Assistant Director, Workers Compensation

Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry; Fort Snelling Unorganized Territory (MN); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry seeks an experienced supervisor to lead Minnesota’s Workers’ Compensation Division’s Special Compensation Fund oversight and regulatory duties. The role governs policy development and ensures funds are collected to support workers’ compensation programs.

You will oversee insured/uninsured worker benefits, participate in litigation where needed, and contribute to strategic agency plans while coordinating fiscal and human resource priorities.

Qualifications

• Four (4) years supervisory or management experience directing the work of staff within a Workers' Compensation program.
• Fiscal and budget management to oversee a multi-million-dollar biennial budget.
• Knowledge of Minnesota workers’ compensation statutes, procedures, rules and practices.
• Human relation and conflict resolution skills to establish and sustain effective working relationships with colleagues, managers, staff, legislators, and others.
• Skill and experience in effective presentations, group facilitation and public speaking.
• Ability to communicate effectively with individuals with diverse backgrounds.
• Ability to make sound decisions based on analysis, experience and judgment.
• A Master’s Degree in business, public administration, public policy, business law or related discipline will substitute for 18 months of experience. A Bachelor’s degree in business, public administration, public policy, business law or related discipline will substitute for 1 year of experience.

Responsibilities

• Assist with leading and directing Minnesota’s Workers’ Compensation Division’s Special Compensation Fund (SCF) in the performance of its regulatory and other duties.
• Assist with the management and administration of policy development and implementation of the programs that ensure the assessment and collection of funds necessary to support workers' compensation programs.
• Ensure that injured workers with uninsured employers receive appropriate workers’ compensation benefits and employers carry workers' compensation insurance.
• Represent the SCF’s interests as a participant in the workers’ compensation claims process and as a party in litigation involving the SCF.
• Oversee the administration, auditing and payment of annual claims for reimbursement related to supplementary benefit and second-injury programs.
• Assist the Commissioner’s Office in developing and implementing strategic plans and realizing the mission of the agency.
• Acquire, allocate and set priorities for fiscal, information and human resources.
• Participate in developing agency policies and procedures, program development activities and promulgating rules.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Supervisory/management experience

Education

Master’s degree substitutions for experience

Bachelor’s degree substitutions for experience

Job description

Telework options for this position are dependent on where the employee lives. The primary work location for this position is 443 Lafayette Road N, St. Paul, MN.

• Employees living within 50 miles of the primary work location will be required to work in the office at least 50% of the time each month.
• Employees that live in Minnesota and are more than 50 miles from the primary work location may be eligible for more than 50% telework with agency approvals.
• Employees may reside outside of the state of Minnesota if they live in a bordering state and are within 50 miles of the primary work location.

This position will:

• Assist with leading and directing Minnesota’s Workers’ Compensation Division’s Special Compensation Fund (SCF) in the performance of its regulatory and other duties.
• Assist with the management and administration of policy development and implementation of the programs that ensure the assessment and collection of funds necessary to support workers' compensation programs.
• Ensure that injured workers with uninsured employers receive appropriate workers’ compensation benefits and employers carry workers' compensation insurance.
• Represent the SCF’s interests as a participant in the workers’ compensation claims process and as a party in litigation involving the SCF.
• Oversee the administration, auditing and payment of annual claims for reimbursement related to supplementary benefit and second-injury programs.
• Assist the Commissioner’s Office in developing and implementing strategic plans and realizing the mission of the agency.
• Acquire, allocate and set priorities for fiscal, information and human resources.
• Participate in developing agency policies and procedures, program development activities and promulgating rules.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

Four (4) years supervisory or management experience* directing the work of assigned staff within a Workers' Compensation program.

Supervisory or management, or leadership experience must demonstrate the following:

• Fiscal and budget management, sufficient to manage and appropriate a multi-million-dollar biennial budget.
• Knowledge of Minnesota workers’ compensation statutes, procedures, rules and practices sufficient to provide expert technical assistance to staff and advise senior management on workers’ compensation issues.
• Human relation and conflict resolution skills to establish and sustain effective working relationships with colleagues, managers, staff, legislators, and others sufficient to ensure that the needs and operations of DLI are understood.
• Skill and experience in effective presentations, group facilitation and public speaking.
• Ability to communicate effectively with individuals with a wide range of backgrounds, who do not share your same culture, ethnicity, language, or other common experiences.
• Ability to make sound decisions based on analysis, experience and judgment in a timely manner.

*A Master’s Degree in business, public administration, public policy, business law or related discipline will substitute for 18 months of experience. A Bachelor’s degree in business, public administration, public policy, business law or related discipline will substitute for 1 year of experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with regulatory enforcement.
• Experience with workers' compensation claims management.
• Experience with annual claims for reimbursement.
• Experience with the assessment process under Minn. Stat. § 176.129.
• An understanding workers’ compensation insurance metrics, such as rates and designated statistical reporting pure premium.
• Familiarity with the Minnesota Administrative Procedure Act and Workers’ Compensation Advisory Council.
• Familiarity with the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act.