Job Title: Benefits Specialist 

Reports To: Immediate Supervisor 

Prepared By: The Division of Human Resources 

Board Approved Date:  

Pay Grade Range: CLH04

Summary: The Benefits Specialist is responsible for all tasks necessary to complete and maintain the employee benefits system. The position performs accounting, clerical and secretarial work in the routine performance of responsibilities.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Maintains benefit system to accurately reflect employees' health insurance elections and inputs system data to record such elections.
• Explains available benefits to employees, and assists with the completion of required paperwork.
• Provides information for new hires and terminated employees concerning benefit options.
• Processes member enrollments, policy changes, health claims, and death claims as submitted.
• Prepares insurance premium refunds and checks for deposit.
• Posts and reconciles manual premium payments.
• Prepares manual bills when necessary to collect health premiums.
• Assists with the payroll process.

Other Duties: 

Other duties as assigned that are related to the functions of the position.

Essential Functions/Qualifications/Requirements: 

Education and Experience:

An Associate's degree from an accredited institution required. Four (4) years experience in finance, business or accounting can be substituted for an Associate's degree.

Work Environment Conditions:  

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an  employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable  accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

Professional Conduct:  

The Employees are required to maintain a high standard of professional conduct. Breach of said professional conduct includes, but is not limited to, neglect of duty, dishonesty, engagement in acts that are contrary to East Baton Rouge Parish School System  policy, unlawful activities, or any other conduct which is seriously prejudicial to the school system.

Technological Abilities:  

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be proficient in general use of a computer, the use of Email as a form of communication, and other job-specific equipment, software, and/or applications.  

Note:  New employees coming to EBRPSS/current employees new to a position, must use the Verifent website to verify qualifying years of experience (outside of EBRPSS) aligned to the job description.  All new employees to the district/current employees new to a position will receive 0 years of experience aligned to the job description until the verification of previous experience aligned to the job description is received.

Verifient Link

Experience verifications must be received in the Office of Human Resources within the first 6 months of employment in order to be eligible for a retroactive payment.


The East Baton Rouge Parish School System and all of its entities (including Career and Technical Education Programs) do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, religion, national origin, disability, or gender in its educational programs and activities (including employment and application for employment), and it is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of gender by Title IX (20 USC 168) and on the basis of disability by Section 504 (42 USC 794). The Title IX Coordinator is Andrew Davis, Director of Risk Management � [email protected], (225) 929-8705. The Section 504 Coordinator is Danielle Staten-Ojo � [email protected], (225) 326-5668.