Benefits and Retirement Specialist

Job Requirements

• Ability to accurately and thoroughly analyze and respond to questions from employees about their Federal employee benefits; experience and ability to advise new, current, and separating employees about their benefits.
• Ability to correctly certify all official forms submitted by new, current, and separating employees that establish elections or changes to their Federal health and life insurance and Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) benefits.
• Skill in processing employee benefits and payroll forms and entering appropriate data into Human Resources information databases.
• Ability to conduct clear and concise presentations of detailed information to audiences with varying levels of exposure to Federal benefits programs.
• Knowledge of Federal personnel rules and regulations that apply to determining creditable service and establishing Service Computation Dates (SCD) for leave accrual, retirement, reduction-in-force, and TSP.
• Knowledge of Official Personnel Folder (OPF) and electronic OPF (eOPF) maintenance requirements as described in the Federal Personnel Recordkeeping Guide.
• At least four (4) years of Federal HR experience in the area of benefits.
• BA / MS degree required; four (4) years of work experience can substitute the degree requirement.
• Also requires proven administrative skills and some experience with HR automated systems.

Job Description *

• Administer Federal Employee Health Benefits (FEHB), Federal Employee Group Life Insurance (FEGLI), and Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) benefits.
• Compute Service Computation Dates (SCD) and Military Deposits.
• Provide New Employee Orientation presentations for Benefits.
• Separation benefits counseling
• Maintain hard copy files and scan and upload into the appropriate systems, as applicable.