$0.00-$0.00 Hourly / $0.00-$0.00 Monthly / $0.00-$0.00 Yearly
According to Civil Service Commission Rule 109, the duties specified below are representative of the range of duties assigned to this job code (class) and are not intended to be an inclusive list.
1. Provides written and oral information to district employees, city health service representatives, and other parties involved in health benefits and welfare programs.
2. Counsels teachers, paraprofessionals, civil service employees, retirees, and surviving spouses or domestic partners on available benefits pursuant to the rules and regulations of the City Health Service System, State Teachers Retirement System (STRS), Public Agency Retirement System (PARS), and federal and state laws, including the California Education Code.
3. Processes and analyses complex insurance claims and administers benefits through the Health Service system for certificated and classified employees; initiates, compiles, calculates and processes adjustments to member records.
4. Interacts and provides training as necessary for clerical and information technology support staff engaged in membership installments, terminations, accounts receivable, collections, and insurance claims adjudication.
5. Conducts workshops for new hires, potential retirees, and current employees regarding benefit plans, costs, deductions, and procedures for different retirement systems; prepares and delivers presentations to District managers and supervisors.
6. Deliberates with plan providers to correct or manage employee benefit disputes.
7. Performs related duties as assigned.
Knowledge of: Administration of the San Francisco Unified School District employee benefits programs including health, dental, life and disability plans, flexible spending accounts and retirement plans; applicable federal and state law, including the California Education Code; medical and legal terminology including STRS and PARS coding and terminology; database management; and third-party liability.
Ability to: Express ideas and concepts in an articulate, clear, understandable and concise manner to disseminate benefits information and conduct effective inquiries; communicate effectively through writing and composing correspondence to respond to various benefits related issues; communicate benefits-related data to integrate into software application and database interface programs.
Skill in: manipulating computerized database systems and various software applications.
1. Possession of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university; AND
2. Two (2) years of verifiable experience administering employee benefits programs including: initiating benefit membership records in an electronic database, calculating benefits premiums and processing enrollment applications.
SUBSTITUTION:
Additional experience as described above may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis. Thirty (30) semester units/forty-five (45) quarter units equal one year of experience.
Essential duties require the ability to work in a standard office environment.