Leave Administrator

The People & Culture organization at Legacy is about prioritizing our people so that we can prioritize our patients. We are transforming a traditional human resources function into a team of professionals who develop creative solutions to attract, develop and retain diverse, high performing talent. Within the People & Culture team, we are building a spirit of curiosity, experimenting with innovative approaches and challenging past practices to ensure we aren’t just responding to today’s workforce challenges, but can predict them. This is a pivotal moment in the healthcare industry, and Legacy’s People & Culture team sees this as an opportunity to reimagine what it means to work in one of the world’s most complex yet rewarding industries. For us it’s about building a legacy where our people can do their best and be their best.

Our mission of making life better for others includes every person we serve, including our employees. By promoting HR services, initiatives and programs, you will help to support management-level and employee customers so that Legacy Health can most effectively work as a team with a unified goal. If this is how you view your work, we invite you to consider this opportunity.

This is a remote position – incumbents, who reside in Oregon or Washington only may work at home, on the road or in a satellite location for a ll or part of their workweek. There may be occasional situations that require work to be performed on-site at an assigned Legacy Health location.

All new hires are required to come to a designated Legacy Health office location in Portland, Oregon prior to their start date for a new hire health assessment and to complete new hire paperwork. This position may require initial training and orientation to be site-based, before transitioning to the remote schedule.

As the largest nonprofit health system serving the Portland-Southwest Washington and mid-Willamette Valley areas, Legacy Health provides a range of services - we have six hospitals, one of which includes a center solely dedicated to children’s care, Randall Children’s Hospital at Legacy Emanuel. We run more than 70 primary care, specialty and urgent care clinics, employ nearly 3,000 doctors and providers and more than 13,000 employees. We also operate labs and a research center. Our major partnerships include those with PacificSource Health Plans and the Unity Center for Behavioral Health, a one-of-a-kind center for people facing a mental health crisis that is collaboratively operated between four regional health systems and numerous community partners.

Our mission of making life better for others includes every person we serve, including our employees. By providing expertise and support for Legacy's system-wide Leave of Absence program, you will help to create leave programs that care for our employees so they can care for our patients.

Responsibilities

The Leave Administrator administers the Leave of Absence program for LHS, which may include Medical, Family (FMLA, OFLA, WLAD), Personal, Disability Income Plans, Education and Military. The Administer facilitates and administers the temporary modified work policy on medical leave and disability claims; reviews, evaluates and corrects timekeeping records for leave tracking; provides services for employees with non-work related medical conditions that impact the workplace; works with managers to identify, develop and coordinate modified or alternate work assignments when available; and works with legal counsel and government agencies when appropriate.

Qualifications

Education:

Bachelors degree or equivalent experience required, preferably in Human Resources, Disability, Healthcare, Social Work or related field.

Experience

A minimum of three (3) years of experience in disability claims handling or as a human resources generalist/specialist with employee relations background.

Skills

• Requires an excellent working knowledge of state and federal laws and regulations related to FMLA, OFLA, WLAD, ADA, COBRA, and other laws and regulations governing employment and discrimination in employment situations.
• Background in disability claims processing, claims handling and plan document interpretation.
• The ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with employees at all levels in the organization and the professional community at large.
• Must be able to communicate effectively, both in written and oral form and have the ability to present information to groups and individuals.
• Must be adept at coordinating teams, maintaining confidentiality and problem resolution.
• Requires demonstrated analytical skills and abilities, and the ability to work independently with little supervision.
  
  

Legacy’s Values In Action

Follows guidelines set forth in Legacy’s Values in Action.

Equal opportunity employer/vet/disabled.

Licensure

Certification/Licensure

• Must have current certification in CPDM or ability to obtain certification within one year from date of hire.
  
  

Pay Range

USD $32.56 - USD $46.06 /Hr.