Director of Benefits and Wellness

To enrich education through diversity, The College of New Jersey is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The College has a strong commitment to achieving diversity among faculty and staff, and strongly encourages women and members of underrepresented groups to apply.

The Office of Human Resources is dedicated to the recruitment, retention, and development of a highly qualified, committed, and diverse workforce, encouraging and supporting the faculty and staff in their vital role of meeting the College’s mission and goals and our commitment to our students. Human Resources is committed to best practices, emerging technologies, and operating from a focused customer centric orientation to meet these goals. We ensure effective, efficient, productive and timely processes and services and are committed to provide benefits that support the home and professional lives of our faculty and staff, offer opportunities for personal development and advancement, and ensure fairness and consistency in the application of policies and procedures.

Under the supervision of the Associate Vice President for Human Resources, the Director of Benefits and Wellness performs managerial level duties in the full cycle of health, welfare, retirement and ancillary benefit plans and programs. The Director of Benefits and Wellness exercises initiative and judgment completing assignments with the highest degree of accuracy, timeliness, professionalism and confidentiality and exhibits commitment to both internal and external customer service. The Director of Benefits and Wellness is responsible for managing, collecting, and analyzing survey data on benefits and wellness programs, responding to internal and external requests for information on benefits and wellness, and maintains and provides key metrics to inform decision-making in Human Resources.

Main Responsibilities:

• Directs the administration of the leave of absence programs including FMLA, NJFLA, COVID-19 leaves, etc.
• Oversees sabbatical administration.
• Directs the administration of TCNJ sponsored plans including: vision programs, dependent FSA, tuition waiver and reimbursement programs, transit check, and other ancillary programs.
• Oversees pensions and retirement plan administration.
• Directs the administration of health care plans including: medical, prescription, drug and dental insurance plans.
• Conducts needs assessments and provides recommendations for process improvements to assure compliant, effective and efficient implementation of employee benefits, and new benefits and wellness initiatives.
• Proactively identifies opportunities to improve the employee benefit experience.
• Researches and implements system enhancements and new functionality to find potential efficiencies and implement where practical.
• Ensures all required government reports are accurate and submitted timely. Develops and maintains standard operating procedures as it relates to benefits administration.
• Monitors legal and compliance regulations affecting health and welfare benefit plans and administration and proactively makes changes as needed.
• Works closely with HRIS and third party vendors to automate and enhance benefit tracking and reporting.
• Develops surveys to collect and measure employee feedback and utilizes data to improve customer experience.
• Oversees the annual enrollment, wellness initiatives, and communications. Ensures accurate record keeping, and compliance.
• Oversees retirement counseling sessions.

Education and/or Experience:

• A Bachelor’s Degree in business administration, human resource management, organizational development or a related field with five plus years of progressively responsible human resources experience or an equivalent combination of experience and/or training required.

Employer Qualifications:

• Final offer of employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a background check and reference checks.

About TCNJ

TCNJ is a highly selective institution that has earned national recognition for its commitment to excellence. Founded in 1855, TCNJ has become an exemplar of the best in public higher education and is consistently acknowledged as one of the top comprehensive colleges in the nation. TCNJ currently is ranked as one of the 75 "Most Competitive" schools in the nation by Barron's Profiles of American Colleges and is rated the No. 1 public institution in the northern region of the country by U.S. News & World Report. TCNJ was named the #10 value in public higher education by the Princeton review in 2009 and, in 2006, was awarded a Phi Beta Kappa chapter - an honor shared by less than 10 percent of colleges and universities nationally. A strong liberal arts core forms the foundation for programs offered through TCNJ's seven schools - Arts & Communication; Business; Education; Humanities and Social Sciences; Science; Nursing, Health, and Exercise Science; and Engineering. TCNJ faculty members are teacher-scholars who share a commitment to liberal learning. TCNJ is located within an hour, by train, of New York City and Philadelphia. The College's campus is set on 289 tree-lined acres in suburban Ewing Township and is known for its natural beauty and has 39 major buildings.

Contact Information

Qualified candidates should apply online and submit a letter of interest, resume (CV), as well as the names and contact information for three professional references. Applications will be considered until a viable finalist has been found.

In accordance with the New Jersey First Act P.L. 2011 c.70, effective September 1, 2011, new public employees in certain positions (faculty exempt) are required to obtain New Jersey residency within one (1) year of employment. Applicants must meet the requirements listed.