Employee Support

• Employee insurance programs: Including health, disability, life and AD&D, as well as medical and dependent care reimbursement accounts and employee assistance program.
• Employees benefits: Discuss issues through meetings, memos, letters and the County's web site; answers questions and resolves problems on a one-on-one basis. Recommends changes to employee benefits programs; performs research as necessary to develop written recommendations and assist decision makers.
• Annual open enrollment process: Coordinates process, develops forms and employee communication materials; records incoming data and distributes information to payroll department and third party administrator.
• Health Plan Fiscal Status: Monitors fiscal status of self-insured plans to ensure financial viability.
• Wellness Programs: Works with wellness committee to develop and administer employee wellness program; schedules events, develops communications tools, coordinates employee participation and monitors vendor activity and reports.
• New Employee Orientation: Guides new employees through necessary paperwork, handbook information and benefit enrollment.  Develops other training sessions as appropriate.
• Employee Policies: Researches, develops and writes benefits policies and other employment policies.
• Employee Files: Maintains paper and/or computer files on employees and employee benefits, including confidential medical files; generates reports, summaries and analyses as necessary and appropriate.
• Job Descriptions: Maintains job description file; writes new job descriptions as positions are created, updates descriptions as positions change and performs periodic maintenance for all other positions.
• Budget Process: Assists in development of Human Resources budget, and in other department budgets as they pertain to benefits costs.
• Complaint Resolution: Responds to complaints and questions related to Human Resources policies, procedures and activities; provides information, researches problems and initiates problem resolution.
• Regulation Compliance: Ensures compliance with applicable benefits laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations, standards, policies and procedures; initiates actions necessary to correct deviations or violations.
• Updated Knowledge/Awareness: Maintains comprehensive and current knowledge and awareness of applicable laws and regulations; maintains awareness of new trends and advances in the profession; reads professional literature; maintains professional affiliations; attends conferences and training sessions as appropriate and necessary.

Huntington County is an 'Equal Opportunity Employer' and supports a drug-free workplace.