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New Opportunity: Benefits Consultant (Part-Time, Remote, and Flexible Hours)

December 22, 2020 No Comments

Pillar Search & HR Consulting is helping Boston-based Good Measures to find a Benefits Consultant! This is an ideal role for someone looking for a part-time, remote opportunity with flexible hours.

Title: Part-Time Benefits Consultant

Hours: 4-5 hours per week; temp-to-perm possible

Organization: Good Measures (www.goodmeasures.com)

Location: Remote until further notice. Once the office reopens, the role may be based in Boston, MA and/or Portsmouth, NH (or may continue as mostly remote, so a local candidate is strongly preferred)

Hours: Flexible

Reports to: Chief Administrative Officer

About Good Measures: Good Measures is an exciting startup company that is poised to revolutionize health and nutrition. Good Measures combines nutrition science, personalized Registered Dietitian coaching, and digital tools to offer people a convenient, effective way to improve their health. We factor in age, gender, medical conditions, medications, physical activity, allergies, and food preferences, to provide individuals with the knowledge and tools to make better eating decisions. Good Measures members can, among other benefits, achieve better nutritional balance, lower their cholesterol levels, lower their blood pressure, lose weight, and better manage their blood glucose levels.

About the Opportunity: Good Measures is seeking a part-time Benefits Consultant to join us immediately. The Benefits Consultant will administer a wide variety of benefit programs including medical, dental, life and disability insurance, retirement and leaves of absence, as well as manage benefits-related policies. Specifically, the Benefits Consultant will be responsible for the following:

Partner with Good Measures’ Benefits Broker, insurance companies and vendors
Onboard/off-board employees from benefits, including:
- Present benefits overview/options in new hire orientation sessions
- Conduct departure meetings with benefits-eligible employees
Manage and communicate benefits to all current and potential employees
Communicate provisions of all benefit programs to employees.
Ensuring compliance with legally required benefit plan documentation and reporting
Planning and conducting the annual open enrollment process, which takes place in November/December each year
Managing the COBRA process for terminated employees
Tracking attendance for an assigned group of employees and responding to questions about time off policies
Other projects as assigned

Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree preferred
10+ years of experience in benefits management/administration required
Advanced Excel skills
Strong attention to detail
Multi-state and multi-site experience strongly preferred
Team player
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Proven ability to work in a fast-paced, growing organization
Experience with ADP a plus

For Immediate Consideration: Please contact Cindy Joyce of Pillar Search & HR Consultant (Good Measures’ HR Consultant) at cindy.joyce@pillarsearch.com.

Good Measures is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. Good Measures makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.

A woman-owned business founded in Boston in 2015, Pillar Search & HR Consulting provides executive search/recruiting and human resources consulting expertise to nonprofit and mission-driven organizations, working with senior leaders and boards of directors to hire and develop the very best talent across all functional areas of the organization.

Mistake Mastery (Because Your Professional Life Does Not Come with a Magic Eraser)

An executive who I do leadership coaching with recently shared that a member of her team made a colossal, astronomical-amount-of-money, public relations nightmare mistake. She values the employee, and understands that mistakes happen, but the employee did not own up to the mistake, which only made it worse.

We have all been there. Making a mistake sucks. BIG TIME. And it can cost you – your job, relationships, reputation, credibility, monetary fines, and more. What can you do when you make a major misstep on the job?

Own up to it. I have seen this done well, and I have seen people try to assign blame to others when it was clearly their own wrongdoing. Being honest – and doing so quickly – is always the gracious way to own up to a mistake.
Be part of the solution. My first manager out of college used to tell the team “Do not come to me with a problem unless you also have a solution”, which made telling her that I had erroneously withdrawn $1,000,000, not the desired $10,000, from a client’s mutual fund account and was on my way to the mailroom to search high and low before it was mailed a bit easier to swallow. Oops. Have at least the framework of a solution so that steps can be taken quickly to work towards resolution so that you are remembered as much for being part of the positive outcome as you are for the source of the issue.
Apologize, and really mean it. Sounds obvious, right? Shocking, but there are many for whom saying the words “I am sorry” or “I was wrong” is a foreign concept. Humility and grace will get you far in life. And do it face-to-face, if possible. Just do not say it multiple times, or you run the risk of looking like you cannot handle the mistake.
Say thank you. To clean up the mess, several people may need to get involved. Thank each and every one for doing the extra work to help fix your mess.
What did you learn? The difference between a mistake and an epic failure is figuring out what the key takeaways are. Analyze what happened and use that knowledge to improve.
Document it. It will come up in your review if it was significant, so when the dust settles, write an accurate and unemotional as possible overview of the problem, what you did to correct it, could prevent in the future, and what you learned from it. That way, you leave nothing out and if and when it comes up again, you have the information at the ready. As a bonus, putting it in writing may help you to see holes in the process or workflow, which provides the opportunity to be more innovative.
Do not let it define you. Even if the outcome of this mistake is that you lose your job (and I’m sorry if this is the outcome), remember that mistakes are not labels. You are you and the mistake is the mistake. It is an opportunity to learn and grow. If you let it define you, you run the risk of operating out of fear, which will only result in being risk-averse and complacent.
Be kind to you. If someone came to you and told you that they had made a major error, you would likely show them compassion and understanding. Extend this same kindness to yourself.

Life does not come with a magic eraser, so there is no do-over, but everyone, even the most successful legends out there, has a mistake or two (or more!) in their professional history. How you handle the mix-up and how smoothly you move forward is what will leave a lasting impression.

Hire the best! With personalized service and proven results, Pillar Search & HR Consulting provides retained executive search services and human resources consulting for exceptional non-profits and socially responsible for-profit firms. A woman-owned business, Pillar is based in Boston, MA, and works on the national level. To learn more about how Pillar can assist with your hiring and human resources needs, please contact Cindy Joyce at cindy@pillarsearch.com.