Risk Manager

Overview

Join the award-winning Johnson County Park and Recreation District (JCPRD) team and help make a real impact in this community! As part of our National Gold Medal Award–winning organization, you’ll help bring joy, adventure, and enrichment to millions each year. JCPRD welcomes over 7 million visitors to our parks and engages 3 million+ participants in more than 4,000 programs—and we’re still growing.

When you work at JCPRD, you’re joining a team recognized locally, regionally, and nationally for excellence in parks, recreation, culture, education, and public service. Enjoy outstanding benefits, retirement plans, employee incentives, and a workplace culture built on passion, creativity, and teamwork.

Named Best Large Employer in Johnson County for two years running, JCPRD is the perfect place to grow your career, make a difference, and have fun doing it. Come work where you play—and help us inspire healthier, happier lives for everyone!

Job Description

• Leads the development of a High Performing Organization through active demonstration of the county’s Pillars of Performance, encouraging leadership and empowerment at all levels of the organization; dedicates QII activities for self and staff; actively mentors, coaches and collaborates with employees to enhance the county mission and vision keeping in mind the common goal of leaving our community better than we found it.
• Directs and leads Risk Management operations, systems, and processes and ensures the development and execution of processes to maximize the use of resources; ensures Risk Management operations and processes are documented and communicated district wide; conducts strategic planning for district wide safety and loss control objectives and initiatives; collaborates with internal/external parties to handle larger property and/or special claim events having unique circumstances or higher impact on JCPRD operations; leads JCPRD’s Safety Committee to address goals, objectives, and initiatives; presents annual budget for Risk Management operations; presents and recommends annual insurance program renewals to JCPRD Board of Commissioners; meets and consults with individuals across the agency to address issues and training pertaining to Risk Management; participates in outside peer group organizations to develop knowledge of diverse risk management approaches, systems, and policies and procedures; monitors and evaluates the Risk Management program and data management effectiveness.
• Develops, recommends, and directs JCPRD’s risk financing program, including property losses and multiple insurance policies; identifies, analyzes, and classifies risk as to frequency and potential severity; measures financial impact of risk on agency operations; identifies insurance coverage required and available to protect JCPRD facilities and operations; compiles all exposure data, completes insurance applications, prepares JCPRD Statement of Property Values, and summaries of agency operations with emphasis on operational changes that affect risk and risk financing requirements; determines and recommends coverage limits, deductibles and retention levels; retains and directs insurance broker service providers to locate insurance products and carriers in the insurance market to fulfill JCPRD’s insurance specifications and meet the agency’s risk financing philosophy and budget requirements; directs and manages insurance placement process and negotiations, acquires, checks, and updates insurance policies.
• Directs JCPRD’s safety, environmental, and property loss control operations that includes oversight of policies, procedures, systems, and training programs for the purpose of reducing and eliminating employee injuries, public liability, and property losses; evaluates agency’s historical and current loss experience to identify and analyze injury and claim trends to establish safety strategies; maintains, develops, and implements safety/loss control policies and procedures and training programs; identifies and researches risk reduction strategies to develop new policies, procedures, and programs; assures that annual property and premises inspections are completed and recommendations for corrective actions are disseminated to departments, and assures completion of corrective actions.
• Effectively communicates strategies internally and externally. Creates a culture to support strategies and provides mechanisms to implement them. Fosters buy-in and commitment with key stakeholders.
• Prepares information and advises the JCPRD Board monthly on items falling within the Risk Management purview.
• Lead direct and indirect reports as well as the level of responsibility.

Duties and responsibilities, as required by business necessity may be added, deleted or changed at any time at the discretion of management, formally or informally, either verbally or in writing. Scheduling, shift assignments and work location may be changed at any time, as required by business necessity.

Job Requirements

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in the following field(s) of study: Risk Management, Business, Finance, Public Administration, or relevant field.
• Eight (8) years Risk Management experience involving regular use and application of insurance terminology, risk analysis, and principles and practices of loss prevention techniques or relevant experience.
• Five (5) years safety and loss control experience.
• Background checks.
• County and Personal vehicle for County Business used and driver's license required.
• Experience may be substituted for degree.
• Education may be substituted for experience.

Preferred

• Associate in Risk Management (ARM) Designation.

Physical, Environmental, and Special Working Conditions

• Sensory abilities, including special vision and/or hearing requirements (specify):
• Exposure to extreme temperatures.
• Exposure to fumes and/or chemicals.
• Exposure to heights.
• Lifting (weight) (specify): 30 lbs.
• On call/stand-by work required.
• All County employees may be called upon to assist other departments in a declared emergency situation.
• Travel required (specify percentage of time): 5 % outside Johnson County.
• Attention to detail.
• Analytical skills, including research skills, ability to interpret data, ability to conceptualize, ability to analyze information, and ability to write formal recommendations based on findings.
• Basic mathematical and accounting skills.
• Budget-related skills, including advanced accounting, math, and statistics skills.
• Computer software –(specify): Microsoft Office – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
• Keyboarding ability.
• Human Relations/Interpersonal skills.
• Written communication skills, including business writing, report writing, summarizing, and editing skills
• Oral communication skills, including presentations to:
• individuals / small groups / large groups.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Facilitation skills, including curriculum/agenda development, marketing skills, ability to help groups focus, ability to use group decision making to gain commitment, and/or ability to encourage participation.
• Project management skills, including organization, coordination of duties, and/or accomplishment of goals.
• Time management skills, including the ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and meet deadlines.
• Leadership and supervisory skills, including motivation, delegation of duties, evaluation, strategic planning skills, goal setting skills, assessment skills, collaboration skills, and complex decision-making skills.

Preferred

• Working knowledge of public sector administration.
• Other (specify): Claims management database, Oracle

Supervisory Duties

• Coordinates the work of other employees but have no supervisory responsibilities, to include assign tasks, train on task performance, schedule work, review the work of others, and instruct other employees in methods or procedures needed to carry out their jobs.

Department/Agency Budget-Related Duties

• Develops or oversees budget, may delegate budgetary duties, and authority to sign-off and commit funds. Presents budgetary information and requests to boards, etc. Total budgetary responsibilities: $ 1,000,000

JCPRD requires reference/background screening for all positions. Specified criteria may vary by Department.