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Student Insurance

The Student Insurance Manager is responsible for managing the student insurance program and all functions of the student health insurance office. This includes the hiring of new employees, supervision, and evaluation of staff, in addition to the development, implementation and maintenance of the student insurance database.

• Oversee the daily management of University student health insurance plans and all functions of Student Health Insurance
• Develop, implement, and maintain the database within the UHS practice management system used to monitor and track all students and dependents
• Coordinate payroll deductions with Payroll, Academic departments, and University Accounting; supervise the resolution of problems and assure necessary adjustments are made
• Develop and manage annual budget for Student Health Insurance; project income based on enrollment projections and oversee and direct the audit of claims paid by the insurance companies
• Develop and maintain a network of academic department representatives and maintain administrative contacts
• Negotiate and oversee the student insurance plan and manage the annual budget for the office
• Oversee the evaluation of claims loss experience and other community health care system factor including the relationship between the University and specific contract health care providers
• Develop, manage, and oversee the student insurance waiver system
• Chair the Student Insurance Advisory Board to Student Health Insurance and manage all activity of the Board
• Counsel staff, faculty, students, and families about special concerns regarding students required to have health insurance
• Develop and supervise the delivery of educational and informational programs to students and staff; address issues about health insurance
• Recruit, train, direct the training of, and supervise staff in Student Health Insurance; conduct regular staff meetings, assign job duties, and supervise daily task performance as necessary

Level:

– Manager

Base Description:

– Manages direct reports where primary duty is the management of a working unit.

Level Summary:

– Demonstrates proficient ability in work design, project management, financial planning and development of goals for accomplishing unit assignments. Reviews and guides work to ensure conformity to policy and effective approaches. Evaluates employee performance and recommend development opportunities. Demonstrates ability to coach employees. Presents and communicates key university indicatives and connects it to unit contributions. Provides broad guidelines. Develops, evaluates, enhances, and/or implements quality improvement practices. Recommends innovative solutions.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

– Oversees a team (typically 4 or more; no fewer than 2) full
– time direct reports of individual contributors and/or first level supervisors.

Fiscal Responsibilities:

– Monitors and tracks department/area budget
– May plan, forecast, and/or assist in developing budgets
– May have final signature authority for specific area

Problem Solving:

– Encounters varied and complex problems
– Helps to develop creative and/or novel approaches to resolve problems that are difficult in nature but within limited scope
– Modifies, adapts, or refines guidelines if necessary to resolve issues or problems

Independence of Action:

– Works independently on complex or strategic assignments
– Uses existing practices and advanced working knowledge to determine appropriate work methods for the team
– Reviews completed work of others for conformity to policy, and effectiveness of approach
– Delegates advanced tasks to others

Communication and Collaboration:

– Communicates with both internal and external audiences
– Collaborates closely with team members and various areas across the University
– Prepares written and/or verbal presentations or proposals on complex issues and delivers to a broad variety of audiences
– Communicates key university initiatives and how unit’s work contributes to their achievement
– Presents ideas, concepts and instructions in a clear manner, and uses persuasion and negotiation to build consensus and cooperation
– Establishes and maintains networks to facilitate successful communication among units

• Comp Grade – 9
• Minimum – $56,200.00
• MidPoint – $68,800.00
• Maximum – $81,500.00