.net (keywords: ADA Compliance).
Sarasota County Government is a Tobacco-Free/Drug-Free Workplace.
Do you like leaving things better than you found them? We serve the greater good! Our team is here to make Sarasota the premier community to live, work and play!
Sarasota has 37 miles of award-winning beaches, over 80 parks and 100 golf courses, and is known as the cultural capital of Florida with museums of art, theaters, an aquarium, botanical gardens and the annual international film festival. Unsurpassed beauty, rich cultural offering, diverse educational opportunities, wide-ranging recreational possibilities make Sarasota a great place to live and work!
We believe in work-life balance with a generous leave plan.
“US News & World Report: Sarasota is No. 1 in Florida and No. 18 in the country for best place to live.”
We need YOU to help create wonderful experiences for residents and vacationing guests enjoying Sarasota! Apply today!