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Benefits Coordinator (Contractor, Part-Time)

Role overview

Summary

This role supports the Benefits team by managing the administration of employee benefits, ensuring accurate data handling and vendor billing. You will work independently to address employee inquiries and maintain compliance, contributing to the overall efficiency of Macmillan Publishers' benefits processes.

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of experience in benefits administration or a related HR support role.
  • Familiarity with HRIS/benefits platforms (e.g., UKG) and vendor eligibility file processes.
  • High attention to detail and strong organizational skills.
  • Strong written communication skills for preparing employee-facing letters and correspondence.
  • Ability to maintain confidentiality when handling sensitive employee data.

Responsibilities

  • Monitor UKG benefits interfaces daily to identify and resolve data discrepancies or failed transmissions.
  • Review and process monthly vendor billing statements for accuracy against enrollment data.
  • Upload and reconcile employee eligibility files to Headspace and Scripta to maintain accurate benefit access.
  • Support Open Enrollment coordination and communication, year-end data validation, and compliance.

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Analytical Thinking
  • Detail Oriented
  • Organizational Skills
  • Non-Verbal Communication
  • Client Confidentiality

About the company

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Macmillan Learning

  • EdTech
  • 501–1,000
Macmillan Learning is a privately-held, family-owned company that improves lives through learning. By linking research to learning practice, we develop pioneering products and learning materials for students that are highly effective and drive improved outcomes. Our engaging content is developed in partnership with the world's best authors researchers, educators, administrators, and developers. We provide educators with tailored solutions designed to inspire curiosity and measure progress. Our brands include Bedford/St Martin’s, W.H. Freeman, Worth Publishers, iClicker, Skyfactor, Macmillan Learning Curriculum Solutions, and Hayden-McNeil Lab Solutions. To learn more, please visit http://www.macmillanlearning.com.

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Job description

The Benefits Coordinator will provide part-time (20 hours/week) support to the Benefits team, focusing on the day-to-day administration of employee benefits. This role is responsible for monitoring system interfaces, supporting new hires and retirees through the benefits process, preparing verification and eligibility documentation, and maintaining accurate vendor data feeds and billing. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, responsive, and comfortable working independently across multiple benefits systems and vendor platforms.

This is a temporary contracted position; the successful candidate will be employed by Noor Staffing Group, LLC.

What You'll Do:

Systems Monitoring & Employee Support

  • Monitor UKG benefits interfaces daily to identify and resolve data discrepancies or failed transmissions.
  • Monitor the Benefits Mailbox and respond to or route employee inquiries in a timely manner.

Vendor Billing Administration

  • Review and process monthly vendor billing statements for accuracy against enrollment data.
  • Reconcile billing discrepancies with vendors and coordinate timely resolution and payment.
  • Maintain organized billing records to support audits and month-end close.

Vendor Eligibility File Uploads

  • Upload and reconcile employee eligibility files to Headspace to maintain accurate mental health benefit access.
  • Upload and reconcile employee eligibility files to Scripta to support pharmacy benefit optimization services.

Benefits Project Support 

  • Open Enrollment coordination and communication support
  • Year End data validation
  • Compliance support
  • Other ad hoc projects as needed

What You'll Bring:

  • 3+ years of experience in benefits administration or a related HR support role.
  • Familiarity with HRIS/benefits platforms (e.g., UKG) and vendor eligibility file processes.
  • High attention to detail and strong organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple recurring tasks independently.
  • Comfortable working with online vendor portals and processing file uploads.
  • Strong written communication skills for preparing employee-facing letters and correspondence.
  • Ability to maintain confidentiality when handling sensitive employee data.
    Reliable and responsive, with the flexibility to work independently on a part-time schedule.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Analytical mindset.

  • Prior experience in employee benefits or a related field.

Salary:  $25 per hour   Contract Duration: 6 months   

Macmillan Publishers is the U.S. trade company that is part of the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, a large family-owned group of media companies headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany. Holtzbrinck Publishing Group's publishing companies include prominent imprints around the world that publish a broad range of award-winning books for children and adults in all categories and formats.

U.S. publishers include Celadon Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Flatiron Books, Henry Holt & Company, Macmillan Audio, Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, The St. Martin's Publishing Group, and Tor Publishing Group. In the UK, Australia, India, and South Africa, companies in the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group publish under the Pan Macmillan name. The German publishing company, Holtzbrinck Deutsche Buchverlage, includes among its imprints S. Fischer, Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Rowohlt, and Droemer Knaur.

Macmillan is proud to be an equal opportunity employer consistently striving to foster a culture where everyone belongs. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds and identities. Qualified applicants are evaluated without regard to race, color, religion, age, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability status, physical ability, neurodiversity, genetic information, protected veteran status, family and economic status and background or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. We prohibit discrimination of any kind and will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable law.

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