SORM | Enterprise Risk Specialist | 26-0570

Job Description:

SORM | Enterprise Risk Specialist | 26-0570

Description

Job Description

GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Performs routine risk management work. Work involves reviewing and developing agency risk management programs, conducting risk management consultation visits. Works under moderate supervision, with limited latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.

As a state employee, you are automatically enrolled in the state¿s retirement plan and are eligible for additional health insurance benefits.

ESSENTIAL POSITION FUNCTIONS

• Review risk management policies and procedures
• Assist agencies with developing risk management programs, guidelines, and best practices
• Review and analyze loss control data for workers¿ compensation and insurance
• Perform inspections and consult with agency risk management representatives to identify risk exposures and hazards, and implement risk controls and mitigation plans
• Prepare and present risk management program reviews to agencies
• Use a Risk Management Information System (RMIS) to log and track agency inspections, reviews, reports, and strategy responses
• Performs related work as assigned
• Maintains relevant knowledge necessary to perform essential job functions
• Attends work regularly in compliance with the agreed-upon work schedule
• Ensures security and confidentiality of sensitive and/or protected information
• Complies with all agency policies and procedures, including those pertaining to ethics and integrity

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Education: Graduation from high school or equivalent
• Experience: Two years full-time risk management, insurance, safety, and health or closely related field
• Skill in handling multiple tasks, prioritizing, and meeting deadlines
• Skill in technical writing
• Skill in articulating complex rules and regulations
• Skill in working effectively with a variety of customers
• Skill in effective oral and written communication
• Skill in exercising sound judgment and effective decision-making
• Skill in Microsoft Office environment (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint presentations, etc.)
• Ability to receive and respond positively to constructive feedback
• Ability to work cooperatively with others in a professional office environment
• Ability to provide excellent customer service
• Ability to work more than 40 hours as needed and in compliance with the FLSA
• Ability to travel (including overnight travel) up to 20%
• Ability to work inside and outside, work around machines with moving parts and moving objects, radiant and electrical energy, work in excessive heat, cold, dry atmosphere, excessive or intermittent noise, dust, fumes, smoke, gases, silica, asbestos, slippery or uneven walking surfaces, working at heights, working on ladders or scaffolding, and traveling by car, van, bus, and airplane
• Ability to walk, stand, sit, kneel, push, stoop, crawl, twist, reach above the shoulder, grasp, pull, bend repeatedly, climb stairs and ladders, identify colors, hear with aid, lift and carry 30 lbs. and over, operate a motor vehicle
• Valid Texas driver¿s license with a good driving record {Applicants will be subject to a motor vehicle record report check}

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Education: Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a degree in risk management or a closely related field; may substitute full-time risk management experience for the required education on a year-for-year basis
• Experience in planning or administering risk management, safety and health, property and casualty, business continuity, and/or workers¿ compensation programs
• Experience working in state government with risk management and/or safety and health programs

TO APPLY
All applications for employment with the State Office of Risk Management must be submitted electronically through www.WorkInTexas.com. A State of Texas application in WorkInTexas
(WIT) must be completed to be considered OR Submit a State of Texas Application for Employment to: Attn: Elaina Middleton, State Office of Risk Management, P.O. Box 13777, Austin, TX 78711-3777. Military Crosswalk information can be accessed at

https://hr.sao.texas.gov/Compensation/MilitaryCrosswalk/MOSC_Safety.pdf

THE SORM IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Salary:

$4857.34 - 4857.34 Monthly