Retirement Benefits Specialist - Oakland, United States - Alameda County

Alameda County

Verified Company

Oakland, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

beBee recruiter

Description

Date Opened

4/24/2024 08:40:00 AM

Filing Deadline

5/20/2024 5:00:00 PM

Salary
- $ $57.71/hour; $91, $112,534.50/year

Employment Type

Permanent Full-Time Employment
HR Analyst
Maria Tabora

Department

Retirement

Work Location

Oakland

Introduction:

THIS IS A NEW ASSEMBLED EXAMINATION. The eligible list resulting from this examination will cancel any existing list and may last approximately one year, but can be extended. Applications must be in the possession of the Human Resource Services Department by 5:00 p.m. on the Last Day for Filing.

_ Applications and Supplemental Questionnaires will only be accepted online_.

DESCRIPTION:

THE AGENCY

The Alameda County Employees' Retirement Association (ACERA) is the retirement pension plan for public employees in Alameda County, California who work for Alameda County and other agencies.

ACERA was established in 1948 by the Alameda County Board of Supervisors to provide retirement, disability, and death benefits to Alameda County and member district employees.

The ACERA retirement plan provides lifetime benefits to members of the retirement system who meet the minimum age and length-of-service requirements or are eligible for disability retirement.

The plan is a significant and fundamental part of the comprehensive benefits package that participating employers offer to eligible employees, allowing employees to collectively invest their deferred wages to receive a secure income after retirement.

ACERA also administers retiree health care and supplemental cost-of-living benefits.

MISSION
To provide ACERA members and employers with flexible, cost-effective, participant-oriented benefits through prudent investment management and superior member services.

For more detailed information about the agency, visit: Alameda County Employees' Retirement Association (ACERA).

THE POSITION

Under general supervision, to oversee and lead a team of employees who will provide retirement benefits information; handle the more complex and challenging retirement benefits administration assignments and/or projects; assist the Supervisor with administering ACERA's retirement benefits program; and perform other related duties as assigned.

For more information about the job classification, visit: Retirement Benefits Specialist (#1361).

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Either I:

Experience:

The equivalent of two-years full-time experience in the class of Senior Retirement Technician, or in the class of Employee Benefits Technician II in Alameda County classified service.

Or II:

Experience:

The equivalent of four years full-time experience processing employee pension or health benefits and handling complex benefits issues in a benefits department of a large private or public organization, one full-time year of which must have included serving as a lead to a small group of employees.

A Bachelor's degree with major course work in Business or Public Administration, Accounting, Economics, Human Services or related field or possession of the Certified Employee Benefits Specialist certificate may be substituted for two years of the required experience.

NOTE:
The Civil Service Commission may modify the above Minimum Qualifications in the announcement of an examination.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

Knowledge of:

Basic elements of benefits administration.

Ability to:

Make sound and effective decisions.
Plan, assign, direct and review the work of others on a project or daytoday basis.
Organize and prioritize work and meet deadlines.
Exercise sound judgment within established policies and procedures.
Establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees and departments.
Read and interpret benefits guidelines.
Read documents for completeness, accuracy, appropriateness and compliance with procedures.
Write and communicate effectively.
Operate a personal computer.

EXAMINATION COMPONENTS:

The examination will consist of the following steps:

WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE ANNOUNCED EXAMINATION STEPS.
Alameda County utilizes a Civil Service Selection System founded on merit.

Such a system is competitive and based on broad recruitment efforts and equal opportunity for qualified applicants to test in an examination process designed to determine the qualifications, fitness and ability of competitors to perform duties of the vacant position.

Many of our recruitments are targeted and specific to the needs of a current vacant position, in which case, the eligible list may be exclusively used for that current vacant position.

Other recruitments may be more broadly used for both current and future vacancies, or for other alternate jobs with comparable scopes of work.

RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION PLAN:

RECRUITMENT PLAN

Deadline for Filing:
5:00 p.m., Monday, May 20, 2024

Review of Applications for Minimum Qualifications:
Week of May 28,