Retirement Benefits Specialist (Promotional)

YOU MUST BE AN ALAMEDA COUNTY EMPLOYEE TO APPLY

THIS IS A NEW PROMOTIONAL ASSEMBLED EXAMINATION. The eligible list resulting from this examination will cancel any existing list and may last approximately one year but can be extended. Qualified applicants must be current county employees and have completed by the last day for filing the equivalent of six months of continuous service following a regular appointment in the Alameda County classified service. A regular appointment does not include provisional TAP (Temporary Assignment Pool) or STEP-UP appointments.

Applications must be in the possession of the Human Resource Services Department by 5:00 p.m. on the Last Day for Filing.

Applications will only be accepted on-line.

THE AGENCY

The Alameda County Employees Retirement Association (ACERA) is the retirement pension plan for public employees in Alameda County California who work for Alameda County and other agencies. ACERA was established in 1948 by the Alameda County Board of Supervisors to provide retirement disability and death benefits to Alameda County and member district employees.

The ACERA retirement plan provides lifetime benefits to members of the retirement system who meet the minimum age and length-of-service requirements or are eligible for disability retirement. The plan is a significant and fundamental part of the comprehensive benefits package that participating employers offer to eligible employees allowing employees to collectively invest their deferred wages to receive a secure income after retirement. ACERA also administers retiree health care and supplemental cost-of-living benefits.

MISSION

To provide ACERA members and employers with flexible cost-effective participant-oriented benefits through prudent investment management and superior member services.

For more detailed information about the agency visit: Alameda County Employees Retirement Association (ACERA).

THE POSITION

Under general supervision to oversee and lead a team of employees who will provide retirement benefits information; handle the more complex and challenging retirement benefits administration assignments and/or projects; assist the Supervisor with administering ACERAs retirement benefits program; and perform other related duties as assigned.

For more information about the job classification visit: Retirement Benefits Specialist (#1361).

EITHER I:

Experience:

The equivalent of two-years full-time experience in the class of Senior Retirement Technician or in the class of Employee Benefits Technician II in Alameda County classified service.

OR II:

Experience:

The equivalent of four years full-time experience processing employee pension or health benefits and handling complex benefits issues in a benefits department of a large private or public organization one full-time year of which must have included serving as a lead to a small group of employees.

A Bachelors degree with major course work in Business or Public Administration Accounting Economics Human Services or related field or possession of the Certified Employee Benefits Specialist certificate may be substituted for two years of the required experience.

NOTE: The Civil Service Commission may modify the above Minimum Qualifications in the announcement of an examination.

Knowledge of:

• Basic elements of benefits administration.
• Computer and software application.
• Research and statistical applications.

Ability to:

• Make sound and effective decisions.
• Plan assign direct and review the work of others on a project or day-to-day basis.
• Organize and prioritize work and meet deadlines.
• Exercise sound judgment within established policies and procedures.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees and departments.
• Read and interpret benefits guidelines.
• Read documents for completeness accuracy appropriateness and compliance with procedures.
• Write and communicate effectively.
• Operate a personal computer.

The examination will consist of the following steps:

1. A review of the applicants application to verify possession of minimum requirements. Those candidates who possess the minimum requirements for the class will move on to the next step in the examination process.
2. An oral examination which will be weighted as 100% of the candidates final examination score. The oral examination may contain situational exercises.

CANDIDATES MUST ATTAIN A QUALIFYING RATING ON EACH PORTION OF THIS EXAMINATION.

WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE ANNOUNCED EXAMINATION COMPONENTS.

We reserve the right to make changes to the announced examination components. Alameda County utilizes a Civil Service Selection System founded on merit. Such a system is competitive and based on broad recruitment efforts and equal opportunity for qualified applicants to test in an examination process designed to determine the qualifications fitness and ability of competitors to perform duties of the vacant position. Many of our recruitments are targeted and specific to the needs of a current vacant position in which case the eligible list may be exclusively used for that current vacant position. Other recruitments may be more broadly used for both current and future vacancies or for other alternate jobs with comparable scopes of work.

To learn more about our recruitment and selection process please visit the What You Need to Know section of our website AND SELECTION PLAN

Required Experience:

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