Manager, HR Benefits
Thames Valley Council for Community Action
Norwich, CTFull-time$30–34/hrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago
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Job overview
The Manager, HR Benefits administers employee benefits, including health insurance, retirement plans, leave, disability, workers’ compensation, and paid time off. The role informs employees about eligibility and plan details, assists with health care questions, researches and develops benefits, and works with insurance brokers. It also monitors benefit costs, manages the electronic enrollment portal, processes insurance billings, and prepares proposals and recommendations.
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Full job description
Manage and administer Benefits ie; Medical, General Liabilities, Auto, Retirement Plans, Family Medical Leave Act, Disabilities, Worker’s Comp, ADA, Vacation and sick time. Inform employees of eligibility of benefits and benefit details. Assist employees with health care questions. Research/develop new benefits, obtain quotes. Works closely with Insurance Brokers. Process monthly health insurance (including billings). Monitor costs associated with agency benefits and makes recommendations as necessary to Chief Human Resources Officer and Director of Benefits and Payroll. Strong knowledge of ACA, ADA, FMLA, Workers’ Compensation, OSHA policies. Process performance appraisals. Prepare and submit proposals for Agency Benefits. Manage electronic benefits portal for employee enrollments, plan renewals, plan/cost changes, employee terminations, etc. Knowledge of payroll software to generate reports, input employee changes/additions/deletions to benefits. Ability to organize and problem solve. Ability to relate effectively with all levels of management and with program staff throughout the agency. Be responsive and listen to employee’s needs and concerns.
Required SkillsRequired Experience
Associates Degree, plus four years related work experience in HR and managing employee benefits or an equivalent combination of education and experience totaling six years. This position of non-exempt and works 35 hour per week. Pay is $30 to $34 an hour ($55,000 to $62,00 annually)
Minimum Salary
$30.00
Maximum Salary
$34.00
How this job compares
Set against the 707 open Human Resources Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$30–34/hr
- US median$45–58/hr20 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $32/hr, is 39% below the US median midpoint ($53/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Human Resources Manager hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 11 open Human Resources Manager jobs in Connecticut and 707 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
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- Experience
- Human Resources Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 6 years (554 postings).
- Education
- 212 of the 707 open Human Resources Manager jobs (30%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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