
Benefits Analyst Trainee_Non-Technical Graduate Apprentice - India UHR
Job Description
Please note this posting is to advertise potential job opportunities. This exact role may not be open today but could open in the near future. When you apply, a Cisco representative may contact you directly if a relevant position opens.
Meet the Team
The Benefits Team at Cisco focuses on supporting employee benefits and wellbeing through cross-functional collaboration. They manage a broad range of programs including employee insurance, time away and compliance. Their efforts ensure comprehensive support for employees’ health, financial security, and work-life balance, contributing meaningfully to fostering a positive employee experience.
Your Impact
Manage relationships with benefits & technology providers, ensuring careful oversight and active engagement according to agreed Statements of Work (SOWs) and Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
Gain hands-on experience in tech-based benefits management through learning to operate Darwin, a flexible benefits platform. By navigating its system, understanding its capabilities, and leveraging its features, optimize and streamline benefits delivery.
Develop effective strategies for partnering with local stakeholders and facilitating vendor communication. This involves sharing feedback, addressing issues, and reviewing issue logs to enhance relationship management, communication skills, and strategic thinking, ensuring smooth task execution and successful collaboration with various stakeholders.
Gain insight into the management of new SOW submissions and approvals. This involves pricing negotiation, handling new work requests, and managing purchase orders.
Learn how to manage and maintain escalation models within Cisco, both internally and with vendors, driving continuous improvement and executing planned priorities.
Become proficient with SharePoint, serving as a platform for the Benefits Knowledge Management system. This includes redesigning a user-friendly, comprehensive, and engaging benefits page that draws employees in.
Play a crucial role in understanding the needs and preferences of employees. By shaping the benefits offering and communicating it effectively via the platform, develop strategic skills in employer branding, a significant aspect of HR and talent management.
Have the opportunity to participate in benefits projects across APJC, providing valuable exposure and broadening experience.
Preferred Qualifications
* Completed 3-year Non-Engineering degrees (B.Com, BBA, BA, BBM, BHM etc.)
* You must have graduated in 2025/2026 and should have Provisional Degree Certificate.
* Must be available for a period of 12 months starting Sept 2026
* Basic Knowledge of MS office tools
* Good communication skills, passion & desire to learn, "Can do" attitude, proactive engagement, solutions seeking & a team player.
* Must have enrolled as a "student" on https://nats.education.gov.in/ and have a valid student enrolment number issued by NATS.
Why Cisco?
At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.
Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.
We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.