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Work Shift:
Please see job description for details.
Time Type:
Full time
Department:
CC407270 Human Resources
1. Lead the design, implementation, and optimization of employee benefits programs, including health, welfare, retirement, wellbeing, and ancillary offerings.
2. Serve as a strategic consultant to HR leaders, HR Business Partners, and organizational stakeholders on benefits strategy, workforce needs, market trends, and program effectiveness.
3. Conduct market benchmarking, competitive analyses, and industry research to ensure benefits offerings remain competitive, compliant, and aligned with organizational objectives.
4. Manage vendor relationships, performance, and service delivery while supporting contract negotiations, renewals, and continuous improvement initiatives.
5. Analyze benefits utilization, claims, enrollment, and workforce data to identify trends, develop recommendations, and support data-driven decision making.
6. Partner with Finance, Legal,and other stakeholders to ensure regulatory compliance and effective governance of benefits programs.
7. Develop business cases, executive presentations, reporting, and strategic recommendations to support benefits and total rewards initiatives.
8. Lead employee communication and education strategies, including annual enrollment, program launches, and ongoing benefits awareness efforts.
9. Manage complex benefits projects, system enhancements, process improvements, vendor implementations, and organizational change initiatives.
10. Perform other duties as assigned, demonstrating flexibility, collaboration, and a service-oriented approach consistent with Arkansas Children’s mission and values.
High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
Bachelor's Degree, Bachelor's degree in a related field of study.
Certified Employee Benefit Specialist (CEBS) - International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, Professional in Human Resources (PHR) - HRCI, SHRM-CP - SHRM
The Senior Benefits Consultant serves as a strategic advisor and subject matter expert responsible for the design, optimization, governance, and execution of Arkansas Children's employee benefits and wellbeing programs. This role partners with HR leadership, Finance, Legal, Compliance, and business leaders to develop and implement innovative, data-driven benefits strategies that enhance the employee experience and support workforce attraction, retention, engagement, and organizational sustainability. The Senior Benefits Consultant leads complex initiatives related to benefits strategy, vendor management, regulatory compliance, and operational effectiveness while serving as a trusted resource for leaders, HR Business Partners, and team members across the enterprise.
Arkansas Children's is the only healthcare system in the state solely dedicated to caring for Arkansas' more than 700,000 children. The private, non-profit organization includes two pediatric hospitals, a pediatric research institute and USDA nutrition center, a philanthropic foundation, a nursery alliance, statewide clinics, and many education and outreach programs — all focused on fulfilling a promise to define and deliver unprecedented child health. Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH) is a 336-bed, Magnet-recognized facility in Little Rock operating the state’s only Level I pediatric trauma center; the state's only burn center; the state's only Level IV neonatal intensive care unit; the state's only pediatric intensive care unit; the state’s only pediatric surgery program with Level 1 verification from the American College of Surgeons (ACS); the state’s only magnetoencephalography (MEG) system for neurosurgical planning and cutting-edge research; and the state's only nationally recognized pediatric transport program. Arkansas Children’s Hospital is nationally ranked by U.S. News & World Report in seven pediatric specialties (2022—2023): Cancer, Cardiology & Heart Surgery, Diabetes & Endocrinology, Nephrology, Neurology & Neurosurgery, Pulmonology and Urology. Arkansas Children’s Northwest (ACNW), the first and only pediatric hospital in the Northwest Arkansas region, is a level IV pediatric trauma center. ACNW operates a 24-bed inpatient unit; a surgical unit with five operating rooms; outpatient clinics offering over 20 subspecialties; diagnostic services; imaging capabilities; occupational therapy services; and Northwest Arkansas' only pediatric emergency department, equipped with 30 exam rooms. Generous philanthropic and volunteer engagement has sustained Arkansas Children's since it began as an orphanage in 1912, and today ensures the system can deliver on its promise of unprecedented child health. To learn more, visit archildrens.org.
