Examples of Duties
Duties may include, but are not limited to the following:- Provide a variety of technical and professional loss prevention and control services for risk management programs.
- Coordinate County-wide Safety Committee meetings and work with Safety Committee to develop policies and procedures.
- Provide Injury & Illness Prevention Program support and perform annual safety audits of County departments.
- Develop, coordinate and conduct safety training.
- Oversee Cal/OSHA compliance and reporting.
- Evaluate and /or develop policies, procedures, or programs to ensure compliance with federal, state, local, and agency safety laws, regulations, and standards.
- Establishes safety goals and solves problems related to safety issues.
- Perform and/or assist with workplace incident investigations, audits, and safety reports.
- Establish and review accident prevention, work hazard reduction and security techniques.
- Analyze and interpret accident reports and other data to make recommendations for appropriate preventive actions.
- Maintain schedule of property locations and values, assures adequate insurance of real and personal property, reviews contracts, leases, and use agreements to assure the County's exposure is transferred or otherwise protected.
- Prepare County insurance budget and allocation of insurance and risk cost for various programs.
- Develop and prepare a variety of fiscal recommendations, reports, projections and studies.
- Participate in the development and management of contracts with claim administrators, actuaries and consultants.
- Provide complex staff assistance to the Risk Manager.
- Analyze new legislation, plan experience data, plan costs, trends and utilization statistics and create meaningful reports.
- Make presentations to or prepare materials for the Board of Supervisors, employees, and other groups.
- Recommend resolutions or resolve sensitive and complex issues and concerns related to Board agenda items.
Minimum Qualifications
Risk Analyst II
Experience:One (1) year of responsible professional level experience working with occupational safety and health programs, worker' compensation, insurance, or loss control, preferably with a public agency and/or in a risk management program. This should include substantial experience directly related to area of assignment.
OrOne (1) year as a Risk Analyst I in Merced County
Risk Analyst III
Experience:
Three (3) years of responsible professional level experience working with occupational safety and health programs, workers' compensation, insurance, or loss control, preferably with a public agency and/or in a risk management program. This should include substantial experience directly related to area of assignment.
OrTwo (2) years as a Risk Analyst II in Merced County.
ALL LEVELS REQUIRE
Education:
Equivalent to graduation from a four (4) year college or university in insurance, public administration, business administration, industrial or safety engineering or related field. (Additional directly related experience may be substituted for the education on a year-for-year basis.)
Essential Functions
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS- Communicate effectively with others in person, in writing, and over the telephone.
- Frequent operation of personal computer and other modern office equipment.
- Analyze data, interpret policies, procedures and regulations, develop appropriate conclusions, and prepare oral and written reports.
- Meet deadlines under stressful and sometimes adversarial conditions.
- Maintain confidential information in accordance with legal standards and/or County regulations.
- Resolve conflicts and respond appropriately to complaints.
- Complete multiple priority projects with conflicting deadlines.
- Make recommendations and presentations to the Board of Supervisors, employees, and other groups.
- Establish, implement and achieve goals and objectives.
- Represent the County and department with the community and outside groups.
- Direct, select, train and evaluate staff.
- Repetitive motion, sitting for long periods, walking.
- Occasional standing, pushing, pulling, bending, squatting, climbing.
- Lifting - Frequently 5 pounds or less; occasionally 5 to 30 pounds.
- Frequent color perception and use of eye/hand coordination.
- Occasional use of depth perception and peripheral vision.
- Normal dexterity with frequent writing.
- Frequent hearing of normal speech, hearing/talking on the telephone, talking in person.
- Frequent decision making, concentration, and public contact.
- Some assignments may require working weekends, nights, and/or occasional overtime.
- Regular attendance is an essential function.
Knowledge of:- Principles and practices of risk management including risk identification, risk analysis, risk control, risk financing and claims management.
- Regulations related to workers' compensation, liability, and occupational safety and health.
- Statistical and financial record keeping methods.
- Data collection and analysis.
- Local government functions, responsibilities, and financing.
- Cal-OSHA standards
- Research methodology.
- Conflict resolution and contract negotiation skills.
- Procedures for submitting claims for recovery of County property losses.
Ability to:- Conduct professional level research, gather, analyze and evaluate data to draw sound conclusions.
- Prepare written and oral financial and statistical recommendations, reports and presentations.
- Research, analyze, understand, interpret, and apply specific rules, laws, ordinances, standards, and policies to applicable risk management programs.
- Develop effective programs for the reduction of occupational hazards and accident prevention.
- Train and direct professional and/or technical staff.
- Conduct effective meetings, trainings, and hearings.
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with community, department officials, employees, outside agencies, and the public.
HOLIDAYS & LEAVES
MANAGEMENT LEAVE May receive, depending upon classification, 96 hours per Fiscal Year (prorated for the time remaining in the fiscal year).
VACATION
10 days the first 5 years of continuous employment (limited to a maximum of 160 hours), 15 days in the second 5 years of continuous employment (limited to a maximum of 240 hours), and 20 days after 10 years of continuous employment (limited to a maximum of 320 hours). Optional annual sell back of a portion of accumulated vacation leave hours (maximum - 40 hours).
SICK LEAVE
.0462 hours sick leave for each paid regularly scheduled work hour. 12 days (96 hours per year) with unlimited accumulation. Optional annual buy back of a portion of accumulated sick leave hours upon meeting certain criteria.
HOLIDAYS
Twelve paid holidays annually plus one optional holiday.
BEREAVEMENT LEAVE
Three (3) regularly scheduled consecutive work days or five (5) days if distance traveled over 500 miles one-way.
INSURANCE
HEALTH INSURANCE
Medical Insurance - Merced County offers five Medical Plans and contributes towards employee and dependent premiums. Medical plan availability varies based on bargaining units. - Anthem 200 EPO
- Anthem 500 EPO
- Anthem 1500 EPO
- Anthem HDHP (High Deductible Medical Plan) with Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Anthem HDHP (High Deductible Medical Plan) without Health Savings Account (HSA)
Dental Insurance -Delta Dental - Calendar Year Maximums
- County pays 100% of the premium for employees and 50% for dependent(s)
Vision Insurance - VSP - County pays 100% of the premium for employees and 50% for dependent(s)
DISABILITY INSURANCE Management Disability Plan includes a comprehensive Short/Long Term Disability plan paid for by the County. LIFE INSURANCE
$50,000 County-paid Management Life Insurance coverage. $5,000 County-paid Life Insurance coverage (Accidental Death and Dismemberment included). Voluntary Term Life and Universal Life Insurance available - premium paid by employee.
RETIREMENT
DEFERRED COMPENSATION
The County offers a 457 Deferred Compensation Plan. Employees choose their investment funds and can make pretax contributions to the plan up to the maximum allowable.
MERCED COUNTY EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION The retirement plan is a defined benefit plan administered pursuant to the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 and other provisions of the California Government Code. MCERA members also pay into Social Security.The applicable benefit formula is dependent upon your hire date with an MCERA employer; yourpension amount will be determined by your age, years of service and final compensation amount. EMPLOYEE PROGRAMS
EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (EAP)
Anthem EAP services provides up to five face-to-face counseling sessions per incident and provides a toll-free "800" hotline available 24/7 for emergencies and crisis intervention. EAP services include counseling services, legal services, financial services and work-life resource services.
EMPLOYEE TICKETS, COUPONS, and DISCOUNTS
The County of Merced has partnered with Employee Savings Tickets to provide discounted coupons and tickets for all county employees to attractions throughout the state and out-of-state. The discounts and coupons are available for shopping, movies, sporting events, theme parks, zoos and aquariums and much more.
THIS BULLETIN IS NOT A CONTRACT AND DOES NOT CREATE CONTRACTUAL OR LEGAL RIGHTS ON BEHALF OF ANY EMPLOYEE. THIS BULLETIN IS SUBJECT OF BEING SUPPLEMENTED, MODIFIED, WITHDRAWN OR OTHERWISE CHANGED PENDING LABOR AGREEMENTS AND/OR AT THE DISCRETION OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER OR AS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DEEM NECESSARY.
For answers to specific questions regarding employee benefits, please call Human Resources at 209.385.7682.Closing Date/Time: Continuous
