Executive Director, Workers' Trust & Unemployment Pool

Are you a strategic, mission-driven leader ready to make a lasting impact on Washington’s public education system? We are seeking an Executive Director for the Workers’ Compensation Trust and Unemployment Pool—an influential role that supports and strengthens the well‑being of school district employees across the region. This is your opportunity to guide a trusted program that safeguards financial integrity, advances innovative claims management, and champions safe, supportive workplaces where staff can thrive.

If you excel at building partnerships, driving operational excellence, and delivering meaningful results for the communities we serve, we invite you to join us in shaping a stronger future for our member districts.

The Puget Sound Workers’ Compensation Trust is a self‑insured pool for workers’ compensation coverage. The Trust provides insurance for on‑the‑job injuries for 34 school districts and PSESD and their 45,000 employees in King, Pierce, Skagit, Snohomish and Whatcom counties. Services Districts receive professional claims management services to help injured workers return to the workplace. At the same time, Trust staff work with the employer to assess workplace safety and implement effective loss control programs.

Participating school districts own the Trust, with all premiums building equity to help offset costs. To learn more about PSWCTUP visit .

PSESD is one of nine regional educational agencies serving school districts and state approved charter and private schools in Washington. Serving over 39% of Washington’s K‑12 public school students, our agency provides critical services designed to ensure that our students are ready to enter school, achieve at high levels in the K‑12 system, and succeed in postsecondary endeavors. We are committed to becoming an Antiracist Multicultural Organization driven by equity in education.

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This executive position reports to the Superintendent.

Open until filled, for best consideration submit complete application by date of Sunday, November 23, 2025. Interviews are tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, December 2, 2025.

• Collaborates with others to develop and sustain equitable partnerships with PSESD staff, school districts, and advisory board for the purpose of designing and implementing high quality services.
• Compiles data from a wide variety of sources for the purpose of analyzing issues, ensuring compliance with various policies and procedures and/or monitoring program components.
• Convenes and/or facilitates meetings on a variety of issues for the purpose of identifying issues, making recommendations, and/or conveying information to stakeholders.
• Cultivates mutually rewarding relationships with executive advisory boards and trustees of group risk management insurance programs for the purpose of communicating program developments and decision‑making that support effective program oversight and governance.
• Develops and maintains an account management framework for the purpose of meeting programmatic customer retention and satisfaction goals as well as business development objectives.
• Develops and executes strategic and operational business plans for the purpose of achieving short‑term and long‑term goals aligned with the programs’ vision and mission.
• Develops and maintains an annual administrative budget encompassing projection of rates and program costs as directed by ESD policies for the purpose of ensuring programs' solvency and complying with associated regulations.
• Embodies the principles and practices that form our culture for the purpose of meeting the Agency’s End:
  Success for Each Child.
• Models adaptive leadership practices for the purpose of arriving at a shared understanding of stakeholder roles and responsibilities in developed solutions to risk management challenges.
• Oversees a variety of activities for the purpose of ensuring that program objectives are achieved within budget and in compliance with established regulations.
• Performs personnel functions (e.g., interviewing, evaluating, training, supervising, etc.) for the purpose of maintaining…