Wass Total Rewards Specialist

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SUMMARY

The Total Rewards Specialist will provide a high level of support to the Human Resource team by working closely with HR team-mates to support employees in a knowledgeable, timely, resourceful, and professional manner. This position has responsibilities in the following areas: compensation, benefits, HRIS, and compliance.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Collaborates with the HR team, and Managers to conduct compensation analyses, while reinforcing the Programs overall compensation philosophy.

• Participates in compensation surveys, assists with external market analysis and internal equity evaluations.

• Partner in compensation projects and special reports.

• Actively contribute to developing new reports, and job descriptions, , to aide in continuous improvement of processes for Total Rewards.

• Reviews company compensation and benefits policies to ensure compliance with state and federal regulations and contractual requirements.

• Research day-to-day inquiries and respond to benefits questions from employees, and HR team members.

• Maintain Leave of Absence and medical personnel files to ensure accuracy, compliance, and confidentiality.

• Administer and support CONUS and OCONUS employees with various employee health and welfare benefit programs.

• Collaborate with Corporate Benefits to support audits as requested.

• Ensure accuracy and tracking for requested salary changes through the approval process.

• Responsible for communicating and processing employee benefits during orientation, annual open enrollment, and qualifying events.

• Maintain WASS Job Descriptions and ensure accuracy and compliance with contractual requirements.

• Manage Defense Base Act (DBA) Workers Compensation program.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE

Required

• Associate degree in Human Resources or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Minimum of five 5 years' direct experience in HR Total Rewards

• Working knowledge of the federal DBA and SCA regulations

• Minimum of 4 years hands-on experience with HR Information Systems (HRIS).

• Excellent presentation, verbal, and written communication skills.

• Ability to organize and prioritize multiple work assignments with little supervision and ability to work well under pressure.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint.

• Strong knowledge of principles of Affirmative Action Equal Employment opportunity, HIPAA, FMLA, COBRA, Sarbanes Oxley, ADA and FLSA.

• Must be able to obtain a U.S. Department of State Moderate Risk Public Trust MRPT.

Preferred

• Active DoD Security Clearance.

• Bachelor's degree.

• HR experience support OCONUS employees.

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint.

• Experience with Compensation Market Research Platforms.

• Workday experience

• Bilingual English/Spanish (Level 2 reading/writing Spanish)

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QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and or ability required. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

CORE COMPENTICIES

• Focus on Results

• Able to plan and organize work to achieve goals achieves targeted results with minimal supervision is accountable for own actions.

• Communications

• Possess excellent verbal and written communications skills Provides timely, well-organized verbal and written information that is audience appropriate, listens attentively to others and retains processes information.

• Teamwork

• Builds alliances, partnerships and collaboration with others including those different from him her deals tactfully with others assumes helps with a variety of team roles.

• Strategic Planning and Decision Making

• Develops strategic short and long term plans arranges priorities, distinguishing urgent, important, and unimportant to meet goals and deadlines consults and collaborates with appropriate people.

• Initiative, Innovation

• Generates new ideas personally encourage team to do the same stays up to date on technology and approaches to work provides creative solutions and input when faced with challenges.

• Interpersonal Relationships

• Builds effective relationships with internal and external customers ability to work independently and coordinate work with others resolves conflicts in a professional manner.

• Quality and Safety

• Adheres to all safety and security policies and regulations demonstrates quality work that is accurate, thorough, and efficient.

• Continuous Improvement

• Examines personal and organizational processes, promotes opportunities for improvement analyzes successes and failures to learn and improve.

• Training and Development

• Completes required and suggested training shows eagerness and capacity to learn receptive to coaching and feedback.

• Integrity

• Committed to passionately and consistently promoting a professional culture that is trustworthy, honest socially responsible, and where differences are respected and valued.

• Performance Management

• Sets clear expectations and direction for staff achieves team results consistently coaches staff to improve is a positive role model.

• Expense Management

• Plans budget appropriately, uses sound judgment analyzes operation for improving expense efficiency demonstrates knowledge of financial process and results.

• Leadership

• Builds commitment to team, company, mission and customer through effective and frequent. communications promote an environment of trust fosters a respectful, energetic, and positive work culture.