Priests Benefits Specialist - Compassionate

HARTFORD ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN CORP; Bloomfield (CT); On-site; USD 70,000 - 79,000; Full time

Job summary

The Archdiocese is seeking a compassionate Benefits Coordinator to administer benefits for priests, serving as the primary confidential contact for healthcare, Medicare, and retirement-related needs during health and life transitions.

This role may also support employee benefits, leave administration, open enrollment, HRIS records, and limited backup payroll processing, requiring discretion and strong organizational skills.

Qualifications

• Associate degree in human resources, business administration, healthcare administration, accounting, or a related field required.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• At least three years of relevant experience in benefits administration, HR, leave administration, payroll support, healthcare coordination, or employee services.
• Experience with Medicare, retiree healthcare, retirement transitions, benefits, payroll processing, or nonprofit and faith-based organizations is preferred.
• Working knowledge of benefits administration, eligibility, enrollment, leave programs, and HRIS or benefits systems.
• General understanding of payroll processes or willingness to become fully trained.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, HRIS, benefits/retirement software.
• Strong organizational, analytical, communication, and customer-service skills.
• Ability to assist priests and employees with patience, discretion, professionalism, and compassion.
• Ability to manage sensitive health and benefit information while maintaining strict confidentiality.
• Sound judgment and the ability to recognize when a matter requires escalation.
• Must work respectfully within the mission, values, and organizational structure of a Roman Catholic faith-based organization.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary and confidential benefits contact for active and retired priests.
• Administer priest benefit programs, including medical, dental, vision, retirement, Medicare, supplemental insurance, and retiree healthcare.
• Assist priests with benefit eligibility, enrollment, coverage questions, claims, appeals, required documentation, and applicable deadlines.
• Coordinate Medicare enrollment, supplemental coverage, retirement transitions, and retiree healthcare benefits.
• Provide compassionate administrative assistance during hospitalizations, rehabilitation stays, and transitions to assisted-living or extended-care settings.
• Coordinate benefit and coverage matters with priests, authorized family members or contacts, insurance carriers, healthcare contacts, vendors, and Archdiocesan leadership.
• Track unresolved claims, coverage questions, and benefit issues through resolution or escalation.
• Escalate complex benefit, leave, eligibility, or care-coordination matters to HR or Archdiocesan leadership.
• Maintain accurate and confidential records while obtaining appropriate authorization before sharing protected information.
• Support employee benefits administration, leave programs, annual open enrollment, and benefit communications.
• Maintain accurate benefit, leave, retirement, and payroll-related information in the HRIS and vendor systems.
• Review benefit invoices, eligibility records, carrier information, and payroll deductions for accuracy.
• Coordinate with benefit carriers, brokers, retirement providers, and third-party administrators.
• May provide limited backup payroll processing and assist with routine payroll questions and discrepancies.

Skills

Benefits administration

HRIS

Payroll processing

Communication

Confidentiality

Compassion

Education

Associate degree in HR / business administration / healthcare administration / accounting

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Tools

Microsoft Office

HRIS software

Payroll software

Job description

The Archdiocese is seeking a compassionate Benefits Coordinator to administer benefits for priests, serving as the primary confidential contact for healthcare, Medicare, and retirement-related needs during health and life transitions.

This role may also support employee benefits, leave administration, open enrollment, HRIS records, and limited backup payroll processing, requiring discretion and strong organizational skills.