Benefit Advisor

Interior Health Authority; Canada; Hybrid; CAD 63,000 - 91,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer paid training/education

Employer paid vacation

Employer paid insurance premiums

Extended Health & Dental coverage

Work-life balance

Municipal Pension Plan eligibility

Job summary

Interior Health is seeking a permanent Benefit Advisor to manage benefit plans and related entitlements within the Interior Health Region. The role involves determining eligibility, processing applications, and advising facilities on health and welfare benefits.

You will administer life insurance, LTD, and pension-related processes, ensuring compliance with collective agreements and employment terms while supporting employees through benefit changes and leaves.

Responsibilities

• Provides benefit plan information and support to individual facilities and community care facilities in assigned client groups.
• Determines employees’ entitlements for health and welfare benefit plans and processes applications and counseling on benefits.
• Processes life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment claims with beneficiaries/estates and insurers in accordance with agreements.
• Interprets and applies collective agreements and terms and conditions of employment to benefit eligibility and entitlements.
• Counsels employees on pension eligibility and related documentation, liaises with Pension Corporation on pension issues.

Job description

Interior Health is hiring a permanent specific full-time Benefit Advisor who is passionate about making a difference in health care.

Location: This position is flexible within the Interior Health Region.

What We Offer

• An attractive remuneration package
• Excellent career prospects
• Employer paid training/education
• Employer paid vacation
• Employer paid insurance premiums
• Extended Health & Dental coverage
• Work-life balance
• May be eligible to contribute to Municipal Pension Plan

The salary range for this position is $63,484 (min) to $79,355 (midpoint) to $91,259 (max) per annum, based on 1.0 FTE. Interior Health typically establishes salaries within the minimum and midpoint of the salary range based on qualifications, experience of the applicant, and an internal equity review of the salaries of other employees.

How Will You Create An Impact

The Benefit Advisor is responsible for determining benefit plan eligibility and entitlements for employees in assigned client groups. The Benefit Advisor administers the various benefit plans, programs, and accruals in accordance with benefit plan provider guidelines, Collective Agreements, and the Terms and Conditions (T&C) of Employment for Executive and Non Contract Staff. The Benefit Advisor assists individual health facilities and community care facilities with benefit plan information and advice as requested.

What Will You Work On

• Provides benefit plan information and support to individual healthcare facilities and community care facilities in assigned client groups. Processes Collective Agreement and Employment Standards changes to benefit entitlements.
• Determines employees’ entitlements for health and welfare benefit plans and processes applicable applications along with counseling employees regarding benefits (i.e. dual coverage) in accordance with the various different Collective Agreements and Terms and Conditions of Employment.
• Processes life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment claims with beneficiaries/estates and insurers in accordance with the various collective agreements and terms and conditions of employment. Processes advanced life insurance claims and optional life insurance where applicable.
• Interprets hiring, change position, change in status and/or termination documents to determine health and welfare benefit eligibility and various benefit bank entitlements, vacation date entitlement, severance date entitlement, increment bank and/or increment date entitlement and portability entitlements in accordance with the various different past and present Collective Agreements and Terms and Conditions of Employment.
• Determines employees’ eligibility for enrollment in the Municipal Pension Plan and Public Service Pension Plan and processes related documentation. Determines purchase of service eligibility for Municipal Pension and Public Service Pension Plans along with employee and/or employer shared entitlements. Provides Payroll with notification when Pension ceases and/or LTD claims start/stop. Liaises directly with the Pension Corporation on pension issues.
• Counsels employees on the retirement process. Determines severance and sick payout entitlements on retiring/resigning/deceased employees in accordance with the various different past and present Collective Agreements and Terms and Conditions of Employment.
• Interprets the various different past and present Collective Agreements and Terms and Conditions of employment and advises Managers regarding the approval or denial of applications for leaves such as maternity/parental and unpaid leaves. Monitors and maintains leaves in accordance with the various different past and present Collective agreements and the Terms and Conditions of Employment. Provides the employees with the various benefit entitlements including cost to continue coverage during leaves, layoffs, etc. and arranges supplemental benefit payment agreements and pre-authorized payment plans.
• Provides various Short and Long Term Disability (LTD) Plan information and documentation to employees in consultation with Disability Management Specialists. Processes all documentation related to LTD claims including completing earnings calculations for entitlements and liaises directly with insurance carriers.
• Represents the employer in administering LTD claims, WCB wage loss, WCB Section 16 and various different types of return to work agreements to determine appropriate continuance of benefit banks and health and welfare entitlements.
• Adjusts vacation dates, plans and increment entitlement dates and seniority entitlement dates for leaves over entitlement in accordance with the various past and present Collective Agreements and Terms and Conditions of Employment.
• Audits non-insured benefit accruals for applicable adjustments. Audits insured benefits for changes in entitlement.
• Completes third party requests for information as related to benefits.
• Provides expert advice to the Employee Relations and Labour Relations Specialists regarding benefit related grievances.
• In alignment with IH’s Occupational Health & Safety Program, employees shall adhere to all Occupational Health and Safety policies and procedures at all times and attend all required training. Employees are responsible to report any identified hazards, unsafe conditions or incidents to the manager or supervisor immediately.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Interior Health strives to create an environment where you enjoy the work you do, the place where you work, and the people around you. Together, we create great workplaces.

Honouring Interior Health’s commitment to Truth and Reconciliation and the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA), and Pursuant to Section 42 of the BC Human Rights Code, preferential consideration and/or hiring will be given to qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, or Inuit).