Well-Being & Benefits Senior Specialist

Latham & Watkins is a global law firm consistently ranked among the top firms in the world. The success of our firm is largely determined by our commitment to hire and develop the very best and brightest, creating a team that provides our clients with the highest quality of work and service. We are driven by our core values: respect, innovation, and collaboration.  

The Well-Being & Benefits Senior Specialist is an integral part of Latham’s Well-Being & Benefits team and will be responsible for assisting the Well-Being & Benefits Department with a variety of responsibilities regarding specific benefits tasks and projects to ensure the services, goals, and objectives of the department are met, while coordinating and conducting virtual new hire orientations for associates and staff, which includes developing an orientation schedule and handling new joiner benefit queries in follow up one-on-one consultations, with the goal of raising awareness and driving engagement in the firm’s programs and resources. This role will be located in either our New York or Boston office. Please note that this role may be eligible for a flexible working schedule that allows for a hybrid and in-office presence.

Other key responsibilities include:

• Communicating with employees to help them navigate and access a wide variety of the firm’s benefits and insurance programs
• Providing Well-Being & Benefits training to new department colleagues, including overviews of programs, the Human Resources Information System (HRIS), ticketing system, and document management
• Advising and mentoring junior colleagues on best practices, including cross-training, sending team communications as needed, focusing on team knowledge, and the standardization of work promoting operational efficiencies
• Supporting the Well-Being & Benefits leadership team with escalated/complex matters, looping in other stakeholders (i.e. Technology & Information Systems, Payroll, and other adjacent teams), recommending solutions to resolve issues as necessary
• Leveraging established knowledge and best practices to create content/reference materials for the team, and raising opportunities to address knowledge gaps to the Well-Being & Benefits Manager
• Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains 
  

We’d love to hear from you if you:

• Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of Well-Being & Benefits functions
• Display well-developed and professional presentation and Power Point skills
• Exhibit strong attention to detail and the ability to critically and independently assess proposed projects, communications, and/or solutions

And have:

• A bachelor’s degree or an equivalent; a minimum of nine (9) years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree
• A minimum of three (3) years of relevant experience
• A minimum of five (5) years of cumulative professional experience

Successful candidates will not only be provided with an outstanding career opportunity and welcoming environment, but will also be provided with a generous total compensation package with bonuses awarded in recognition of both individual and firm performance. Eligible employees can participate in Latham’s comprehensive benefit program which includes:

• Healthcare, life and disability insurance
• A generous 401k plan
• At least 11 paid holidays per year, and a PTO program that accrues 23 days during the first year of employment and grows with tenure
• Well-being programs (e.g. mental health services, mindfulness and resiliency, medical resources, well-being events, and more)
• Professional development programs
• Employee discounts
• Affinity groups, networks, and coalitions for lawyers and staff

Latham & Watkins is an equal opportunity employer. The Firm prohibits discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race (including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles), color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status (including veterans of the Vietnam era), gender expression, marital status, or any other characteristic or condition protected by applicable statute.

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