Available Opportunities

We're seeking individuals that can provide comprehensive Benefits Consulting Services for approximately 250 full-time employees. The primary objective is to develop and maintain a competitive benefits program that attracts and retains employees while remaining fiscally responsible and adaptable to changing regulations. We're seeking someone with a creative and innovative approach to rising healthcare costs. We're seeking someone with a creative and innovative approach to rising healthcare costs. 

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This position would be for an initial term of two (2) years, with the possibility of three (3) one-year renewal periods. The position is based in the Southern Virginia (Roanoke) area but is 100% remote with the potential for occasional trips to the client’s site.

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Duties include: 

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1. Strategic Benefit Management

• Design and Evaluation: Assisting with benefit plan design, bidding, and evaluation of alternative financing mechanisms such as employee contributions.

• Market Analysis: Identifying appropriate markets and analyzing vendor proposals, including voluntary benefits, based on client's criteria.

• Performance Tracking: Providing quarterly progress reports and analyzing plan performance, specifically comparing premiums against claims.

2. Compliance and Legislative Guidance

• Regulatory Maintenance: Reviewing benefit programs on a continuing basis to ensure compliance with government regulations.

• Expert Consultation: Providing guidance on major mandates such as PPACA, HIPAA, ADA, and USERRA.

• Reporting Support: Filing required regulatory forms with the IRS or other agencies as necessary.

3. Operational Support

• Contractual Assistance: Drafting and reviewing RFPs, advising on contract negotiations and renewals, and ensuring the accuracy of coverage terms.

• Budgeting: Providing renewal rate estimates and helping client's staff prepare budget and expenditure projections.

• Claim Resolution: Assisting with the resolution of specific claims when requested.

4. Communication and Wellness

• Employee Outreach: Developing required plan communications for annual enrollment and providing resources like a benefit website, videos, and booklets for employees.

• Health Initiatives: Providing compliance and wellness newsletters and developing health consumerism initiatives.

 

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We're seeking individuals that can provide the following: Strategic Assessment & Planning (Lead), Government Relations Support, Strategic Communications, and Issues Management/Crisis Communication.

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The term of this contract will be two (2) years with a one (1) year renewal option. The position is based in the Richmond, VA area but is 100% remote with the potential for occasional trips to the client’s site.

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We’re hiring for a university partner. While higher education experience is preferred, we value the power of transferable skills. If you have the expertise, regardless of your industry background, let’s talk. 

 

Duties include: 

1. Strategic assessment and planning, including:

• Analysis of the political and regulatory landscape

• Identify risks and opportunities

• Development of a comprehensive strategic plan that targets audiences, evaluates policy issues, develops a messaging framework, enacts an implementation process and determines evaluation metrics

2. Government Relations Support

• Develop policy briefs and talking points

• Provide issue tracking and analysis

• Advise on an engagement strategy

• Prepare leadership for public messaging

3. Strategic Communications

• Develop key messages in support of institutional objectives

• Draft press materials (including op-eds and statements)

• Create a social media messaging strategy

• Develop a crisis communications plan

• Support leadership messaging

4. Issues Management/Crisis Communications

• Monitor issue development

• Provide real-time communications guidance

• Support rapid response communications

• Coordinate messaging for internal and external audiences

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