Benefit Engagement Specialist - Lenoir, NC

Lockton Companies; Lenoir (NC); On-site; USD 33,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid training

Company-provided equipment

Medical, dental, and vision

Wellness program

Employer-paid benefits

401(k) match

Vacation accrual

Holidays and personal days

Volunteer days

Referral bonus program

Job summary

Lockton Companies is seeking a Benefit Engagement Specialist to deliver personalized benefit reviews and enrollments for BCInsourcing clients, primarily onsite at UNC Caldwell Memorial Hospital. You will educate employees on core and voluntary benefits while building strong client relationships and ensuring compliance with licensure requirements.

The role emphasizes face-to-face engagement, proactive communication, and strategic outreach to newly hired and existing employees, with travel to

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent.
• Valid driver’s license to travel to client sites.
• Proven relationship-building experiences and professional communication skills.
• Self-directed work ethic to represent the company on-site with limited supervision.
• Professional work experience demonstrating self-motivation and results.

Responsibilities

• Engage with UNC Health leaders, providing support and building client relationships at the client location.
• Provide SME-certified-license knowledge in HR/Benefit meetings and presentations for managers to address employee concerns.
• Develop outreach strategy for total rewards initiatives and client projects.
• Counsel employees on core and voluntary benefit options, on-site or remote as needed.
• Input enrollment decisions accurately and comply with life and health licensure regulations.

Skills

Relationship-building

Communication

Self-motivation

Professional experience

Driver's license

Education

High School Diploma

Job description

Lenoir, North Carolina, United States of America

At Lockton, we’re passionate about helping our people achieve their ultimate potential. Our people are curious, action-oriented and always striving to make ourselves and those around us better. We’re active listeners working to ensure understanding and problem solvers developing innovative solutions. If you can see yourself delivering excellent service to clients, giving back to our communities and being a part of our caring culture, you belong here.

About the Position

The Benefit Engagement Specialist (BES) is responsible for creating impeccable service for BCInsourcing clients and our client’s employees by driving opportunities to conduct individual personalized benefit review sessions to educate and enroll on all core and voluntary benefit insurance products while building business relationships with our clients primarily in a face-to-face onsite environment operating at the client’s workplace. The Specialist is directly responsible for influencing the client-facing relationship by ensuring that the client’s leadership and each employee have a comprehensive understanding of our company’s model and their benefit options.

At BCInsourcing, we believe our people are our greatest strength. We strive to hire individuals from diverse backgrounds because different perspectives make us stronger, more innovative, and better equipped to serve others. If you are passionate about helping people and enjoy being part of a dynamic, team-oriented environment, you’ll feel right at home here.

BCInsourcing, a Lockton Company, is one of the nation’s leading benefit communication firms. Headquartered in Kansas City, we deliver customized benefit communication and administrative services to employees across the United States, partnering closely with our clients’ HR departments to support both organizations and their employees.

Location: This position will be onsite at UNC Caldwell Memorial Hospital

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Represents BCInsourcing as Company Ambassador to UNC Health by engaging in purpose-driven dialogue with the department leaders, providing support while exercising independent judgment to cultivate effective business relationships, and maintaining rapport with all case partners and the client’s employees.
• Participates in providing SME-certified-license knowledge in clients’ HR/Benefit meetings, NEO presentations, and group meetings for client’s managers to navigate the concerns of their department’s employees.
• Makes independent decisions regarding outreach strategy while participating in the client’s initiatives and projects related to total rewards.
• Creates an approachable environment in primary and secondary workplace locations, traveling as necessary or operating remotely, to engage and counsel employees about their core and voluntary benefit options and coverages.
• Exercises self-driven time management to efficiently respond to face-to-face impromptu service requests and provide timely answers to client and employee questions.
• Responsible for analyzing census data to create a customized reach-out strategy meant to effectively connect with newly hired and existing employees to conduct personalized one-on-one comprehensive benefit review sessions.
• Responsible for accurately inputting and capturing employee enrollment decisions, using appropriate system platforms or paper application processes, and following Life and Health licensure regulations and BCInsourcing’s quality assurance.
• Participates in developing communication strategies to achieve the client’s goals in their changing environment while using professional verbal and interpersonal communication and active listening skills in order to effectively educate employees and interact with client partners.
• Responsible for developing and growing a professional work environment including prompt coordination with a supervisor or other appropriate parties including the client’s management team, when recognizing an accelerated issue or unusual matter to ensure it is resolved thoroughly and accurately.
• Obtains and maintains an active Life, Health, and Accident Insurance Producer’s License including timely continuing education, and meets other licensing requirements and documentation, as directed by BCInsourcing’s Licensing guidelines. Serve as subject matter expert on mechanics of insurance to advise the client’s leadership and employees. Promptly notifies BCInsourcing’s Licensing Specialist of any information or situation that may impact active licensure or appointment status.
• Maintains a working knowledge of the client’s annual open enrollment process for new and/or existing employees. Adapts to annual open enrollment periods and special projects by adjusting a self-guided work calendar to meet the needs of the client’s employees including evenings and weekends, traveling as necessary.
• Performs other responsibilities as requested by supervisor or client.

Qualifications

MINIMUM EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• High School Diploma/GED equivalent and/or related work experience equivalency.
• Must have and maintain a valid driver’s license to travel to client sites
• Proven relationship-building experiences and professional communication skills
• Demonstrated self-directed work ethic to successfully represent the company at the client location with limited and offsite supervision
• Professional work experience demonstrating self-motivation and result-driven outcomes

PREFERRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Advanced degree completed or in process
• Working knowledge of insurance products, including core and voluntary benefits
• Existing active Life, Health, and Accident Insurance Producer’s License, when a client workplace requirement

Total Rewards Summary

We offer a comprehensive total rewards package designed to support the health, financial well-being, and professional growth of our employees.

• Paid training and ongoing professional development
• Company-provided equipment
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, including a wellness program
• Additional voluntary benefit options
• 100% employer-paid benefits
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• Pet insurance
• Immediate vacation accrual
• Paid holidays, effective upon hire, including:
  • 11 company-observed holidays
  • 2 floating holidays
  • 2 personal days
  • 2 volunteer days
• Employee referral bonus program

Compensation

The starting hourly pay range for this position is $24.03– $28.84.

This role is also eligible for monthly incentive compensation based on the achievement of defined performance metrics following 90 days of active employment.

The listed hourly range represents the anticipated minimum and maximum compensation for this position. Actual pay will be determined based on a variety of job-related factors, including but not limited to the selected candidate’s skills, experience, qualifications, licensure, and internal equity. In most cases, new hires are not brought in at the top of the range, as compensation decisions are evaluated based on the specific circumstances of each hire.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Lockton Companies is proud to provide everyone anequal opportunity to grow and advance. We are committed to an inclusive culture and environment where our people, clients and communities are treated with respect and dignity.

At Lockton, supporting diversity, equity and inclusion is ingrained in our values, and we believe that we are at our best when we fully embrace everyone. We strive to cultivate a caring culture that learnsfrom, celebrates and thrives because of ourbreadth of differences. As such, we recognize that recruiting, developing and retaining people with diverse backgrounds and experiences is vital and enabling our people to thrive personally and professionally is critical to our long-term success.

About Lockton

Lockton is the largest privately held independent insurance brokerage in the world. Since 1966, our independence has allowed us to serve our clients, take care of our people and give back to our communities. As such, our 13,100+ Associates doing business in over 155 countries are empowered to do what’s right every day.

At Lockton, we believe in the power of all people. You belong at Lockton.

How We Will Support You

At Lockton, we empower you to be true to yourself in all that you do. Your success is our success, and we provide opportunities to help you grow and create a rewarding career path, however you envision it.

We are ready to meet you where you are today, and as your needs change over time. In addition to industry-leading health insurance, we offer additional options to support your overall health and wellbeing.

Any Employment Agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume to this site does so with the understanding that the applicant's resume will become the property of Lockton Companies, Inc. Lockton Companies will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion and without any fee owed to the submitting Employment Agency, person or entity. Employment Agencies, who have fee Agreements with Lockton Companies must submit applicants to the designated Lockton Companies Employment Coordinator to be eligible for placement fees.