Position Type:
Fiscal Services/Risk Management Coordinator
Date Posted:
8/5/2022
Location:
District Office
Closing Date:
08/12/2022
Job Title: Risk Management Coordinator
Supervisor: Chief Financial Officer
Terms of Employment: 12 months
Job Summary:
To develop, administer, and coordinate the District’s risk management program. Identify, evaluate, monitor, and manage risk exposures and losses and recommendations thereon. Implement plans for the protection of losses, general liabilities, workers compensation, property and casualty, and insurance programs. Manage and procuring required insurance to include workers compensation, providing risk management consultation services, auditing departmental inventories, claims management and additional projects necessary to manage and coordinate information related to the overall enterprise risk management and traditional risk management programs for the District.
Essential Duties
- Develops and implements a comprehensive risk management program encompassing all appropriate areas of risk of the School District’s resources.
- Interprets, applies, and ensures District compliance will all applicable laws, rules, regulations, standards, policies and procedures: ensures adherence to established safety procedures; monitors work environment and use of safety equipment to ensure safety of employees and other individuals; initiates any actions necessary to correct deviations.
- Identifies and evaluates District’s assets and risk exposure; recommends actions for reducing frequency and severity of injuries, losses, and workplace hazards.
- Investigates and documents accidents, injuries and insurance claims: collects, evaluates, and maintains data concerning insurance claims and other risk-related data.
- Report and file District insurance claims with outside insurance carriers and Office of General Counsel as deemed appropriate. Assist district departments with timely filing and resolution of claims. Gather incident reports, pictures, estimate for repairs and work with claims adjustors toward resolution and payment of invoices for claims. Submit appropriate payment documents for reimbursements and invoice payments.
- Establish a working relationship with underwriters and claims examiners.
- Educates and trains the leadership and staff to the risk management program and their respective responsibilities in carrying out the risk management program.
- Coordinates resolution of liability claims with attorneys and insurance claims staff.
- Compiles or monitors administrative and/or statistical data pertaining to risk management activities: captures loss data to create loss trend projections and identify areas needing training efforts: analyzes data and identifies trends; conducts cost/benefit analysis; summarizes data and prepares reports.
- Prepares or completes various forms, reports, correspondence, logs, budget documents, injury reports, accident/investigation records, claim forms, claim history reports, hazard identification forms, insurance applications, property schedules, or other.
- Review Certificates of coverage for various departments concerning outside vendors for campus activities and events. Coordinate and maintain the COI data base in conjunction with procurement personnel.
- Facilitate and maintain up to date information related to all Certificates of Insurance electronically and coordinate information with appropriate procurement office and others as needed.
- Perform other task and assumes such other responsibilities as may be assigned.
Other Duties
Perform such other tasks and assume such other responsibilities as may from time to time be assigned by the Chief Financial Officer, Superintendent or other district office administrator as designated by the Superintendent.
Job Specifications
Performance of this job will be evaluated annually in accordance with provisions of the board’s policy on Evaluation of Professional Personnel.
Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required)
- Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college university preferable with a major in business or closely related field.
- Professional designation of Associate of Risk Management (ARM) or Certified Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU)
- Knowledge of statistics, data collection, analysis and data presentation.
- Excellent interpersonal communication and problem-solving skills.
- Knowledge of federal and state laws and regulations and accreditation standards.
- Must possess and maintain a valid South Carolina driver’s license.
- Such alternatives to the above as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.
Experience
Three years previous experience and/or training involving risk management, quality improvement, safety, insurance administration, or worker’s compensation.
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Operate general office equipment, computer, copier, and calculator. Proficient to complete essential functions to include the use of word processing, spreadsheet, database, e-mail, Internet, or other computer programs.
Physical Requirements
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job and are not meant to be all inclusive. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential responsibilities and functions of the job.
Additional physical requirements include the following:
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Use strength to lift items needed to perform the functions of the job;
- Specific vision requirements include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to focus;
- Ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time;
- Manual dexterity for the purpose of using a telephone and data entry;
- Read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids;
- Hear and understand speech at normal levels and on the telephone; and
- Speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in person and on the telephone.
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Pay Grade: 208