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HR Specialist (Employee Benefits & Compensation)

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services [CMS]

(CA / CO / DC / GA / MA / MD / MO / NY / PA / TX / WA / Hybrid)

Open date: April 24, 2026

Closing date: May 25, 2026

Pay scale & grade: GS 13

Salary: $108,173 - $172,980 per year

1 vacancy in any of several locations:

Atlanta, GA 
Bethesda, MD 
Boston, MA 
Dallas, TX 
Denver, CO 
Kansas City, MO 
New York, NY 
Philadelphia, PA 
San Francisco, CA 
Seattle, WA 
Washington, DC 
Woodlawn, MD 

Telework eligible? Yes, as determined by agency policy

Duties

• Provide managers and employees with information and interpretations of the agency's employee benefits administration, procedures, practices, policies, and guidelines.
• Present at New Employee Orientation, hosts benefits seminars and facilitates benefits webinars.
• Counsel employees who have qualified for retirement benefits to include but not limited to FERS/CSRS/CSRS Offset.
• Provide information necessary to help employees of the organization make irrevocable decisions and to garner the maximum gains from the available benefits.

Qualifications

In order to qualify for the GS-13, you must meet the following: You must demonstrate in your resume at least one year (52 weeks) of qualifying specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal government, obtained in either the private or public sector, to include: 1) Experience managing employee retirement processes (i.e., determining eligibility, calculating service credit, reviewing retirement records for accuracy, and coordinating retirement actions to ensure timely and compliant processing); and 2) Experience providing guidance to employees on benefits eligibility and enrollment (i.e., explaining plan options, processing enrollment changes, resolving benefits issues, and ensuring documentation is accurate and complete).

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

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