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5. Risk Manager Salary Grade Assignment The Board reviewed the following memo dated 6/1/88: TO : CHARLES P. BALCZUN COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR SUBJECT : RISK MANAGER SALARY GRADE ASSIGNMENT DATE JUNE 1, 1988 We have been recruiting to fill the position of Risk Manager for over a year. For most of that time, our job announcements did not attract the caliber of candidate best suited to fill the County's needs in setting up a program of risk management. The position had been advertised in early 1987 in the Public Risk and Insurance Management'Association's RISKWATCH. We do not have a record as to the salary level advertised. A subsequent advertisement was placed in the Orlando Sentinel on December 20, 1987 with a salary range of $25,814 to $41,083. Applicants were interviewed from the pool of resumes received from both advertisements. In all cases, the candidates did not possess the required knowledge, skills, and abilities. On February 22, 1988 we again advertised in RISKWATCH. This time we did not state a salary range, but stated that the salary was negotiable. There was a dramatic improvement in the quality of the resumes we received. We set up interviews with five candidates from within the State of Florida. To date, we have interviewed two of those people. Two people declined to attend the interview for various reasons, and one was no longer interested. -. - What we have found in discussing the problem of recruiting a qualified Risk Manager with other personnel professionals is that the field is becoming increasingly important as more and more jurisdictions seek to fill their needs. As a consequence, the scarcity of qualified individuals versus the number of positions to be filled has driven their worth up by 25%. It has also been stated that a good Risk Manager can pay for the cost of running that function through savings attained in premium reductions, a sound safety program, and proactive employee wellness programs. The fiscal 1987-88 salary for a Risk market conditions, position be placed to $46,884. budget appropriated $29,484 as an annual Manager. Based on our observations of the it is recommended that the Risk Manager's in salary grade A-03, with a range of $34,729 After extensive discussions with the leading candidate, an annual salary of $40,000 was tentatively agreed upon. Since no monies have been expended for a Risk Manager's salary, there are more than adequate funds to cover the salary for the remainder of the fiscal year. Wm. A. Blankenship, AEP Director of Personnel 10 1.1UN 7 1988 BOO 'H:509