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Administrator, Benefits & Wellness7745 Human Resources

Defence Construction Canada

Human Resources, Ontario

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Administrator, Benefits & Wellness7745 Human Resources

Defence Construction Canada

Human Resources, Ontario
 
Salary: $69,578 - $90,451
 

 

 

** This position has been designated bilingual, where English and French are essential. **

** While priority will be given to qualified candidates who meet this bilingual linguistic profile, we welcome applications from candidates who may not meet this bilingual requirement. **

The Administrator, Benefits and Wellness, coordinates activities related to DCC’s total rewards program, including verification, reconciliation, remittance and reporting for the various benefit plans, ensuring accuracy and adhering to strict timelines. The incumbent is the first point of contact for benefit inquiries and responds to them in a timely manner, while respecting confidentiality. In addition, the incumbent administers the Wellness Allowance program by reviewing and validating receipts prior to reimbursement. The Administrator also oversees DCC retiree benefit coverage and payments. The incumbent supports the Human Resources Department in all benefit-related matters and participates in employee education and communication activities to ensure strong understanding of DCC’s benefit packages across the organization. 

KEY AND PERIODIC ACTIVITIES
The duties and responsibilities listed below are representative but not all-inclusive:
Primary

  • Manage daily administration of DCC’s group benefits package, and coordinate benefit administration for all new hires, employment status changes, life events and departures
  • Review employee coverage and benefits eligibility, and provide relevant advice and information
  • Enroll eligible employees in group benefits in the Enterprise Resource Planning system, entering all key and critical data to ensure accurate and timely coverage
  • Transmit the weekly benefits enrolment/eligibility file to benefits provider
  • Audit and reconcile monthly benefits invoice and prepare benefit costing reports with accuracy and within strict timelines
  • Provide superior customer service to employees and Human Resources business partners
  • Respond to inquiries about benefits, health and wellness, personal leave, bereavement leave and other policies in a timely manner, while respecting confidentiality
  • Act as main liaison between benefits provider and plan members (employees and retirees)
  • Prepare communications related to maternity and parental leave, health and wellness requests, and employee and retiree benefits
  • Prepare benefit invoices for retirees and employees on leave, and ensure accurate benefit management and coverage
  • Coordinate life claim requests with group benefits provider for deceased employees, retirees and dependants, and ensure accurate and timely benefit payouts
  • Develop engaging and comprehensive documents and guides to help employees better understand their benefits
  • Participate in the annual benefit renewal process
  • Coordinate and administer annual projects, including preparing salary increase letters and annual benefit statements

Other

  • Maintain leave calendar for Human Resources Department
  • Manage the archiving of former employees’ personnel files
  • Coordinate and prepare retirement plaques and certificates
  • Distribute mail to the Human Resources Department and prepare invoices for signature and remittance
  • Other duties as assigned

SKILLS 
General and Specific Knowledge

  • Policies, procedures and regulations related to benefit administration

Formal Education and/or Certification(s) and Experience

  • Minimum: college diploma in human resources, finance, accounting or administration and four years’ relevant experience, or the equivalent
  • Preferred: minimum requirements and Certified Human Resources Professional designation and/or Certificate in Benefit Plan Administration

Abilities

  • Use applicable computer software and operating systems
  • Analyze and interpret information from various sources (Enterprise Resource Planning system, queries and benefits provider’s portal for administrators)
  • Explain benefit intricacies to employees
  • Make benefit calculations for invoices
  • Perform data entry with high level of accuracy
  • Adhere to strict deadlines
  • Demonstrate attention to detail

DEVELOPMENT AND LEADERSHIP

  • Provide functional advice and guidance to employees and Human Resources business partners

WORKING CONDITIONS 

  • Typical office environment with occasional travel

Your package includes:

Health and Wellness

  • 100% employer-paid annual sick leave, and health and dental premiums
  • $400 wellness allowance to help cover expenses such as a gym membership
  • $2,500 for mental health services on top of regular $2,500 paramedical coverage
  • Telus Virtual Health Care and $750 Health Care Spending Account for some expenses not covered under provincial plans

Home and Family

  • Life, accidental-death, and short-term disability insurance
  • Enhanced inConfidence employee and family assistance program
  • Maternity and parental leave top-up plan to 93% of regular gross earnings for up to 37 weeks
  • Flexible workplace options, including $400 allowance every two years, to support working from home

Leave and Retirement

  • Public-service pension
  • Comprehensive vacation and other paid-leave plans, along with deluxe travel benefit plans

To begin a career with Defence Construction Canada (DCC), you must be a Canadian Citizen or a permanent resident of Canada.  As a condition of employment with DCC, a minimum reliability security status clearance is required and some roles may require secret security status clearance.

DCC is responsible for the Personnel Security Clearance process. Typically to be eligible for a "Reliability" clearance, you must have five years of verifiable background information and to be eligible for a "Secret" clearance, you must have 10 years of verifiable background information. The process usually involves reference inquiries, verification of qualifications, criminal records checks, and credit checks (as required) and may require fingerprints. For more information about obtaining a security clearance, please review the Standard on Security Screening.

The appropriate security clearance is a condition of employment and it is the candidate’s or employee’s responsibility to ensure, they are able to obtain and maintain their required security level clearance to begin or continue their employment with DCC.  Failure to obtain or maintain, the appropriate level of security clearance means either the candidate or employee will not receive a job offer, the conditional offer will be rendered null and void or their employment will be terminated with cause. A thorough security clearance process will be applied to all candidates or employees considered for an appointment; this process includes inquiries, verifications and assessments regarding matters such as, but not limited to:

  • criminal record checks

  • reference checks

  • previous employment

  • open source checks

  • credit/financial status


DCC's Code of Business Conduct (Code) is a condition of employment. It serves to enhance public confidence in the integrity of DCC Employees and provides clarity to Employees on a number of issues, including real or perceived conflicts of interest. Before applying to this (or any) position at DCC, candidates shall familiarize themselves with the Code, because new employees are required to certify that they have read, understood, and agreed to observe the Code upon commencing work at DCC. Employees are further required to review their obligations under the Code and notify the President's Office of any changes in their circumstances at the earliest possible opportunity, and to complete the Annual Update once a year.


Be part of a diverse and inclusive workplace!

At DCC, we are committed to ensuring everyone has a voice and can be their authentic selves in our workplace. We actively encourage applications from all, including but not limited to, women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, visible minorities and members of the LGBTQ2+ community. We also welcome applications from those who are not Canadian citizens who are eligible to work in Canada and have at least 5 years of verifiable background information.

DCC’s goal is to provide barrier-free access to employment opportunities and workspaces for employees and candidates. If you require an accommodation for the recruitment/interview process (including alternate formats of materials, accessible meeting rooms or other accommodations), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs. Should you require accommodation, please email careers@dcc-cdc.gc.ca.

We are committed to hiring military and Veteran spouses and encourage you to identify your connection with the MSEN when reaching out to us or applying to any of our open roles.

 

Have questions or want to learn more about us? We would love to hear from you!

Michelle.Scheidegger@dcc-cdc.gc.ca

 

Whenever possible, reach out to a named contact rather than a general inbox  - it helps ensure a quicker, more personalized response. If you hit a bounce-back, let us know at

employment.Emploi@cfmws.com

 

About Defence Construction Canada

Defence Construction Canada (DCC) is a Crown corporation that provides innovative and cost-effective contracting, construction contract management, infrastructure and environmental services, and lifecycle support for Canada's defence requirements. Our Client-Partners are the Assistant Deputy Minister Infrastructure and Environment (ADM IE) Group at the Department of National Defence (DND) and the Communications Security Establishment (CSE).