Loss Prevention Analyst III

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Manages, plans and supervises activities involved with loss prevention and safety programs, to ensure a safe environment. Provides leadership for continual improvement and proactive measures in the area of loss prevention programs. Identifies opportunities for safety enhancement, loss prevention, and risk reduction methods and programs. Conducts accident and injury-related investigations and worksite safety audits to ensure compliance with county, state and federal regulations and guidelines addressed in the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Virginia Occupational Safety and Health Administration (VOSH). Works under the direction of the Loss Prevention Analyst IV.

Provides recommendations to mitigate and control losses. Represents the Risk Management Division (RMD) and participates on countywide task forces or assigned project teams in loss prevention, safety and risk management related areas to include oversight of critical programs.

Note: Salary offer will not exceed the midpoint of the salary range, $101,490.27.

Illustrative Duties

• Identifies opportunities for loss prevention and risk reduction methods and programs;
• Conducts accident and injury-related investigations and on-site audits of operations to insure compliance with County, State and Federal policies, statutes, and regulations;
• Proposes solutions, in a proactive manner, to agencies and departments for ways to reduce injuries, property damage and vehicular accidents;
• Plans, develops and implements comprehensive communications and education programs for County dealing with risk reduction and loss prevention and safety.
• Manages and conducts loss prevention and safety training on a countywide basis;
• Recommends and implements procedures and protocols in safety and loss prevention;

Required Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Considerable knowledge of mission, goals, and objectives of the risk management division;
• Considerable knowledge of the principles, practices, and techniques relating to loss prevention and safety;
• Ability to identify possible solutions for solving business problems;
• Ability to write detailed, accurate reports;
• Ability to make oral presentations to department management, other departments, or the public;
• Ability to lead assigned employees, including delegating and reviewing work assignments, providing coaching and guidance, monitoring and evaluating performance, and supporting training and development planning.

Employment Standards

• The appointee to this position will be required to complete a criminal background check, a driving record check, and credit check to the satisfaction of the employer.
• Positions in this class may be subject to criminal history records checks and/or credit checks as a condition of continued employment.
• This position is emergency/essential services personnel. (Required to report for duty during inclement weather and/or other emergencies.)

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Excellent written and oral communications skills; expertise using Microsoft Office software applications.
• Experience with applying Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards, state, federal, and regulatory requirements.
• Experience with using Risk Management Information Systems.
• Experience with conducting accident investigation and safety inspections.
• Experience utilizing prevention techniques, causal factor analysis, risk reduction methods as well as job hazard analysis.
• Experience with analyzing and tracking safety performance trends.
• Experience working in a risk management role in a large state or county government.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Ability to carry items up to 15 lbs, stand, stoop, bend, stretch, walk, climb, set, kneel, crouch, reach, crawl, lift and handle material with manual dexterity. All duties performed with or without reasonable accommodations.

SELECTION PROCEDURE:
Panel Interview and may include a practical exercise.

Fairfax County Government prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetics, political affiliation, or military status in the recruitment, selection, and hiring of its workforce.

Reasonable accommodations are available to persons with disabilities during application and/or interview processes per the Americans with Disabilities Act. Contact 703-324-4900 for assistance. TTY 703-222-7314. DHREmployment@fairfaxcounty.gov. EEO/AA/TTY.

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