STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION: ADMINISTRATOR,
RISKS AND BENEFITS
Class Code: 0063-35
Date Established: 09-16-03
Occupational
Code: 7-1-5
Date of Last Revision: 12-01-04
BASIC PURPOSE: To administer
and oversee benefits programs for state employees, including medical, dental,
workers compensation, and other insurances authorized by statue to be
administered by the Department of Administrative Services, and to manage all
state property and casualty insurance.
CHARACTERISTIC
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Develops and manages
all request for proposals, to include the drafting, issuing, and selection of
vendors for the state’s benefit program and the insurances necessary to carry out
the business of the state and to minimize risks.
·
Reviews and analyzes
all insurance bids submitted and conducts contractual negotiations with
vendors.
·
Coordinates and
oversees audits performed on the state’s self-insurance program.
·
Recommends methods
and rates needed to maintain funding for the Benefits Reserved Fund.
·
Oversees the data
interface with the provider administering the state employee benefit plans.
·
Develops and manages
the reporting of claims payments, statistical data, and financial information
and develops the appropriate accountability and trend analyses for all benefits
programs.
·
Oversees agency
processes and procedures relating to state administered benefit programs.
·
Manages and
facilitates communication concerning benefits programs with municipalities, the Commissioner of
Administrative Services, the Legislature, the Governor, and the parties as
appropriate.
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DISTINGUISHING
FACTORS:
Skill: Requires skill
in evaluating, planning, or integrating analysis of data to formulate current
and long-range solutions, strategies, or policies of a specialized or technical
nature.
Knowledge: Requires
logical or scientific expertise to resolve problems of a specialized or
professional nature in a wide range of applications.
Impact: Requires
overall administrative responsibility for achieving agency objectives by
directing all aspects of operations management. Errors at this level result in disruption of systemwide
programs and services as well as long-term adverse impact on agency image and
the future success of organizational operations.
Supervision: Requires
agency-wide administrative supervision, including the responsibility for
developing and evaluating internal personnel policies. This level also involves the
administrative management of a program which affects more than one agency,
including overseeing the interaction of agency employees or policies to
accomplish organizational objectives and goals.
Working
Conditions: Requires performing regular job
functions in a controlled environment with minimal exposure to disagreeable job
elements and little risk of hazard to physical or mental health.
Physical
Demands: Requires light work, including
continuous walking or operating simple equipment for extended periods of time
as well as occasional strenuous activities such as reaching or bending.
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Communication: Requires
acting as the official representative of the agency, including explaining and
defending current and long-range goals or objectives which directly affect
public policy decisions regarding major state programs and services.
Complexity: Requires
formulating the combination of overall job functions in order to address highly
diverse or novel situations requiring new concepts and imaginative approaches
to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems.
Independent
Action: Requires administrative decision-making
in authorizing and monitoring the implementation of major departmental policies
and procedures.
MINIMUM
QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Master's
degree from a recognized college or university with major study in business
management, public administration, finance, accounting, Human Resources or
related field.
Experience: Ten years'
experience in business administration or fiscal, auditing or accounting related
fields, five years of which shall have been in benefits/insurance administration
capacity. Each additional year of
approved work experience may be substituted for one year of required formal
education at the graduate level only.
License/Certification: Must be
eligible to hold a valid driver’s license and have access to transportation.
SPECIAL
REQUIREMENTS:
Specific education and experience requirements must be
tailored to meet documented recruitment needs of the agency or department. All specific minimum qualifications
must be stated on the supplemental job description and approved by the Division
of Personnel prior to posting at the agency level.
RECOMMENDED
WORK TRAITS: Extensive knowledge of the modern
principles and methods of the administrative management of benefits and
insurance programs for municipal and/or state government. Knowledge of the principles and
practices of accounting and auditing.
Knowledge of date processing and the operation and coordination of date
systems concerning benefit and insurance programs. Ability to conduct studies, analyzes information such as
insurance trends, and makes recommendations concerning insurances and
providers. Ability to plan, direct
and coordinate the practices and procedures of agencies, departments and
institutions as they relate to insurance and benefit programs. Ability to express ideas clearly and
concisely both orally and in writing.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with
associates and with representatives from other state departments and to explain
complex rules and policies to employees as well as legislators and other
officials. Ability to negotiate
with vendors of benefits insurance programs. Must be willing to maintain appearance appropriate to
assigned duties and responsibilities as determined by the agency appointing
authority.
DISCLAIMER
STATEMENT: This class specification is descriptive
of general duties and is not intended to list every specific function of this
class title.
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