ACTUARY, STATE COMPENSATION INSURANCE FUND (DEPARTMENTAL PROMOTIONAL) Recruitment #119399-00105420-30327D Department(s): Opening Date: Closing Date: Type of Recruitment: State Compensation Insurance Fund-HDQTRS 11/10/2011 8:00:00 AM 12/2/2011 11:59:00 PM Departmental Promotional Salary: MONTHLY-RANGED-SALARY - $6,779.00 to $8,217.00 Employment Type: Exam Type: Location(s): Permanent Full-time Permanent Part-time Permanent Intermittent Limited Term Full-time Limited Term Part-Time Limited Term Intermittent SPOT Exam Single Selection San Francisco INTRODUCTION This is a DEPARTMENT PROMOTIONAL SINGLE SPOT examination for State Compensation Insurance Fund. EEO State Compensation Insurance Fund is an equal opportunity employer to all regardless of race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, marital status, disability, religious or political affiliation, age, or sexual orientation. DRUG FREE STATEMENT It is an objective of the state of California to achieve a drug-free state work place. Any applicant for state employment will be expected to behave in accordance with this objective because the use of illegal drugs is inconsistent with the law of the state, the rules governing civil service and the special trust placed in public servants. WHO SHOULD APPLY? This is a departmental promotional examination for the State Compensation Insurance Fund. Applicants must meet one of the following criteria to participate in this examination: 1. Applicants must have a permanent civil service appointment with State Compensation Insurance Fund as of December 2, 2011, the final filing date, in order to participate in this examination; or 2. Must be a current or former employee of the Legislature for two or more years as defined in Government Code Section 18990; or 3. Must be a current or former non-elected exempt employee of the Executive Branch for two or more consecutive years as defined in Government Code Section 18992; or 4. Must be a person retired from the United States military, honorably discharged from active duty with a serviceconnected disability, or honorably discharged from active duty as defined in Government Code Section 18991. (Note: Veterans must provide a copy of their DD214 for entrance requirement.)
FILING INSTRUCTIONS FINAL FILING DATE: DECEMBER 2, 2011 Completion of a Standard State Application (STD 678) is required for this examination. The application can be found at www.statefundca.com/careers. Online applications must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. on the final filing date. Applications may also be filed by mail to the address below. State Compensation Insurance Fund Human Resources P.O. Box 8192 Pleasanton, CA 94588-8792 Standard State Applications (STD 678) must be submitted online or postmarked no later than the final filing date. FAXED OR E-MAILED APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. Applications postmarked or received via interoffice mail after the final filing date will not be accepted for any reason. SPECIAL TESTING ARRANGEMENTS If you have a disability and need special testing arrangements mark the appropriate box in question #2 on the Examination and/or Employment Application form. The Testing and Certification Services Unit will contact you to make special testing arrangements. REQUIRED IDENTIFICATION Accepted applicants are required to bring either a photo identification card or two forms of signed identification to each phase of the examination. ELIGIBLE LIST INFORMATION A department promotional eligibility will be established for State Compensation Insurance Fund for the San Francisco location. The list will be abolished twelve months after being established, unless the needs of the service and/or conditions of the list warrant a change in this period. REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMITTANCE TO THE EXAMINATION It is your responsibility to make sure you meet the experience requirements stated on this announcement on the date you submit your application. NOTE: All applicants must meet the education and/or experience requirements as stated on this examination announcement by the final filing date, DECEMBER 2, 2011. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS EITHER I Three years of experience in a responsible actuarial position or in consulting actuarial practice, at least one year of which shall have been in the compensation insurance field. OR II Two years of experience performing the duties of a Senior Actuarial Statistician, in State service. OR III One year of experience performing the duties of a Supervising Actuarial Statistician, in State service. Education: Either AND 1. Equivalent to graduation from college, preferably with specialization in mathematics, insurance or accounting. (Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education on a year for-year basis.) Or 2. Possession of an associateship or fellowship in the Casualty Actuarial Society.
POSITION DESCRIPTION The Actuary, State Compensation Insurance Fund, analyzes and interprets periodic financial and statistical reports, quarterly and annual financial statements, the annual report to the Insurance Commissioner, the annual dividend plan on policies, reports and analysis of premiums, losses and dividends, forecasts of earnings, expenses and losses, and comparisons with other carriers; prepares studies of reserves, including the testing of their adequacy, basic and merit rating plans, medical costs, and service charges; makes special actuarial studies, investigations, and analysis; analyzes and review financial statements of other insurance carriers; formulates improved actuarial methods and discusses such methods with the President or Executive Vice President; prepares, analyzes, and interprets risk experience ratings; analyzes enacted or proposed legislation for its effect on operations of the State Compensation Insurance Fund. EXAMINATION INFORMATION This examination will consist of a qualifications appraisal panel interview weighted 100.00%. The interview will include a number of predetermined job related questions. In order to obtain a position on the eligible list, a minimum rating of 70.00% must be attained in the interview. All interviews will be recorded. COMPETITORS WHO DO NOT APPEAR FOR THE QUALIFICATIONS APPRAISAL PANEL INTERVIEW WILL BE DISQUALIFIED. It is anticipated that interviews will be held during the month of January 2012. QUALIFICATIONS APPRAISAL PANEL INTERVIEW - WEIGHTED 100.00% SCOPE OF EXAMINATION In addition to evaluating the competitors' relative abilities as demonstrated by quality and breadth of experience, emphasis in the examination will be measuring competitively, relative to job demands, each competitor's knowledge and abilities as outlined below. KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES Knowledge of: 1. Principles and practices of actuarial statistics and accounting with emphasis on compensation insurance. 2. Compensation insurance risk analysis, ratemaking, and rating systems. 3. Principles, practices, and problems of worker s compensation insurance. 4. The California Workers Compensation Insurance Manual. 5. The California Retrospective, Experience and other rating plans, the California Workers Compensation Insurance and Safety Laws, the United States Longshoremen s and Harbor Workers Compensation Act, and other statutes related to the field of workers compensation. 6. Trends in decision of the Workers Compensation Appeals Board and the courts on compensation cases. 7. Statistical equipment, methods and procedures. Ability to: 1. Make complex actuarial and statistical computations. 2. Interpret and apply the California Workers Compensation Insurance Manual, the California Retrospective, Experience and other rating plans, the California Workers Compensation Insurance and Safety Laws, the United States Longshoremen s and Harbor Workers Compensation Act, and other statutes related to the field of workers compensation. 3. Prepare difficult and technical actuarial and statistical reports and correspondence. 4. Analyze situations accurately and adopt an effective course of action. VETERANS PREFERENCE Veterans' Preference credits will not be granted in the examination as it does not meet the requirements to qualify for Veterans' Preference credit.
CAREER CREDITS Career Credits will not be added to the final score of this examination. CONTACT INFORMATION State Compensation Insurance Fund Human Resources 5890 Owens Drive, 3rd Floor (925) 460-6300 (925) 523-5975 TDD HRTesting@scif.com For more information regarding this examination, please contact State Compensation Insurance Fund by phone, email, or apply online via www.statefundca.com/careers. DISCLAIMER Please click on the link below to review the official California State Personnel Board class specification: http://spb.ca.gov/jobs/resources/jobspecs.htm GENERAL INFORMATION It is the candidate's responsibility to contact the State Compensation Insurance Fund, Human Resources at (925) 460-6300, three days prior to the written test date if he/she has not received a notice. For an examination without a written feature, it is the candidate's responsibility to contact State Compensation Insurance Fund, Human Resources at (925) 460-6300 three weeks after the final filing date if he/she has not received a progress notice. If a candidate's notice of oral interview, EDA, PRE, or performance test fails to reach him/her 3 days prior to their scheduled appointment due to a verified postal error, he/she will be rescheduled upon written request. Examination Locations: When a written test is part of the examination, it will be given in such places in California as the number of candidates and conditions warrant. However, locations of interviews or performance evaluations may be limited or extended as conditions warrant. Applications are available at www.jobs.ca.gov, State Personnel Board offices, local offices of the Employment Development Department and the State Compensation Insurance Fund. If you meet the requirements stated on this bulletin, you may take this examination, which is competitive. Possession of the entrance requirement does not assure a place on the eligible list. Your performance in the examination will be compared with the performance of the others who take this test, and all candidates who pass will be ranked according to their scores. State Compensation Insurance Fund reserves the right to revise the examination plan to better meet the needs of the service, if the circumstances under which this examination was planned change. Such revision will be in accordance with civil service laws and rules and all competitors will be notified. Examination Locations: When a written test is part of the examination, it will be given in such places in California as the number of candidates and conditions warrant. Locations of interviews may be limited or extended as conditions warrant. General Qualifications: Candidates must possess essential personal qualifications including integrity, initiative, dependability, good judgment, and ability to work cooperatively with others; and a state of health consistent with the ability to perform the assigned duties of the class. A medical examination may be required. In open examinations, investigation may be made of employment records and personal history and fingerprinting may be required. Eligible Lists: Eligible lists established by competitive examination, regardless of date, must be used in the following order: 1) subdivisional promotional, 2) departmental promotional, 3) multi-departmental promotional, 4) service-wide promotional, 5) departmental open, 6) open. When there are two lists of the same kind, the older must be used first. Eligible lists will expire in one to four years unless otherwise stated on the bulletin.
Promotional Examinations Only: Competition is limited to employees who have a permanent civil service appointment and military veterans that meet all the minimum qualifications. Under certain circumstances, other employees may be allowed to compete under provisions of Rules 234, 235, and 235.2. State Personnel Board Rules 233, 234, 235, 235.2, and 237 contain provisions regarding civil service status and eligibility for promotional examinations. These rules may be reviewed at departmental personnel offices, at the State Personnel Board office or www.jobs.ca.gov. High School Equivalence: Equivalence to completion of the 12th grade may be demonstrated in any one of the following ways:1) passing the General Educational Development (GED) Test; 2) completion of 12 semester units of college work; 3) certification from the State Department of Education, a local school board, or high school authorities that the candidate is considered to have education equivalent to graduation from high school; 4) for clerical and accounting classes, substitution of business college work in place of high school on a year-for-year basis. STATE COMPENSATION INSURANCE FUND OFFICES Redding Regional Offic e 2175 Shasta View Drive Redding, CA 96003-8296 Customer Service Center Monterey Park 900 W. Corporate Center Drive Monterey Park, CA 91754-7618 Orange County Claims Services Santa Ana 1750 East Fourth Street Santa Ana, CA 92705-3929 Sacramento Regional Offic e 2275 Gateway Oaks Drive Sacramento, CA 95833-3255 Customer Service Center Vacaville 1020 Vaquero Circle Vacaville, CA 95688-8804 Orange County Polic y Services Santa Ana 1750 East Fourth Street Santa Ana, CA 92705-3929 Stockton Regional Offic e 3247 West March Lane Stockton, CA 95219-2351 Bay Area Claims Services 5880 Owens Drive Riverside 6301 Day Street, Suite 200 Riverside, CA 92507-0902 Central Valley South Bakersfield Regional O ffice 9801 Camino Media Bakersfield, CA 93311-1303 Bay Area Policy Services 5880 Owens Drive Sacramento 2450 Venture Oaks Drive, Suite 500 Sacramento, CA 95833-3291 Central Valley South Fresno Regional Office 10 River Park Place East Fresno, CA 93720-1531 Eureka Regional Office 2440 Sixth Street Eureka, CA 95501-0788 Rohnert Park 5900 State Farm Drive, Suite 200 Rohnert Park, CA 94928-2122 Chatsworth 9419 Mason Avenue Chatsworth, CA 91311-5204 Inland Empire Claims Services Riverside 6301 Day Street Riverside, CA 92507-0902 Fresno 7370 N. Palm Avenue Fresno, CA 93711-5782 Los Angeles Tri-County Region Chatsworth 9419 Mason Avenue Chatsworth, CA 91311-5204 Vacaville 1030 Vaquero Circle Vacaville, CA 95688-8804 Los Angeles Tri-County Region Monterey Park 900 Corporate Center Drive Monterey Park, CA 91754-7618 Contact Information for California State Personnel Board 801 Capitol Mall, Sacramento, CA 94244-2010 (916) 653-1705 TDD: (916) 653-1511