Benefits Specialist ; Revised

Benefits Specialist

Employer:

City of Los Angeles

Salary: $63,704 to $95,212 Annually

Location:

CITY OF LOS ANGELES, CA

Job Type: FULL-TIME

Job Number: 1203 OP 2023/01/27 C

Department: ALL DEPARTMENTS

Opening Date: 01/25/2024

Annual salary is at the start of the pay range. The current salary range is subject to change. Please confirm the starting salary with the hiring department before accepting a job offer.

A Benefits Specialist counsels and provides information on employee benefits and retirement programs; researches and resolves issues regarding program services and benefits; performs benefit calculations; may assign, review and evaluate the work of subordinates engaged in support activities for this work; applies sound supervisory principles and techniques in building and maintaining an effective work force; fulfills equal employment opportunity responsibilities; and does related work.

Two years of full time paid experience in a class at the level of Senior Administrative Clerk (formerly Senior Clerk Typist) in the administration of benefit or retirement programs, including providing counseling, researching retirement or benefit related information, providing benefit services, or performing retirement or benefit related calculations, using systems/software to obtain appropriate data; or successful completion of 60 semester or 90 quarter units from an accredited college or university and 1,040 hours of paid experience assisting in the duties listed in Requirement #1.

For Requirement #1, applicants who lack six months or less of the above required experience may file for this examination. However, they cannot be appointed until the full experience requirement is met.

Some positions may require a valid California driver's license. Candidates may not be eligible for appointment to these positions if their record within the last 36 months reflects three or more moving violations and/or at-fault accidents, or a conviction of a major moving violation (such as DUI).

For Requirement #1, qualifying experience gained outside of the City of Los Angeles requires eighteen months of clerical experience with increasing responsibilities to be at the level of Senior Administrative Clerk. Therefore, non-City qualifying experience must be gained in positions after eighteen months of clerical experience.

Qualifying education must be from a college or university accredited by a City of Los Angeles recognized agency. A list of approved accrediting agencies can be found at (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).%20

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Candidates completing the exam process may be contacted by the Personnel Department to provide required proof of qualifying coursework. Applicants who wish to expedite this process may attach a copy of their qualifying coursework to their on-line application at the time of filing in the Attachments section.

In accordance with Charter Section 1010 (b) and Civil Service Rule 5.31, selective certification will be used for some positions that require special skills and/or training. Only persons possessing the following at the time of filing may be considered for appointment to fill such positions:
The ability to speak or write a language other than English. Applicants that desire to be considered for this Selective Certification must specify the language other than English in the appropriate box on the application. Applicants who fail to provide the information at the time of filing will not be considered further in selective certification.

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Applicants are urged to apply early to ensure you have time to resolve any technical issues you may encounter.

Filing Period 1:
From Friday, January 27, 2023 to Thursday, February 9, 2023

Filing Period 2:
From Thursday, January 25, 2024 to Wednesday, February 7, 2024

The examination may close without prior notice at any time after a sufficient number of applications have been received. Filing periods may change without prior notice or additional dates may be added, as needed, at a later date. For administrative purposes, filing will close periodically and reopen on the dates noted in the "Final date to…