Compensation and Benefits Administrator - City of Birmingham

TARGET CLOSE DATE:
04/21/2025

PAY GRADE:
Grade 30

TYPE:
Full time

JOB SUMMARY:
The City of Birmingham is seeking an experienced Compensation and Benefits Administrator to provide strategic compensation and benefits support. Administrators execute the strategic objectives and directives as they relate to the creation and maintenance of compensation and benefits plans. Compensation and Benefits Administrators survey industry and other communities to determine competitiveness in employee benefits. The Administrator develops, recommends, and installs approved, new, or modified plans and employee benefit policies as well as supervises the administration of existing plans, including pension benefits. Incumbents in this job class perform high-level technical work for the city. Compensation and Benefits Administrators require a high level of expertise and knowledge regarding compensation systems and benefit plans. They exercise independent judgment in developing and establishing policies, procedures, and departmental objectives.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS:
The City of Birmingham provides competitive pay and comprehensive benefits packages to include medical and dental insurance, employer-sponsored retirement plan (pension), generous paid holidays, sick and vacation leave, and more. The pay range for this job is presented below:

Birmingham $72,779 - $112,902

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

The following are job-related qualifications that are required for employment consideration for this position:

• Experience developing scope of work for the various benefits request for proposals (e.g., work to be performed is described, including any milestones, reports, deliverables, and end products that are expected).
• Experience researching, interpreting, and explaining pension laws or retirement plan benefits including disability benefits.
• Experience designing and managing compensation and benefits systems for an organization of at least 500 employees.
• Experience negotiating contracts with health insurance providers.
• Supervisory experience to include conducting performance appraisals, making selection decisions, and reviewing work of professional and/or administrative staff.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

The following are job-related qualifications deemed desirable by the City of Birmingham. These qualifications may be considered when reviewing applications and inviting candidates to participate in subsequent steps in the selection processes.

• SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP
• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Public Administration, Business Administration, Law, or other highly related area that includes coursework in administration of compensation and benefits systems.

TYPICAL JOB DUTIES:

• Performs administrative activities such as conducting orientation sessions, research, auditing and monitoring the budget etc. to ensure records are accurate, and employees are up to date on benefits that are provided.
• Administers a comprehensive employee benefits program for active, and retired employees to include health, dental, vision, life insurance, accidental death, and other benefits plans in accordance with policies, contracts, federal/state regulations and laws.
• Coordinates and participates in annual open enrollment of eligible employees and retirees by performing task such as reviewing applications, answering questions and overseeing the entering and verification of information in the HRIS system.
• Plans, organizes and implements pension benefits programs for the Jurisdiction.
• Supervises staff by assigning and distributing work, directing staff in their job duties, monitoring progress of work, providing feedback and/or training.
• Plans, coordinates and directs the Workers Compensation Program to ensure execution of laws, rules, and statutes and compliance with laws, in order to ensure efficient services are provided and effective program management.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
Job is primarily sedentary involving sitting for long periods of time, but may involve occasional walking or standing for brief periods. May involve occasional light lifting of items or objects weighing up to 25 lbs.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:
Work is conducted almost exclusively indoors in an office setting. Work involves use of standard office equipment, such as computer, phone, copier, etc.

EEO STATEMENT:

The Personnel Board of Jefferson County provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment with the Personnel Board of Jefferson County, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Each Merit System member city/agency operate its own equal employment opportunity policies available on the individual city/agency website.

ACCOMMODATION:

To request an accommodation in the application or hiring process due to your own ongoing medical condition or disability, please contact our Accommodations Coordinator at accommodationrequest@pbjcal.org or phone at 205-279-3500 (select option 1) Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Central Time. The accommodation process is reserved solely for job seekers with disabilities requesting accessibility assistance or accommodation in the job application process.

NOTE:

This job posting may close before, or be extended beyond, the listed Target Close Date based on the employment needs of the Merit System. More detail regarding this job is available by clicking Apply.

DISCLAIMER:

This job posting is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of the job duties, responsibilities, or skills and abilities required to do the job and may be changed at the discretion of the Personnel Board at any time.