Benefits Specialist

## HR Specialist (Employee Benefits)

We are seeking a detail-oriented HR Specialist to provide expert guidance and support on federal employee benefits and retirement programs. This role involves advising employees, interpreting complex regulations, and managing benefits-related inquiries.

### Key Responsibilities:

• Provide comprehensive advisory guidance on federal employee benefits, including health, life insurance, Thrift Savings Plan (TSP), flexible spending accounts, and temporary continuation of health insurance (TCC).
• Respond to complex benefits and retirement inquiries from internal and external customers.
• Research, interpret, and apply federal laws, regulations, policies, and guidelines related to federal benefits and retirement systems.
• *For higher-level positions:* Offer in-depth advice and counsel on federal retirement systems (FERS, CSRS), including benefit computations for employees, survivors, and families.
• *For higher-level positions:* Research, present findings, and deliver briefings on various employee benefits programs.

### Required Qualifications:

• **Experience:**

* Demonstrated specialized experience providing advisory guidance on employee benefits, responding to inquiries, and interpreting federal benefits/retirement laws. * Higher-level positions require additional experience providing in-depth retirement counseling and delivering benefits presentations. * Qualifying paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work, will be credited.

• **Education (Alternative for some levels):**

* Successful completion of 3 years of progressively higher-level graduate education or a Ph.D./equivalent graduate degree (e.g., LL.M) in Human Resource Management, Organizational Management, Industrial and Organizational Psychology, or a directly related field. * or a combination of qualifying experience and graduate-level education.

• **Federal Applicants:** Current career or career-conditional federal employees applying for promotion must meet Time-in-Grade requirements.

### Application Deadline: All qualifications must be met by **October 10, 2025**.