Retirement Benefits Specialist

Job Description

**Title**: Human Resource Specialist – Retirement Benefits Specialist

**Work location**: Remote (Occasional visit to Washington DC)

**Term:** Fulltime

**References required**: A minimum of 3 professional references shall be provided as an attachment to the candidates resume and include the following information:

a. Name

b. Title

c. Company

d. Phone Number

e. Email Address

f. Affiliation

g. Length of Affiliation (How long have you known the candidate)

**Job Responsibilities**:

* Assists in managing the coordination, notification, and implementation of the employee benefits program and serves as the primary personnel service representative for individual employees in the benefits programs areas. This program is mainly comprised of Federal Employee Health Benefits (FEHB), Thrift Savings Plan (TSP), and the Federal Employee Group Life Insurance (FEGLI), coupled with their ancillary components.
* Assists in managing the in-processing of new employees who are hired by Client in Headquarters and Regional offices. Assists in ensuring that the proper forms for new employees in field locations are completed and submitted by the Administrative Officers in the Regional Offices. Provides advice and assistance to employees and resolves issues involving the new employee forms. Works closely with the payroll provider to resolve problems and discrepancies.
* Assists in managing Client’s Retirement Program, which requires assisting in the planning, evaluation, and oversight of all personnel retirement services in consultation with HR components. Reviews existing and new proposed business practices and recommends changes to the supervisor.
* Assists in providing individual employee counseling on retirement options, eligibility requirements, responding to complex benefits questions, explaining options to employees regarding military benefits and prior Government service. Provides definitive answers involving complex benefits questions to employees and/or their survivors on the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS), CSRS Offset, and Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS)
* Assists in the records management activities. The contractor shall perform assistance in the required records management and retention support services necessary for the update & maintenance of all OST/OST-R employees’ personnel/payroll documents. Official Personnel Folders (OPF), employee performance folders (EPF) and medical personnel folders (MPF) in accordance with OPM guidelines. The following activities are encompassed in records management:
* Coordinating with HR Staff on the importing of employee personnel files and documents to ensure their eOPF is up-to-date in the eOPF system; eOPF auditing and correction of discrepancies ensuring that imaging, indexing, and importing new documents into an existing eOPF, and storing records is in accordance with OPM guidance in the Guide to Personnel Recordkeeping and OST/OST-R policy.
* Scanning historical personnel action records (paper) into the electronic HR personnel action processing files and e-OPF.
* Review electronic Office Personnel File (eOPF) records of employees to verify creditable retirement service
* Compute service computation dates for retirement and leave, as necessary/required.
* Request/Transfer personnel records from a variety of sources- military, archives, other federal agencies, etc.

Requirements:

* An associates or bachelor’s degree in Human Resource Management
* At least three (3) years of experience in Federal human Resource benefits/retirement programs which includes calculating retirement estimates; in-processing new federal employees (retirement plan determinations, service computation date calculations, etc.,); processing employee in-service changes to benefits enrollments, reviewing personnel/military service records and calculating federal service computation dates for retirement, leave, etc.., and advising employees on the various Federal Benefits programs (FEHB, Thrift Savings Plans, Dental, Life Insurance, Retirement, Long Term Disability etc.)

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $50,000.00 – $60,000.00 per year

Benefits:

* 401(k)
* 401(k) matching
* Health insurance
* Paid time off

Schedule:

* Monday to Friday

Application Question(s):

* What is your work status: US Citizen, Permanent resident, H1B, OPT?
* What is the annual salary you are looking for?

Education:

* Bachelor’s (Required)

Experience:

* Federal human Resource benefits/retirement programs: 3 years (Required)

Work Location: Remote