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Manulife Research Benefit Administrator Support in Halifax, Nova Scotia
We are a leading financial services provider committed to making decisions easier and lives better for our customers and colleagues around the world. From our environmental initiatives to our community investments, we lead with values throughout our business. To help us stand out, we help you step up, because when colleagues are healthy, respected and meaningfully challenged, we all thrive. Discover how you can grow your career, make impact and drive real change with our Winning Team today.
Working Arrangement
Hybrid
Job Description
Group Benefits serves the needs of Plan sponsors, members, and market sources, helping make Canadians healthier and organizations stronger. The AdminAdvantage Administration team within the Manulife Group Benefits organization links people, technology, and expert services to simplify benefits administration and provide a consistent, powerful member and client experience. Our vision is to be recognized as the partner of choice within the industry for benefits solutions and benefits administration services. As a member of our team, you will be supporting large corporate clients, coordinating efforts to provide world class benefits administration and customer service. Our clients trust the administration of their group benefits to us, and you will be part of a team that delivers outstanding results to those clients and our members.
Responsibilities
Assessing training needs of learner/Business, develop training and teaching materials as well as updating procedural documentation.
Develop training plan/approach
Estimate training work/task efforts
Facilitate on-the-job coaching, virtual cross training on product overviews, systems, technical and functional processes.
Track and report on training outcomes and provide feedback to Managers regarding staff's performance and development and making recommendations for improvement
Communicate processing errors to representatives on a one-to-one basis as well as attending department staff meetings to discuss processing issues and clarification measures.
Provides support to processing associate as a subject matter expert
Support the research benefit administration team, and Leaders with handling complex cases, unique situations and escalated technical inquiries as requested
Collaborate across the organization to develop best practices and incorporate the big picture, working to improve training content and processes/procedures.
Leverages skills, experience and networks to assist staff to meet aggressive performance and professionalism benchmarks
Play a critical role in the change management & business readiness process by ensuring your business stakeholders are change-ready from a training and procedural documentation perspective.
Other duties as assigned
How will you create impact?
AdminAdvantage Administration is looking for a Research Benefits Administrator to join our team. The successful candidate will manage client and plan member inquiries related to eligibility processes and will be required to collaborate with other Manulife teams inside and outside of AdminAdvantage, focusing on the customer through all processes.
What motivates you?
You obsess about customers, listen, engage and act for their benefit.
You think big, with curiosity to discover ways to use your agile approach and enable business outcomes.
You thrive in teams and enjoy getting things done together.
You take ownership and build solutions, focusing on what matters.
You do what is right, work with integrity and speak up.
You share your humanity, helping us build a diverse and inclusive work environment for everyone
What we are looking for
Bilingual (French & English) is required - The successful candidate will be required to communicate in English and French in order to support clients from various jurisdictions outside of Quebec.
Exceptional customer service focus
Ability to multi-task, Prioritization/time management skills, and ability to provide feedback effectively
Strong Negotiation & Influencing Skills
Action Oriented Problem Solver
Collaborative Team Player
Produce high quality deliverables on time
What you bring
You learn FAST. You pick up new ideas, concepts, technologies, and tools easily
You have a working knowledge of Excel and are comfortable learning new applications and tools
You’re a capable and innovative problem-solver. You don’t like to stand by when you notice that there’s something that could work better for your team or Manulife. You want to improve things – and you do something about it!
You can adapt to change, and even embrace it
About Manulife and John Hancock
Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services group that helps people make their decisions easier and lives better. With our global headquarters in Toronto, Canada, we operate as Manulife across our offices in Asia, Canada, and Europe, and primarily as John Hancock in the United States. We provide financial advice, insurance, and wealth and asset management solutions for individuals, groups and institutions. At the end of 2022, we had more than 40,000 employees, over 116,000 agents, and thousands of distribution partners, serving over 34 million customers. At the end of 2022, we had $1.3 trillion (US$1.0 trillion) in assets under management and administration, including total invested assets of $0.4 trillion (US $0.3 trillion), and segregated funds net assets of $0.3 trillion (US$0.3 trillion). We trade as ‘MFC’ on the Toronto, New York, and the Philippine stock exchanges, and under ‘945’ in Hong Kong.
Manulife is an Equal Opportunity Employer
At Manulife /John Hancock , we embrace our diversity. We strive to attract, develop and retain a workforce that is as diverse as the customers we serve and to foster an inclusive work environment that embraces the strength of cultures and individuals. We are committed to fair recruitment, retention, advancement and compensation, and we administer all of our practices and programs without discrimination on the basis of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour , ethnic origin, citizenship, religion or religious beliefs, creed, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions), sexual orientation, genetic characteristics, veteran status, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, family status, disability, or any other ground protected by applicable law.
It is our priority to remove barriers to provide equal access to employment. A Human Resources representative will work with applicants who request a reasonable accommodation during the application process . All information shared during the accommodation request process will be stored and used in a manner that is consistent with applicable laws and Manulife/John Hancock policies . To request a reasonable accommodation in the application process, contact .
Salary & Benefits
The annual base salary for this role is listed below.
Primary Location
CAN, Quebec, Montreal, 900 Boulevard de Maisonneuve Ouest
Salary range is expected to be between
$50,250.00 CAD - $83,750.00 CAD
If you are applying for this role outside of the primary location, please contact for the salary range for your location. The actual salary will vary depending on local market conditions, geography and relevant job-related factors such as knowledge, skills, qualifications, experience, and education/training. Employees also have the opportunity to participate in incentive programs and earn incentive compensation tied to business and individual performance.
Manulife offers eligible employees a wide array of customizable benefits, including health, dental, mental health, vision, short- and long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance coverage, adoption/surrogacy and wellness benefits, and employee/family assistance plans. We also offer eligible employees various retirement savings plans (including pension and a global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions) and financial education and counseling resources. Our generous paid time off program in Canada includes holidays, vacation, personal, and sick days, and we offer the full range of statutory leaves of absence. If you are applying for this role in the U.S., please contact for more information about U.S.-specific paid time off provisions.