Program Specialist, Benefits and Pension
Are you looking for an employer who values your skills in reviewing, designing, developing, implementing, and promoting benefits, pensions and retirement programs? Become an important part of Defence Construction Canada’s Human Resources team of human resources professionals that thrives on providing exemplary service and HR expertise.
Let’s talk about you
You have outstanding organizational, client service and project management skills. You’re comfortable addressing complex queries relating to benefits and pension. You’re excited about a job that lets you demonstrate your subject matter expertise and relies on you to deliver advice, guidance and training.
Meet your team
As the successful applicant, you’ll join our small but growing benefits and pension unit within DCC Human Resources. Day to day, you’ll help guide those at DCC who are approaching retirement, provide expert advice on benefits and work with a supportive team of human resources experts. We collaborate constantly and will rely on your insight and expertise to meet the needs of internal client groups located wherever there are military bases across Canada and abroad.
SUMMARY
Reporting to the Manager, Compensation and Payroll, the Program Specialist, Benefits and Pension, helps design, develop, implement, promote, deliver and evaluate DCC benefits, pension and retirement programs. The Program Specialist acts as a subject-matter expert for these programs and provides advice, guidance and recommendations to ensure their success. The incumbent researches and analyzes information and legislation to support program development and maintenance. The Program Specialist liaises with benefits insurance providers, consultants, service providers and government departments to implement and maintain quality total rewards offerings and programs. The incumbent administers DCC’s Absence Support Program (Disability Management) and Medical Surveillance Program. The incumbent also administers the federal Labour Program (Federal Workers’ Compensation Service) and collaborates with the Human Resources teams and Corporate Health and Safety teams. The Program Specialist researches industry trends and best practices, develops creative solutions to complex matters, and ensures a focus on collaboration and the quality and timeliness of deliverables.
KEY AND PERIODIC ACTIVITIES
The duties and responsibilities listed below are representative but not all-inclusive:
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SKILLS
General and Specific Knowledge
Formal Education and/or Certification(s) and Experience
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DEVELOPMENT AND LEADERSHIP
WORKING CONDITIONS
Check out the benefits
Working with DCC offers excellent opportunities for growth – and entitles you to one of the job market’s best benefits packages. In your role as Program Specialist, Benefits and Pension, your package is valued at 25% to 30% of your salary.
Your package will include:
To begin a career with Defence Construction Canada (DCC), you must be a Canadian Citizen or a permanent resident of Canada. As a condition of employment with DCC, a minimum reliability security status clearance is required and some roles may require secret security status clearance.
DCC is responsible for the Personnel Security Clearance process. Typically to be eligible for a "Reliability" clearance, you must have five years of verifiable background information and to be eligible for a "Secret" clearance, you must have 10 years of verifiable background information. The process usually involves reference inquiries, verification of qualifications, criminal records checks, and credit checks (as required) and may require fingerprints. For more information about obtaining a security clearance, please review the Standard on Security Screening.
The appropriate security clearance is a condition of employment and it is the candidate’s or employee’s responsibility to ensure, they are able to obtain and maintain their required security level clearance to begin or continue their employment with DCC. Failure to obtain or maintain, the appropriate level of security clearance means either the candidate or employee will not receive a job offer, the conditional offer will be rendered null and void or their employment will be terminated with cause. A thorough security clearance process will be applied to all candidates or employees considered for an appointment; this process includes inquiries, verifications and assessments regarding matters such as, but not limited to:
Be part of a diverse and inclusive workplace!
At DCC, we are committed to ensuring everyone has a voice and can be their authentic selves in our workplace. We actively encourage applications from all, including but not limited to, women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, visible minorities and members of the LGBTQ2+ community. We also welcome applications from those who are not Canadian citizens who are eligible to work in Canada and have at least 5 years of verifiable background information.
DCC is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all requests for accommodation based on a medical contraindication, religion or another prohibited ground for discrimination under the Canadian Human Rights Act. Should you require accommodation, please email careers@dcc-cdc.gc.ca.