Puget Sound Workers’ Compensation Trust and Unemployment Pool (PSWCT/UP) seeks an experienced Senior Risk Consultant to lead safety and pre-loss activities aimed at cultivating a best-practice risk management culture to promote health and safety at the workplace. The position collaborates closely and effectively with internal and external partners to prevent workplace injuries, investigate incidents/accidents, hazards, environmental health conditions, provide risk control services, and enable the adoption of risk reduction strategies to mitigate job-related risks within assigned school districts.

The position oversees assigned personnel, processes, and initiatives to meet or exceed established performance standards. 

Puget Sound Workers’ Compensation Trust & Unemployment Pool (WCTUP), under the administrative oversight of Puget Sound Educational Service District (PSESD), is a group self-insured program that provides coverage for, and management of, workplace injuries and unemployment compensation claims for 33 school districts, PSESD, and their 45,000 employees in 6 counties within the state of Washington.

PSESD is one of nine regional educational agencies serving school districts and state approved charter and private schools in Washington. Serving over 39% of Washington’s K-12 public school students, our agency provides critical services designed to ensure that our students are ready to enter school, achieve at high levels in the K-12 system, and succeed in postsecondary endeavors. We are committed to becoming an Antiracist Multicultural Organization driven by equity in education. To learn more about PSESD, visit www.psesd.org/about-psesd.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Risk Management, or related field; or an Associate’s degree in Business, Risk Management, or related field and 3+ years of progressively responsible work-related experience; or a high school diploma/GED or equivalent and 6+ years of progressively responsible work-related experience

• Experience providing safety and loss control services

• Experience building and maintaining strong relationships with customers and business clients within a risk/carrier environment and/or business setting

• Experience supervising team members

• Multiple project oversight for regulatory compliance initiatives

• Possess a valid driver’s license & evidence of insurability

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of Washington State workers’ compensation risk management best practices

• Experience persuading and influencing adoption of workplace risk management best practices

• Experience managing school district staff injury prevention initiatives

• Experience fulfilling client stewardship activities

• Safety/risk management-related designation (CSP, ALCM, ARM, CSRM etc.)

Applicants are required to include the following attachments within the online application in order to be considered:

• Cover Letter: Clearly reflect how you meet the minimum qualifications (and preferred qualifications if applicable).
• Resume: Provide complete chronological resume including all work history along with dates of employment (month and year) and job responsibilities, education, and certifications.
  • Please note that salary placements for selected candidates will be based on related experience detailed in the resume provided via the application process.
  • Additional Documents: In some cases, additional documents may be required and will be specified in the job opening announcement/advertisement.

Location: Office based in Renton with possibility of remote work (remote work to be completed within Washington State only)
Job Type: Full time, year 'round 
Hiring Salary Range: $101,762 - $133,521 (Salary Band O)
Full Salary Range: $101,762 -$147,383 (Salary Band O)
Department: Workers' Compensation Trust and Unemployment Pool

We attract, retain, and motivate exceptional people with an equitable and competitive compensation package. Salary offers consider candidate qualifications and relevant experience. New hires at Puget Sound ESD start employment on or around the 1st and 15th of each month. For awareness and planning purposes, linked here are the dates through August, 2025.

Benefits

We offer comprehensive benefits:

• Medical, dental, and vision through the School Employees Benefits Board (SEBB) Program
• 24 annual leave days per year
• 12 sick days
• 12 paid holidays
• Participation in Washington State Department of Retirement System
• Tax Sheltered Annuity Plan
• Subsidized ORCA card, free parking, and electric car charging stations (Renton office)

Internal Positing only for one week from open date; internal applicants must submit application by best consideration date of 3/23/2025. Interviews are tentatively scheduled for 4/2/2025 in person at Workers’ Compensation Trust/PSESD.

Jobs are listed here for information only. 

To apply for a specific open position, you must be a registered applicant in PSESD - School Jobs and apply specifically for each position for which you wish to be considered.

The Puget Sound Workers’ Compensation Trust and Unemployment Pool is a self-insured pool for workers’ compensation coverage and unemployment compensation. Learn more at https://pswctup.org/

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