Job Description

Posting number: 30000293

Department: Workers' Compensation Commission

Division: Insurance & Medical Services Dept.

Job classification: Program Manager I

Posting type: Open

Categories: Legal, Insurance

Summary

• Under limited supervision, responsible for the regulation and maintenance of self-insured employers, political subdivisions, and self-insured funds.
• Conducts analysis of all self-insured insurance applications, reporting monthly on each with special emphasis on financial feasibility at the Full Commission Business Meeting.
• Makes recommendations for program improvement and regulation amendments.
• Conducts self-insured fund analysis.
• Approves by-laws, trust agreements, indemnity agreements, reserves, and investments for self-insured funds.
• Conducts self-insured in-house and field audits.
• Adjusts each self-insurer’s surety requirements as needed.
• Assures the payment of claims in the event of the bankruptcy of a self-insurer or former self-insurer using the surety they provided to the Commission.
• Collects and monitors timely payment of all self-insured taxes.
• Monitor and approve any changes to a self-insurer's workers’ compensation program, including dividend payments, surety changes, excess retention, and rate changes.

Examples of duties

• Bachelor's degree and relevant program experience.
• Critical thinking skills with knowledge of SC Workers’ Compensation laws and regulations.
• Strong computer skills with the ability to learn the Workers’ Compensation technology system.
• Ability to deal with the public courteously and effectively.
• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Ability to plan and organize work activities and prioritize task completion.
• Willing to travel.

Qualifications

J.D. and current BAR member of Soth Carolina and/or Graduate level degree in Business, Economics, or similar

Supplemental information

The Workers’ Compensation Commission is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including, but not limited, to lactation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information.

The Workers’ Compensation Commission offers an exceptional benefits package for FTE positions that includes:

• Health, Dental, Vision, Long Term Disability, and Life Insurance for Employee, Spouse, and Children
• 15 days annual (vacation) leave per year
• 15 days sick leave per year
• 13 paid holidays
• State Retirement Plan and Deferred Compensation Programs