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Risk Manager Jobs
Company | City of Visalia, CA |
Address | , Visalia, Ca |
Employment type | FULL_TIME |
Salary | $103,983 - $130,724 a year |
Expires | 2023-07-26 |
Posted at | 11 months ago |
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THE DIVISION
The City of Visalia’s Human Resources and Risk Management Division oversees the functions of risk management, insurance, workers compensation, employee benefits, and safety. The dedicated staff of ten work collaboratively and continually strive to provide exceptional service to the public and City staff of 700 full-time employees.
The Risk Manager oversees the City’s risk and insurance operations including insured and self-insured programs:
- Liability and subrogation management and coordination with litigation attorneys
- Contract review and risk transfer
- Workers’ compensation internal oversight in partnership with TPA
- Administration of employee leaves
- Health benefit plan administration
- Safety and Illness prevention program
As part of the division leadership team, the Risk Manager is responsible for determining self insurance levels and purchasing excess coverage; serving as the City’s representative on the JPA managing general and liability exposures; negotiating and recommending settlement or denial of tort claims; analyzing contracts and risk transfer issues and establishing coverage necessary; recovering loss through subrogation; investigating workers’ compensation claims and injury report to assure compliance with laws; reviewing and approving contracts and contract indemnification provisions; processing disability retirements; negotiating medical, disability, and health benefit coverage; and coordinating city-wide health benefits committee.
Upcoming challenges facing the division relate to evaluating methods of claims processing; reviewing and evaluating existing vendor contracts; interpretation and implementation of regulatory changes, and cost of benefits.
THE IDEAL CANDIDATE
Significant professional level public entity risk management experience is critical. In-depth knowledge and oversight of functional areas such as workers’ compensation, liability and subrogation claims, employee leave management, and/or benefits administration is a must. A bachelor’s degree in a related field is highly desirable. Along with technical expertise, the ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills, be diplomatic, customer focused, and work collaboratively and respectfully with a wide variety of stakeholders throughout the organization to assist and proactively identify and address potential risks and improve the health of the organization. The next Risk Manager must have the ability to independently and effectively manage multiple program areas; analyze and evaluate processes for improvement; effectively supervise staff; remain current on and ensure compliance with relevant laws, rules, and regulations.
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SELECTION PROCESS
Application deadline: June 16, 2023
Application and supplemental materials will be evaluated and applicants who appear to be most qualified will be invited to participate in an interview process. Successful candidates will be required to pass a background and drug screen.
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
The City of Visalia offers a competitive total compensation package that includes:
Annual Salary: $103,983-$130,724 (plus a 2.5% increase scheduled for July 2023)
CalPERS retirement program
Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
Onsite City Health and Wellness Clinic (no out of pocket expenses)
Paid Holidays, Vacation, Sick Leave and much more...
Review the Benefits tab for more information.
COMMUNITY OVERVIEW
If work-life balance is important to you, consider living in a thriving community that offers the most affordable housing in California with a typical commute time of less than 20 minutes. With a population of over 141,000, Visalia offers small town charm with metropolitan amenities. Visalia has a world class health care system, our own Sequoia Symphony Orchestra, a flourishing arts community, a minor league baseball team, a downtown convention center, and numerous fine dining establishments.
As the Tulare County seat, Visalia is the principal retail center in the region, and home to several large industrial employers. Visalia has a vibrant downtown district, safe neighborhoods, excellent schools, institutions for higher learning, and low cost of living. The City has many community parks, organized team sports, a municipal golf course and private country club, a multi-sport family-oriented regional sports park, and numerous outdoor and recreational activities.
Located in the heart of California's San Joaquin Valley, Visalia offers easy access to the nearby mountains, national parks, lakes and rivers which provide year-round opportunities for sports and recreation within an hour or less. Visalia was ranked as the top Central Valley community and one of seven California cities in the top 25 of Gallup Sharecare's latest State of American Well Being Index. Our strong sense of community and social well-being keeps Visalians happy, healthy and moving forward. Come discover all Visalia has to offer!
The City of Visalia is an equal opportunity employer.
Annual Sick Leave Buy Back: After accumulating 480 hours of sick leave, the City will automatically cash out all sick leave hours over 480 hours at 40% of the employee's pay rate.
Safety employees (Police & Fire) are covered under the 2.7% at 57 plan. [Employees with previous PERS qualifying service (Classic employees) may fall under the 3% at 55 plan.] Each pay period, the employee pays an employee contribution at the CalPERS established rate. The City pays an employer contribution towards the retirement benefit and employees are responsible for contributing 3% of the employer contribution in addition to the required employee contribution.
As a potential applicant, you are about to participate in a series of events collectively called the employment process. Because the goal of the employment process is to obtain the most qualified candidates to fill City positions, examinations are administered to qualified applicants. These examinations are conducted in a variety of ways (written, oral, practical, and/or performance), yet they share a common purpose - to test applicants based upon the knowledge, skills and abilities required to perform the duties and responsibilities of the job.
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