Description

The Risk Management Consultant position provides leadership by (1) cultivating and maintaining positive UE broker and member relations, (2) demonstrating in-depth familiarity with UE’s risk management resources, (3) developing expertise in a broad array of education liability risk management topics, (4) fielding risk management inquiries, (5) developing, presenting, and facilitating workshops, presentations, and speeches (6) researching, writing, and developing risk management resources and (7) helping with the implementation of key projects and working with UE management to advance solutions to business issues.

Responsibilities:

• Provide proactive and expert guidance on educational liability risks to internal and external constituents, moving easily between different segments (university, college, K-12, etc.), and supporting member satisfaction and retention.
• Identify and implement effective loss control strategies tailored to educational institutions, leveraging data insights, member feedback, and industry best practices to reduce the frequency and severity of claims.
• Create and deliver presentations to external constituents that adequately represent United Educators’ risk management thought leadership in substance and professionalism, address specific audience (or campus) needs appropriately, and support business development or member stewardship as necessary.
• Assist in the development and implementation of internal strategic risk management projects.
• Promote and coordinate the delivery of UE’s risk management resources for constituents.
• Develop and maintain subject matter expertise on key educational liability risks.
• Research and develop written or other multi-media risk management resources on assigned risk management topics and data, incorporating AI tools to enhance content quality, efficiency, and insights.
• Serve as company expert on critical risk areas, speaking authoritatively and fielding media inquiries.
• Record all member and broker interactions with consistency in both form and substance in customer management system, informing UE organization in usable and meaningful way.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree required; advanced degree or 5+ years of experience in risk management, law, business, or education preferred
• Excellent oral, written, and presentation skills
• Excellent analytical skills including the ability to analyze data & identify trends
• Strong project management skills
• Outstanding collaboration and communication skills across different stakeholders both internally and externally, including researchers, underwriters, salespeople, attorneys, brokers, education institution Risk Managers, CFOs, HR Directors, Presidents, among others
• Passion for serving education
• Attitude of openness and flexibility to taking on new projects while balancing existing duties
• Enthusiasm for analyzing risks and advising educational institutions on solutions. Ability to think and speak extemporaneously on important risk topics
• A background in, or willingness to develop an expertise in enterprise risk management (ERM)
• An innovative mindset and ability to thrive in an environment of change
• Demonstrated interest in emerging technologies, including the ability to identify and propose practical applications of artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance risk consulting services
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
• Ability to travel as needed (up to 25%)