HR Representative I (Benefits)

Description

Discover an exceptional career path at Challenger Group Support, LLC, and its parent company, The Challenger Group, Inc., one of the largest locally owned and operated homebuilders and land developers, and multi-family developers in Colorado Springs, Colorado. At Challenger Group Support, LLC, we are energetic and passionate about what we do. We value creative, flexible, thorough, bold, and determined people in our organization with a passion for building beautiful communities. Our company mission is “Making Life Better” for our customers, trade partners, investors, employees, and our community. Together, we contribute to the success of the organization and the success and growth of our community. We understand the impact we have and strive to develop and build in smart, innovative ways that we are proud to call our communities. We seek qualified candidates who share our vision, values, and mission. We are searching for an entry-level HR Representative I (Benefits) to facilitate the new hire experience and support benefits administration.

Job Title: HR Representative I (Benefits)                        Company: Challenger Group Support, LLC

Department: HR & People Operations                          Reports to: Director of HR & People Operations

Job Type: Regular Full Time                                              Work Hours: M-Th 8-5, F 8-12 

Effective Date: 4/17/2025                                                Exemption Status: Nonexempt

Salary Range: $60,500 - $70,000 (Hourly: $29.09 - $33.65)

Profit Sharing: Company Profit-Sharing is available and subject to business results

Benefits: 

• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance 

• Life/Accidental Death Insurance/Short-Term Disability 

• Paid Time Off (PTO) 

• 401K with 6% company match

Role Summary:

The role of the HR Representative I (Benefits) is to facilitate the new hire processes, assist with benefits enrollments, off-boarding of employees, assist with administrative processes, and execute critical administrative and other tasks needed for successful employee experiences. The role will be employee and benefit-vendor-facing as part of the HR & People Operations team to ensure employment and benefits accuracy for offerings and processing.  

1. Leverages experience in pre-hire/new hire orientation/onboarding: facilitating job posting, interview scheduling, offer letters, new hire orientations, and onboarding activities

2. Supports benefits administration as efficiently and effectively as possible, including assisting with benefits billing reconciliations, entering benefits enrollments, terminations, and changes in vendor platforms; and assists with open enrollment and audits

3. Facilitates Off-boarding: Provides employee experience in alignment with the employment brand while preparing and providing necessary end-of-employment documents

Supervisory Responsibilities: None

Essential Functions:

Pre-hire: Primary Responsibility

• Posts open job requisitions, coordinates the interview process with hiring managers and applicants

• Facilitates offer letters and all pre-hire onboarding workflow, communications, and tasks with scheduled new hires via email, calls using the Paylocity HRIS platform

New Hire Onboarding: Primary Responsibility

• Prepares workspaces for incoming new hires

• Facilitate new hire orientations

• Creates new hire announcements and posters

• Assists new hires with IT requests

• Assists HR Benefits Managers with entering all new hire benefit selections

Administration of Benefits: Assistance 

• Audits/Reconciles and tracks all benefit plan invoices

• Assists employees in answering basic benefits questions

• Coordinates benefit information sessions and/or benefit speakers for Lunch ‘n Learns

• Performs monthly ACA tasks in the Paylocity platform (adding, terming, and editing employee details for yearly reporting)

• Assists with open enrollment tasks

• Coordinates yearly health & benefits fair

• Assists with all benefit audits: health and wellness plans and 401(k) plans as needed

• May assist with Workers’ Compensation claims/invoices

• May assist with producing benefits data/analytics

• Performs administrative and other tasks as needed

• Assists with special projects as needed

Off-boarding: Assistance

• Prepares exit letters and pertinent benefit documents 

• Schedules exit meetings with employees and the HR Benefits Manager

• May facilitate exit meetings

• May assist with entering terminations in various benefit vendor sites & Paylocity

Minimum Required Education/Credentials/Knowledge/Skills/Abilities: 

• Associate's degree

• 2+ years of experience facilitating new hire orientations

• 2+ years of experience working with employee health and welfare benefits

• Critical attention to detail, especially for all written communication

• Self-motivated and self-directed 

• Committed to meeting deadlines yet flexible to pivot when needed

• Demonstrates full ownership of assigned responsibilities

• Ability to follow guidance and direction and wait for approvals

• Ability to work with all levels of management

• Commitment to excellence and our employment brand

• Desire for learning best practices 

• Able to manage multiple priorities 

Preferred Education/Credentials/Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 5+ years of HR experience preferred

Work Environment/Physical Requirements: 

Work Environment: Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer, as well as some walking.

Physical Demands: Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times.