Risk Coordinator / Underwriting

Class Summary

Job Description

The Risk Coordinator will serve as the primary underwriting Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the Department of Financial Services Treasury Division. Through close partnership with the Risk Manager, the Risk Coordinator will periodically review standard insurance requirements for adequacy. The incumbent will routinely perform adequacy and compliance reviews of Certificates of Insurance for vendors provided by internal county departments. The Risk Coordinator will identify exposures related to large county projects to establish insurance requirements for vendors. This involves collaboration with internal business partners, including but not limited to, Purchasing Associates and department associates.

Essential Duties

• Collaborate with the contracted Insurance Broker of Record to review and update the established Insurance Requirements to maintain Risk Transfer practices that are industry standard
• Facilitate training to internal partners to support the acquisition of valid insurance documentation required for the insurance approval process
• Manage the maintenance of official records, files and related documentation as well as open records requests for litigation purposes
• Work to support claims and safety personnel as needed. Serves as the administrator for the Riskonnect system, and coordinator for vendor relationships
• Coordinate with other departments and Third-Party Administrator
  
  

Other Job Requirements/Information

This Role Requires Knowledge Of

• Current insurance underwriting experience
• Underwriting best practices
• Principles of Underwriting
• Record keeping principles
• Supervisory principles
• Complex liability claim's principles
  
  

The Ideal Candidate Is

• Detail-oriented
• Analytical
• Learning agile
• An effective communicator with an ability to interact and engage with coworkers, supervisors, and the public in a manner sufficient to exchange or convey information and to receive work direction
• Able to train others, both individually and in larger groups
• Leadership-oriented and capable of supervising and evaluating employees
  
  

Grade

The grade for this position is C51(1). Salary will be dependent on education and experience.

Effective 4/11/2023, this position is eligible for the Employee Referral Program.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business or Risk Management or a closely related field AND
• Five years of claims experience OR
• An equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job
  
  

Preferred Qualifications in addition to the above minimum qualifications

• Five years of underwriting experience
• Commercial insurance experience
• Insurance designation
• Broad underwriting experience preferred
  
  

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Note: The class specifications listed on this website are not the official class specifications for Gwinnett County and are subject to change.

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Additional Information

About Gwinnett County

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