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Portland, Oregon, United States
Hybrid
At PGE, our work involves dreaming about, planning for, and realizing a smarter, cleaner, more enduring Oregon neighborhood. Its core to our DNA and we haven’t stopped since we started in 1888. We energize lives, strengthen communities and drive advancements in energy that promote social, economic and environmental progress. We’re always on the lookout for people passionate about leading and being a part of teams that are advancing innovative clean energy solutions that are also affordable and accessible to all.
We're looking for a thoughtful, organized, and service-minded professional to join PGE's Benefits team. In this role, you'll help employees and managers navigate benefits, leaves of absence, workplace accommodations, disability programs, and workers' compensation while keeping important administrative processes accurate and moving forward.
This is a strong opportunity for someone who enjoys helping people, solving problems, working with data and financial details, and collaborating with employees, managers, HR partners, and vendors. You'll balance employee-facing support with the behind-the-scenes work that keeps benefit programs running accurately, including reporting, invoice and payment administration, data review, vendor coordination, and employee records.
The position may be filled at the P1 or P2 level based on the selected candidate's experience, knowledge, and demonstrated ability to work independently. If you're motivated by meaningful employee support and practical problem-solving, we'd love to meet you.
P1 - Entry: Performs first-tier professional assignments involving recurring benefits and leave administration. Applies established procedures and professional knowledge to assigned work and receives ongoing guidance on more complex or unfamiliar matters.
P2 - Intermediate: Applies expanded professional knowledge to a broader range of benefits and leave matters. Independently resolves routine and moderately complex issues using established procedures and judgment, with guidance on higher-risk or novel situations.
Leave, accommodation, disability, and workers' compensation support (approximately 35%): Support the administration and case management of leaves of absence, workplace accommodations, short- and long-term disability, return-to-work matters, and workers' compensation claims. Coordinate with employees, managers, HR partners, vendors, and other internal partners; monitor case status; support accurate timecard and paid-time administration; review documentation; and help employees and managers navigate applicable processes.
Benefits and operational administration (approximately 35%): Support day-to-day administration of benefit programs for represented and non-represented employees with different benefit programs and eligibility requirements. Monitor and respond to employee inquiries and escalations; support eligibility, enrollment, and status changes; process and reconcile vendor invoices and benefit payments; review benefit and payroll data for accuracy; run reports; monitor vendor data interfaces; identify and resolve discrepancies; and maintain accurate, audit-ready records.
Wellness, vendors, and employee resources (approximately 30%): Coordinate wellness programs and activities; support vendor relationships and issue resolution; maintain benefit plan documents, policies, procedures, intranet content, templates, and other employee-facing resources; and assist with employee communications, Open Enrollment, audits, and program improvements.
Typically a bachelor's degree in business, psychology, sociology, finance, human resources, or another related field, or equivalent experience.
P1 experience: Typically two or fewer years of human resources or closely related experience.
P2 experience: Typically two or more years of human resources or closely related experience, including experience independently administering programs, resolving employee or vendor issues, or supporting leave, benefits, disability, accommodation, or workers' compensation processes.
Preferred certifications: Benefits or HR certifications are a plus, including PHR, SPHR, SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, CEBS, or CBP.
Guidance: Receives ongoing guidance on unfamiliar or more complex assignments.
Leave, disability, accommodation, and workers' compensation: Supports routine case administration, researches issues, and escalates more complex situations.
Benefit administration: Administers assigned processes under defined procedures and plan documents.
Payments and data: Processes standard invoices, reports, and reconciliations; identifies and escalates discrepancies.
Program contribution: Supports materials, enrollment, wellness, communications, documentation, and Open Enrollment activities.
Guidance: Works independently on routine and moderately complex assignments, with guidance on higher-risk or novel matters.
Leave, disability, accommodation, and workers' compensation: Independently supports routine and lower-complexity cases, recommends solutions, coordinates with stakeholders, and appropriately escalates higher-risk matters.
Benefit administration: Interprets standard provisions, resolves participant and vendor issues, and recommends enhancements.
Payments and data: Resolves routine payment and data discrepancies, identifies trends, and recommends corrective action or process improvements.
Program contribution: Coordinates implementation, communications, vendor activities, and process improvements with greater independence.
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Actual total compensation, including a performance based incentive bonus, is commensurate with experience, skills, qualifications, education, training, and internal equity.
PGE believes in rewarding dedicated performance. We provide a total rewards package that is designed to reward your contributions to the company, and, at the same time, support your well-being and professional development, both now and into the future. To find out more, click here.
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