Administrator Benefits (contract)
Requisition ID: 190931
Career Group: Corporate Office Careers
Job Category: Benefits & Total Rewards Systems
Travel Requirements: 0 - 10%
Job Type: Full-Time
Country: Canada (CA)
Province: Alberta; Nova Scotia; Ontario
City: Mississauga, Halifax, Calgary
Embark on a rewarding career with Sobeys Inc., celebrated among Canada’s Top 100 employers, where your talents contribute to our commitment to excellence and community impact.
Our family of 128,000 employees and franchise affiliates share a collective passion for delivering exceptional shopping experiences and amazing food to all our customers. Our mission is to nurture the things that make life better – great experiences, families, communities, and our employees. We are a family nurturing families.
A proudly Canadian company, we started in a small town in Nova Scotia but we are now in communities of all sizes across this great country. With over 1,600 stores in all 10 provinces, you may know us as Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Lawtons Drug Stores or another of our great banners but we are all one extended family.
Ready to Make an impact?
Sobeys is full of exciting opportunities, and we are always looking for bright new talent to join our team! We currently have a 16 months opportunity as Administrator benefits administration.
Here’s where you’ll be focusing:
Individual Accountabilities
- Effective and timely execution of their daily roles and responsibilities
- Administer benefit qualification and disqualification for Safeway unionized employees. This includes employee enrollment, benefit packages and vendor set up
- Responsible for accurate benefit records in accordance to the Collective Bargaining Agreements and Company audit standards
- Help develop appropriate employee communications and functional documentation including procedure manuals, issues log, benefit summaries, standard correspondence and bulletins
- Provides analytical and technical support, and maintains related benefit data integrity in SAP HR Master Data and Vendor systems
- Support the execution of Benefit Administration strategy
- Achieve accurate and fully accountable Benefits Administration and liason with the payroll team to ensure we meet all legal, Company, and government requirements
- Identify new business policies, processes and strategies to improve efficiency and mitigate risk of Benefit Administration and related HR practices
- Ensure consistent Benefit Administration practices are adhered to
- Support strategic Benefit initiatives
Key Support Accountabilities
- Partner with Human Resources to provide effective benefit administration and customer service throughout the organization on all Benefit Administration related transactions
- Acts as an ambassador for Benefit Administration within HR and the Organization
- Work closely with HR Managers and the IHM team to resolve employee benefit issues
- Responsible for accurate and timely employee benefit enrollment
What you have to offer:
- 2 + years Benefits or Human Resources experience
- Degree or certification in CEBS, Human Resources or associated field
- Retail experience (preferred)
- Understand basic Benefit Administration topics, practices and policies
- Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment
#LI-Hybrid
At Sobeys we require our teammates to have the ability to adhere to a hybrid work model that requires your presence at one of our office locations at least three days per week. This requirement is integral to our commitment to team collaboration and the overall success of our office culture.
We offer a competitive compensation package, which varies by role. Some websites share our job opportunities and may provide salary estimates without our knowledge. These estimates are based on similar jobs and postings for general comparison, but these numbers are not provided by our organization nor monitored for accuracy.
We will consider factors such as your working location, work experience and skills as well as internal equity, and market conditions to ensure the selected candidate is paid fairly and competitively. We look forward to discussing the specific compensation details relevant to this role with candidates who are selected to move forward in the recruitment process.
We are committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process.