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County of Santa Barbara · 1 day ago

Risk Manager

Santa Barbara, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

7+ years exp

The County of Santa Barbara's County Executive Office is currently seeking a Risk Manager to oversee the County’s risk portfolio and manage the Risk Management Division. The role includes responsibilities for risk management programs, budget management, and compliance with regulations, while fostering collaboration across departments.

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Responsibilities

Oversees all Risk Management programs by planning, organizing, coordinating, and directing the activities in areas such as workers’ compensation, general liability insurance, workplace safety, cyber security, medical malpractice, and other related areas

Develops, administers, and evaluates risk and safety management services and programs to ensure compliance with strategies and performance goals; manages work systems and process; maintains and updates procedures and ensures compliance; researches trends and best practices; and recommends and implements changes

Supervises management, professional, paraprofessional, and support staff; conducts performance evaluations, employee development, hiring, discipline, and termination procedures; establishes and facilitates effective relationships with departments and provides risk management support in areas of assigned responsibilities

Assesses and purchases a variety of traditional and non-traditional insurance products to protect the County’s employees and assets

Develops and administers division’s budget and procurement process; reviews and approves budget requests and transactions; negotiates and manages contracts; researches and analyzes financial information; makes resource allocation recommendations; implements resource allocation decisions and is responsible for internal insurance rate setting

Interacts with and makes recommendations to policy makers at the CEO and/or Board of Supervisors level; develops, analyzes, and maintains reports and other materials that contain actionable metrics to monitor the performance of business operations

Responsible for keeping current with rules, regulations, legislation, and procedures to determine their impact on organizational processes, procedures and County operations to ensure compliance with related Federal/State laws/regulations

Identifies, researches, analyzes and evaluates potential risk or loss exposure for current and potential future activities and operations; evaluates, recommends and employs new/enhanced insurance coverage, self-insured retention or other non-traditional insurance/financial solutions where appropriate

Oversees multiple concurrent projects and ensures their timely and successful completion; monitors key performance indicators and tracks division’s objectives; and evaluates the performance of risk management programs

Coordinates with the general public, County staff, and external agencies; may represent the County of various professional committees and organizations, such as PRISM; and prepare and make presentations to the public, elected officials, board, and other stakeholders

Performs other related duties as required

Qualification

Risk ManagementInsurance KnowledgeSafety ManagementBudget ManagementContract ReviewLeadership SkillsCommunication SkillsCustomer OrientationAnalytical SkillsInterpersonal SkillsEmotional IntelligenceProblem SolvingTeam CollaborationPresentation Skills

Required

Equivalent of a bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university in occupational health, safety engineering, insurance/risk management, business administration, or related field

Seven (7) years of progressively responsible experience in risk management, occupational health and safety, claims administration, or liability and casualty insurance that includes three (3) years as a supervisor or manager

Possession of a California Driver's License may be required, along with the ability to meet insurability requirements