Course: Human Resource Management

Assignment:
TASK A: Create a complete job description for the Benefits Manager position using O*NET.

Job Title

Benefits Manager

Job Summary

We are searching out a Compensation and Benefits Manager in an effort to set up first-rate practices,
entice awesome personnel and decrease turnover.

Tasks:

• Design, evaluate, and modify benefits policies to ensure that programs are current, competitive,
and in compliance with legal requirements.
• Analyze compensation policies, government regulations, and prevailing wage rates to develop
competitive compensation plan.
• Administer, direct, and review employee benefit programs, including the integration of benefit
programs following mergers and acquisitions.
• Fulfill all reporting requirements of all relevant government rules and regulations, including the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).
• Formulate policies, procedures and programs for recruitment, testing, placement, classification,
orientation, benefits and compensation, and labor and industrial relations.

Work Context:

• Electronic Mail — 100% responded “Every day.”

• Telephone — 100% responded “Every day.”
• Face-to-Face Discussions — 90% responded “Every day.”
• Indoors, Environmentally Controlled — 95% responded “Every day.”
• Spend Time Sitting — 67% responded “Continually or almost continually.”

Job-Relevant Knowledge:

• Personnel and Human Resources — Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel
recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and
personnel information systems.
• Administration and Management — Knowledge of business and management principles
involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership
technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
• English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including
the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
 • Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer
and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for
services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Mathematics — Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their
applications.

Skills:

• Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to
understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at
inappropriate times.
• Reading Comprehension — Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related
documents.
• Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of
alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
• Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential
actions to choose the most appropriate one.

Abilities:
• Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented
through spoken words and sentences.
• Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will
understand.
• Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented
in writing.
• Written Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will
understand.
• Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.

TASK B
Four degrees should be sufficient for rating the various jobs. For example, the four degrees for
education level are identified as:
1 = High School/GED
2 = Associates
3 = Bachelors
4 = Masters/Graduate
Create the rationale for assigning the other five (5) degrees.
Degree of Technical Skills
1 = General Workers
2 = limited practical knowledge

3 = Practical work knowledge

4 = Skilled Labor
Scope of Control
1 = Control over research and development

2 = Control Over Expenditure

3 = Control over salaries Control
4 = Control over policies
Impact of Job

1 = None
2 = Low
3 = Average
4 = High

Degree of Problem Solving

1 = None
2 = Low
3 = Average

4 = High
Task Complexity
1 = None
2 = Low

3 = Average
4 = High
Calculate the job evaluation points for the administrative assistant, payroll assistant, operational
analyst, and benefits manager jobs (benchmark jobs).
Administrative Assistant

Compensable Factor Degree (1, 2, 3, 4) Weight Points

Skill (50%)
 – Educational
Level 1 25% 25

– Degree of
Technical Skills 1 25% 25

Responsibility (30%)

– Scope of
Control 1 10% 10

– Impact of Job 2 20% 40

Effort (20%)

– Degree of
Problem Solving 2 10% 20

– Task
Complexity 2 10% 20

TOTAL POINTS 140

Payroll Assistant

Compensable Factor Degree (1, 2, 3, 4) Weight Points

Skill (50%)

– Educational
Level 2 25% 50

– Degree of
Technical Skills 2 25% 50

Responsibility (30%)

– Scope of
Control 2 10% 20

– Impact of Job 1 20% 20

Effort (20%)

– Degree of
Problem Solving 3 10% 30

– Task
Complexity 3 10% 30

TOTAL POINTS 200

Operations Analyst
 Compensable Factor Degree (1, 2, 3, 4) Weight Points

Skill (50%)

– Educational
Level 3 25% 75

– Degree of
Technical Skills 3 25% 75

Responsibility (30%)

– Scope of
Control 3 10% 30

– Impact of Job 3 20% 60

Effort (20%)

– Degree of
Problem Solving 3 10% 30

– Task
Complexity 3 10% 30

TOTAL POINTS 300

Benefits Manager

Compensable Factor Degree (1, 2, 3, 4) Weight Points

Skill (50%)

– Educational
Level 4 25% 100

– Degree of
Technical Skills 4 25% 100

Responsibility (30%)

– Scope of
Control 3 10% 30

– Impact of Job 3 20% 60

Effort (20%)

– Degree of
Problem Solving 3 10% 30

– Task
Complexity 3 10% 30
TOTAL POINTS 350