Leave Specialist
Skills
BusinessFinanceFitnessFitness For DutyHuman ResourcesOperationsOral
What the job involves
The main requirements, responsibilities and hiring steps.
Requirements
- 5+ years of dedicated leave administration experience supporting U.S. employees
- Experience independently managing end to end leave administration for a multi state employer
- Strong working knowledge of FMLA ADA CFRA PWFA USERRA state paid family and medical leave programs and other applicable leave laws
- Experience partnering with third party leave administrators such as Sparrow Sedgwick Lincoln Financial The Hartford or similar vendors
- Strong understanding of the intersection between leave administration payroll benefits and HR operations
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple concurrent leave cases
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with a high degree of empathy and professionalism
- Ability to exercise sound judgment while handling confidential and sensitive employee information
- Comfortable working independently in a fast paced high growth environment
Nice to have
- Multi state experience
- HRIS experience
- Workflow improvement
- Employee Relations partnership
Day to day
- Own the end-to-end administration of employee leaves of absence with accuracy and care
- Serve as the main contact for employees managers and internal partners on leave questions and case management
- Review documentation coordinate return to work steps and maintain compliant records across systems