The Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate will be a proactive, organized, and collaborative working manager. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are essential to build and maintain strong working relationships with staff, department heads, city leadership, and residents. The successful candidate will be organized, possess the ability to adapt to changing priorities, and can thrive in a fast-paced environment. An ethical mindset, confidentiality, and high integrity in all risk management activities are essential. The selected candidate will be solutions oriented and have some knowledge in public sector budget development, policy administration, staff management, and team building. Experience in a union environment is helpful.

THE POSITION

The Risk Manager plans, organizes, and directs the City’s risk management and loss control programs, including general liability and loss prevention and control, property cost recovery, the development and maintenance of insurance programs, workers’ compensation claims process, and the City’s safety program; coordinates communications, personnel, contracts, insurance policies, budgets, claims, reports, and information to meet the needs of the City and minimize exposure to loss. This position supervises a staff of three full-time employees.

Duties include but are not limited to the following:

• Coordinate communications, personnel, contracts, insurance policies, budgets, claims, reports, and information to meet the liability needs of the City and minimize exposure to loss; participate in the development and implementation of risk and related insurance programs, safety programs to reduce injuries, projects, functions, goals, systems, objectives, strategies, and activities.
• Plan, organize, and direct loss control self-insurance programs for City insurance programs.
• Review, interpret, and assure adequate insurance coverage and negotiate, establish, and maintain related insurance policies. Research and analyze insurance information to assure optimal and cost-effective rates and policies.
• Coordinate, investigate, and oversee response to claims filed against the City; evaluate claims and recommend settlement, rejection, or litigation options based on the California Tort Claims Act; and investigative results.
  

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE

The ideal candidate will be a proactive, organized, and collaborative working manager. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are essential to build and maintain strong working relationships with staff, department heads, city leadership, and residents. The successful candidate will be organized, possess the ability to adapt to changing priorities, and can thrive in a fast-paced environment. An ethical mindset, confidentiality, and high integrity in all risk management activities are essential. The selected candidate will be solutions oriented and have some knowledge in public sector budget development, policy administration, staff management, and team building. Experience in a union environment is helpful.