Director, HRA - Enterprise Benefits

(Hiring salary will be based on experience, credentials, internal pay equity, and statewide rules.)

General Description:

The Department of Administrative Services is the State of Georgia’s enterprise solution for human resources administration, risk management and state purchasing. Through the efforts of our employees, we provide enterprise leadership, business services and solutions to help state entities improve organizational efficiency, workforce performance and policy compliance. The Human Resources Administration unit is tasked with managing the development of the state personnel policies, enabling state agencies to hire and retain top talent and ensuring that human resource professionals across the state are trained and compliant with current regulations.

The Enterprise Benefits Director is responsible for the strategic design, governance, and administration of the Flexible Benefits program.  This role ensures benefits offerings are competitive, cost-effective, compliant, and aligned with organizational objective to attract a talented workforce. Reporting to the Deputy Commissioner of HRA, the Director will manage a team of subject matter experts providing leadership to a variety of state agencies and their respective human resource offices.  This role also supports the Enterprise Benefits workstream for the Workday HCM system.

Job Responsibilities:

• ­ Oversee the design, implementation, and administration of Flexible Benefits program. Ensure program supports employee well-being, engagement, and retention.

• ­ Foster relationships with agencies, other key stakeholders and suppliers to ensure a consistent and high-quality employee experience across the enterprise.

• ­ Create and maintain a high-performance environment characterized by positive leadership and a strong team of staff, fostering an environment of collaborative and innovative thinking.

• ­ Partner with legal, finance, compliance teams, and benefits vendors to mitigate risk and maintain governance standards.

• ­ Establish and maintain dashboard metrics to evaluate the effectiveness of program outcomes.­ Develop and maintain professional knowledge of strategies and techniques in the field.

• ­ Provide ongoing support for the Enterprise Benefits workstream for the Workday implementation project. This includes functional guidance for the benefits interfaces.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• ­ Ability to oversee the effective implementation of benefits program

• ­ Skills in interviewing, monitoring, developing and motivating staff

• ­ Ability to train and direct the work of subordinate supervisory professionals

• ­ Ability to work collaboratively with senior leadership, cross-functional peers and external stakeholders to develop an inclusive and robust program strategy

• ­ Industry knowledge of benefits programs

• ­ Demonstrated experience managing a budget

Competencies:

§   Project Management

• ­  Makes structured plan focusing on critical priorities.

• ­  Creates goals and executes timelines based on priorities, resource requirements, budget, etc.

• ­  Evaluates planned approaches, determines feasibility and makes adjustments as needed.

• ­  Sets goals above expected level; seeks additional challenges on the job.

• ­  Meets and exceeds deadlines through efficient time management.

§   Judgement & Decision Making

• ­  Analyzes problems by evaluating available information and resources.

• ­  Proactively identifies ways to contribute to the State’s goals and missions

• ­  Has resolve, identifies and commits to action addressing problems and opportunities

• ­  Makes effective decisions when information is limited.

§   Accountability

• ­  Understands importance of maintaining confidentiality and displays honesty and truthfulness

• ­  Accepts full responsibility for self and contribution as team member

• ­  Confronts problems quickly displaying strong commitment to organizational success

• ­  Inspires others to commit to goals and demonstrates a commitment to delivering

• ­  Understands importance of maintaining confidentiality.

§   Communication

• ­  Adjust message, style and tone to accommodate a variety of audiences.

• ­  Uses one or two formal writing styles appropriate to one’s field.

• ­  Respectfully listens to others to gain full understanding of issues.

Negotiation and Influence

• ­  Considers multiple alternatives to meet stakeholder’s needs to find agreeable solutions.

• ­  Uses awareness of varying backgrounds and beliefs in negotiations.

• ­  Influences others through modeling appropriate behavior.

• ­  Articulates positions that win acceptance, agreement, or behavior change.

§   Team Leadership

• ­  Clearly establishes and communicates performance objectives.

• ­  Energizes team to succeed and inspires team to exceed expectations.

• ­  Effectively manages and guides team efforts maintaining organizational objectives.

• ­  Provides appropriate feedback to team, anticipates obstacles changing course if needed

• ­  Enhance Employee Engagement creating a collaborative work environment

Minimum Entry Qualifications 

Bachelor’s degree in a related field AND Five years of management human resource experience OR Two years of experience at the lower level or position equivalent.

Note: An equivalent combination of education and job specific experience that provided the knowledge, experience and competencies required to successfully perform the job at the level listed may be substituted on a year-over-year basis.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:  Preference will be given to applicants who, in addition to meeting the minimum qualifications, possess one or more of the following items below.  PLEASE CLEARLY INDICATE YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF THESE QUALIFICATIONS ON YOUR RESUME.   

• ­ Recent experience in specialty related to  benefits management including enterprise or multi-entity environments.

• ­ Experience using Workday  or other HR Information Systems.

• ­ Advanced skill in the use of computer applications including Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

• ­ Demonstrated project management experience.

• ­ Demonstrated experience managing a budget .

• ­ Certification as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) or a Professional in Human Resources (PHR) from the Human                     Resources Certification Institute (HRCI).

• ­ Certification as a Senior Certified Professional in Human Resources (SCP) or a Certified Professional in Human Resources (CP) from the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM).

• Master’s degree in Human Resources or a related field.  

Applications accepted at Team Georgia Careers

https://careers.georgia.gov/

Due to the volume of applications received, we are unable to provide information on application status by phone or email.  Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted by the hiring agency.

This position is subject to close at any time once a satisfactory applicant pool has been identified.

DOAS is an equal opportunity employer.

When applying for this position, you will be asked if you meet the minimum qualifications for this position as stated below and may possibly be presented with additional questions to assess preferred qualifications.   Preference will be given to applicants who meet one or more of the preferred qualifications and have demonstrated experience clearly indicated in their work history.