ADA Accommodations Supervisor

Seeking an opportunity to make a meaningful impact leading a high-volume accommodations team aligned with ADA standards? Spectrum is seeking a Supervisor to oversee ADA accommodations and guide accommodation coordinators in their daily workflow. In this pivotal role, you will monitor service responsiveness and quality, ensuring Spectrum’s policies are upheld and team goals are achieved. Your leadership will strengthen our HR operations and enhance the service experience for employees and partners company wide.

How You’ll Make an Impact   

• Provide direct supervision and Tier 2 support to Accommodation Coordinators
• Oversee lower and mid-tier claims as well as escalated matters within those cases while performing end-to-end case management through implementation, tracking of accommodation transitions, and follow-up within the accommodations tool
• Examine medical information to determine if the employee meets the requirements under federal ADA, state, and/or Spectrum requirements for a qualifying condition
• Engage key partners as needed, including HR Business Partners, Health Care Providers, Vendor Partners, Employment Law, Compliance and Accessibility teams
• Responsible for escalation of issues in a timely manner to ensure an effective end user experience while remaining engaged in resolving the issue
• Provide ongoing and back up support for assigned functional Human Resources work team and possesses HR knowledge so that they can cross train coordinators as needed
• Maintain and apply knowledge of onboarding and HR programs, policies, benefit plans to quickly resolve customer issues or concerns
• Ensure metrics are in place to govern all areas of responsibility, conduct ongoing reporting of compliance performance, analyze reports on behalf of end user, identify issues and recommend changes based on those metrics
• Provide excellent customer responsiveness to all communications received from Human Resources, HR Center of Excellence (COE) staff and employees
• Establish good working relationships with staff, ESC leaders, HR business partners, hiring managers, benefits, recruiting, security, legal and/or vendors to meet service level agreements and ensure compliance
• Ensure timely and accurate decisions on the disposition of pending accommodation requests by investigating discrepancies, following up with employees, HR and/or legal to resolve pending matters
• Achieve and maintain expertise to navigate and accurately record information with several business systems/applications to ensure the highest level of data integrity and confidentiality, including HR data (Oracle), leaves time tracking (Kronos), case management tracking (HR Helpdesk), query and reporting tools (Oracle and Excel) and third-party vendor systems support
• Provide first level performance feedback to accommodation coordinators and to management on an on-going basis
• Identify employee performance issues and work with the Employee Services Center Manager to design, implement and administer performance improvement plans if needed
• Assist with training or new hires and participate on interviews of new team members. Oversee scheduling needs for the team
• Ensure required documentation is updated and maintained

Working Conditions   

• Office environment with minimal (0-15%) travel

What You’ll Bring to Spectrum   

Required Qualifications   

Education   

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Human Resources or related field or equivalent training, education and experience

Experience   

• 5+ years of Proven Human Resources experience preferably in an HR Shared Services/operations center environment

Skills   

• Ability to read, write, speak and understand English
• Ability to work a flexible schedule
• Ability to problem solve in a high-volume production-oriented environment
• Proficient in Microsoft Office programs including Outlook, Excel and Word
• High level of analytical and process skills, problem resolution skills
• Clear and effective verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to maintain confidentiality
• Must have functional knowledge of Oracle preferred
• In depth knowledge of FMLA, STD and all other leave processing
• Prior experience supervising people and/or third-party vendors
• Project management experience preferred

Preferred Qualifications

Education

• PHR certification or continuous improvement experience preferred

Experience

• 1+ years of supervisory or leadership experience