Benefits assistant

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Internal Posting

Katonah-Lewisboro School District Announces the Following Vacancy

For the 2025-2026 School Year

Benefits Assistant

District Office
12 months; Monday through Friday; 40 hours per week
Board Action – Managerial/Confidential: $70,000-$80,000
As determined by the Board of Education per individual contract

• Provides explanations of benefit programs and informs retirees, current enrollees, and relatives of their enrollment options.
• Utilizes program eligibility guidelines to maintain proper enrollment and acts as a liaison between school district and insurance carriers.
• Computes billing, maintains a payment ledger, and reviews billing statements against employee enrollment records to ensure accuracy.
• Processes vision reimbursement claims.
• Establishes enrollment and termination dates for new employees, maintains benefitenrollment files, and advises enrollees of COBRA benefits and costs.
• Researches and prepares comparative reports on new benefit plans, calculatesreimbursement of Medicare payments, and keeps a list of employees eligible for benefitreimbursement.
• Prepares statistical reports on health care costs and enrollment and may distributemonthly.
• Uses computer applications such as spreadsheets, word processing, calendar, e-mail, anddatabase software to perform work assignments. Qualifications:
• 3 years of work experience which must have included (1) year of experience where the primary function was the administration, explanation or processing of employee benefit program enrollment.
• Demonstrates comprehensive knowledge of benefits administration, principles, and practices, including municipality or school district benefit plans.

Candidate must qualify through the Westchester County Civil Service Commission and/or pass the appropriate Civil Service examination . Consideration for transfer will be given to candidates holding the title of Benefit Assistant in permanent status in Westchester County, NY.

Anticipated Start date: Application Deadline: Internal Candidates:

All Other Candidates:

November 1, 2025

October 20, 2025

Please email letter of interest and resume to Human Resources

[email protected] and include the name of the position you are applying to in the Subject line.

Please apply online to OLAS at:

The Katonah-Lewisboro School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against race, religion, ethnicity, age, gender and disability in the educational programs and activities it operates.

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $70,000.00 - $80,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person