Worker's Compensation Manager

Salary : $78,665.60 - $82,721.60 Annually
Location : Albuquerque, NM
Job Type: Full Time
Job Number: 2501031
Department: Finance & Admin Services
Division: FA-Claims - Workers' Comp
Opening Date: 02/19/2025
Closing Date: 3/5/2025 11:59 PM Mountain
Bargaining Unit: NU

Position Summary

Manage, supervise and coordinate the functions of the Workers' Compensation Program and the Employee Health Center; monitor and ensure work quality and adherence to established policies and procedures and reporting requirements and perform the more technical and complex tasks relative to assigned area of responsibility.

Job descriptions are intended to present a general list of tasks/duties performed by employees within this job classification. Job Descriptions are not intended to reflect all duties performed within the job.
Minimum Education, Experience And Additional Requirements

Related education and experience may be interchangeable on a year for year basis.

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in occupational health administration, business administration, public administration or a related field; and

Six (6) years of professional worker's compensation related experience; and

To include three (3) years of direct supervisory experience in a management or administrative capacity.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

Possession of a New Mexico Driver's License (Class D), or the ability to obtain by date of hire.
Possession of a City Operator's Permit (COP) within six (6) months from date of hire.
Possession of a valid New Mexico Adjuster License within 30 days from date of hire.
Preferred Knowledge

• Operations, services and activities of a workers' compensation insurance program
• Operations, services and activities of a Employee Health Center
• Operations, services and activities of a nurse triage program
• Legal requirements under workers' compensation acts, City personnel rules and regulations, OSHA, ADA and related statutes
• Modern and complex principles and practices of workers' compensation claims administration
• Advanced procedures, methods and techniques of budget preparation and control
• Methods and techniques of processing workers' compensation claims
• Benefits and rights of employees under workers' compensation legislation and City personnel policies
• Principles of supervision, training and performance evaluation
• Complex principles of workers compensation claims investigation, evaluation, exposure and reserve setting
• Workers' compensation legislation and liability
• Pertinent Federal, State and local laws, codes and regulations

Preferred Skills & Abilities

• Supervise, organize and review the work of lower level staff
• Select, supervise, train and evaluate staff
• Interpret and explain City policies and procedures
• Apply complex principles of workers' compensation claims administration
• Apply complex principles of workers' compensation investigation, evaluation, exposure and reserve setting
• Operate office equipment including computers and supporting word process and spreadsheet application
• Prepare clear and concise reports
• Oversee and monitor outside professional legal services
• Represent the City to the public in workers' compensation litigation procedures
• Work independently in the absence of supervision
• Maintain confidentiality of information
• Communicate clearly and concisely
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work
• Perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation

City of Albuquerque Employee Benefits

The City is committed to providing employees one of the most comprehensive and reasonably priced benefit packages available in New Mexico. We hope that you will find the coverage offered provides you with the choices and options necessary to keep you and your family healthy and well.

The City offers regular, full-time and part-time employees the option of participating in a variety of group insurance plans. Both Regular and Temporary (non-seasonal) employees participate in the state's retirement system.

Additional Benefit information is available by clicking on the links below.
01

Do you possess a valid New Mexico Driver's License, or have the ability to obtain by date of hire (attach a copy of your Driver's License)?

• Yes
• No

02

Select the highest level of successfully completed related education as identified by the minimum requirements (if applicable, attach supporting degree or transcripts).

• No High School Diploma
• High School Diploma or GED
• Non/degree accredited- Some College
• Associates
• Bachelors
• Masters
• Juris Doctorate
• Doctorate

03

Select the number of years of work experience you possess which relates to the minimum requirements, if applicable, add verifiable time in a temporary upgrade status and/or volunteer experience when selecting number of years.

• No experience
• 1 to less than 6 months
• 6 to less than 12 months
• 1 year to less than 2 years
• 2 years to less than 3 years
• 3 years to less than 4 years
• 4 years to less than 5 years
• 5 years to less than 6 years
• 6 years to less than 7 years
• 7 years to less than 8 years
• 8 years to less than 9 years
• 9 years to less than 10 years
• 10 years to less than 11 years
• 11 years to less than 12 years
• 12 years to less than 13 years
• 13 or more years

04

Do you possess the supervisory experience outlined in the minimum requirements? If you have successfully completed the City of Albuquerque's Pre-Management Development Program (PMDP), please include two (2) additional years in your supervisory experience (attach certificate, if applicable).

• Yes
• No

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