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THE IDEAL CANDIDATE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Any combination of experience and training
HE IDEAL CANDIDATE has demonstrable, direct, broad- that would likely provide the required
Tbased experience in public entity risk management. An in- knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A
depth knowledge and oversight of critical areas such as health typical way to obtain the knowledge and
and safety compliance, workers’ compensation, general abilities would be:
liability, employment practices liability, principles of insurance, EXPERIENCE
risk financing and transfer, and data analysis is a must. The
individual will also be responsible for implementing the Five years of increasingly responsible
recommendations of the recently completed Comprehensive experience in the management of
Risk Management Plan, which assessed current operations a combination of human resources
and makes recommendations for best practice improvements. programs including: workers’
compensation, liability and property,
The new Risk Manager must: and/or occupational medical; including
F Be diplomatic, inclusive and able to coach and mentor Risk one year providing technical and
Management staff; functional supervision over assigned
F Work collaboratively and respectfully with a wide variety personnel.
of stakeholders throughout the organization to assist and TRAINING
proactively identify and address potential risks; Equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree from
F Have the ability to build consensus and identify innovative an accredited college or university with
ways to address risks and improve the health of the major course work in business or public
organization; administration or a related field.
F Be articulate and have the ability to explain complex
theories and practices in simple terms; LICENSE OR CERTIFICATE
F Have experience providing executives with reports that F Possession of, or ability to obtain, an
include trending analyses of Risk Management programs, appropriate, valid California driver’s
milestones achieved, and outcomes based upon selected license.
risk treatments; F Possession of an Associate in Risk
F Be able to independently prioritize and complete a broad Management (ARM) certificate is
highly desirable.
range of assignments with competing deadlines;
F Formulate thoughtful responses to challenging questions in F Possession of a Certified Professional
in Disability Management (CPDM) is
a customer-centric manner. also highly desirable.
