Job Title

People Leaves Specialist (Nashville, TN)

Job Description

Join us today! As a People Leaves Specialist in the Philips People Services (PPS) Organization, you will leverage your proven subject matter expertise in statutory disability plans, short- and long-term disability, military leaves, and/or Federal/State leaves of absence (FMLA).

Additionally, you are highly skilled in sensitive case management oversight, answering complex questions, understanding the employee's situation, applying the appropriate benefits, responding to changing circumstances and needs, and will pave the way for a connected and trusted case management experience.

In this role, you will actively support and promote an environment of collaboration and consultation between employees and the PPS organization, as well as  collaborate with key business stakeholders, Payroll, and Rewards team members to ensure specialized leave policy programs are successful across the organization.

Your role:

• Address and respond to sensitive, confidential and/or escalated situations (e.g. legal requests, executive escalations, business continuity responses). Serving as a Subject Matter Expert for specialized leave and disability cases offering real-time support to employees. Provides training and education in these areas as needed. Lead group and one-to-one consultation sessions about leave and disability events, benefits, and options available to employees.

• Critically assess and adjust case management plans to an employee's changing needs and conduct individual, site or regional leave/accommodation/disability deep dives and analysis. Collaborate with Rewards team members on complex cases and/or policy development with leave and disability. Acting as an internal point of contact for escalated, time-sensitive matters.

• Identify process and/or performance deficiencies and implement improvement plans and solve problems, sometimes with limited information. Function as Subject Matter Expert with regard to all aspects of the disability. Develop and maintain effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders. Ensure adherence to short-term disability and FMLA policies and explain policy details to employees.

You are the right fit if:

• You have acquired 5+ years of using case management systems and employee Leave and Disability support, with knowledge of federal or state Leave and Disability regulations, including FMLA and 5+ years of experience responding to escalated leave/disability matters.

• Your skills include MS Word, Excel, Teams, Outlook and PowerPoint (required), process-mapping tools (bonus) and project management with a focus on process improvement, design and service integration (preferred).

• You have a Bachelor’s Degree (preferred) or equivalent professional experience and a SPHR, PHR, CLMS and/or CPDM (ideal).

• You are an effective communicator (verbal and written), proactive with excellent organization, stakeholder management, problem solving, time management and priority setting skills.

• You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position.

How we work together 

We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week. Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities. Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations. 

This is an office role.

About Philips:

We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody, everywhere, has access to the quality of healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help improve the lives of others.

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Philips Transparency Details  

The pay range for this position in Nashville, TN is $26.00 to $40.00 hourly.

The actual base pay offered may vary within the posted ranges depending on multiple factors including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, geographical location, and internal equity.     

In addition, other compensation, such as an annual incentive bonus, sales commission or long-term incentives, may be offered.  Employees are eligible to participate in our comprehensive Philips Total Rewards benefits program, which includes a generous PTO, 401k (up to 7% match), HSA (with company contribution), stock purchase plan, education reimbursement and much more.  Details about our benefits can be found here.   

At Philips, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top end of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each case.  

Additional information:

US work authorization is a precondition of employment. The company will not consider candidates who require sponsorship for a work-authorized visa. 

Company relocation benefits will not be provided for this position.  For this position, you must reside in or within commuting distance to Nashville, TN.

This requisition is expected to stay active for 45 days but may close earlier if a successful candidate is selected or business necessity dictates.  Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible to ensure consideration.

Philips is an Equal Employment and Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets and maintains a drug-free workplace.