- You will manage a portfolio of leave of absences, short-term and long-term leaves, from inception to completion for employees in North America across multiple business lines using established LOA processes.
- Handle assigned stay at work/accommodation cases and work with all stakeholders to determine the best outcome.
- Work collaboratively with internal subject matter experts including but not limited to vendors, legal counsel, HR business partners, managers and supervisors as needed to assist ill or injured employees to a sustained and productive return to work.
- As an integral member of the LOA team, you will collaborate with the rest of the LOA consultants and provide mentoring to the LOA coordinator. This includes contributing ideas, suggesting possible efficiencies to current processes, and helping drive continuous improvement.
- Ensure compliance with federal, state, provincial, and local laws and regulations, as well as industry best practices.
- Resolve complex leave issues and inquiries, escalating to senior leaders or external parties as needed.
- Maintain excellent relationships with leave plan administrators and vendors to ensure quality service.
- Ability to handle disability claims coordination and return to work/stay at work experience in a compassionate manner.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to communicate in a professional and timely manner with applicable regulatory requirements in mind.
- Problem solving and critical thinking skills.
- Ability to exercise confidentiality, discretion, and sound judgement.
- Strong MS Office (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, etc.) Suite skills.
- Experience with HRIS systems (preferably Oracle).
- Interest in obtaining Disability Management certification.
- Strong understanding of contracts, regulatory requirements, medical terminology, general benefits knowledge, insurance, disability, accommodation and return to work practices across North America are all areas in which you have intermediate to advanced experience.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Occupational Health, Human Resources, Business or related field.
- Minimum of 2-3 years of related work experience.
- Bilingual in English and French is an asset.
Consultant, Leave of Absence Administration - Denver, United States - Stantec
Description
Grow with the best. Join a smart, creative, and inspired team that works to support operational excellence. The Stantec community unites more than 28,000 employees working in over 400 locations across 6 continents. Our Functional Services Teams (FSTs) include Corporate Development, Finance, HR, HSSE, IT, Legal, Marketing/Communications, Practice Services and Real Estate and Procurement. Bringing together individuals with diverse backgrounds, talents, and expertise, our FSTs are vital to making our Company stronger.
Your Opportunity
Take the first step towards designing your career with Stantec. We have an exciting role and challenging opportunity for an experienced Leave of Absence (LOA) professional to join our team. Reporting to the Leave of Absence Team lead, the incumbent's primary role is to manage a portfolio of work absences due to illness or injury as well as a portfolio that focuses on preventing absences with our stay at work program. This position is ideal for a self-motivated individual with demonstrated disability claims experience, return to work/stay at work experience, critical thinking skills, and HR consulting capabilities.
Your Key Responsibilities
This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.
Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other's talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best.