COMPLIANCE ADMINISTRATOR, PREA

The GEO Group • Tacoma, WA

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About The Position

The Compliance Administrator oversees the Compliance Department as a compliance and accreditation subject matter specialist. The role interprets compliance and accreditation criteria; ensures policies and procedures align with organizational, client, and third-party guidelines; and develops assessment tools to identify compliance issues, document findings, and recommend improvements. The position also conducts daily reviews of security services, serves as a backup auditor for food and healthcare services, supports and supervises Compliance Auditors, and works with department managers to evaluate compliance.

The Compliance Administrator collects and reports facility data to accreditation organizations, provides information on accreditation issues, implements the Quality Control Program (QCP), and trains employees on it. The role maintains database and paper documentation for facility compliance and accreditation programs. Travel may be required up to 60% of the time.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration or a related field and three years of experience in corrections, law enforcement, or a related capacity; a high school diploma or GED with five years of progressive related experience may be substituted at management’s discretion.
• Experience must demonstrate understanding of facility operations and the ability to compare them with organizational, client, and outside-party compliance and accreditation policies and guidelines.
• Excellent leadership skills, flexibility, team spirit, and ability to work with and present to a diverse group of people at all levels.
• Above-average verbal and written communication skills, including ability to present to employees at all facility levels and write cohesive, comprehensive documentation.
• Ability to work with computers and department software.
• Must be at least 21 years of age.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in compliance, accreditation, and quality management is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Interpret compliance and accreditation criteria based on organizational, client, or third-party requirements.
• Ensure policies and procedures adhere to organizational, client, or third-party guidelines.
• Develop assessment tools to identify compliance issues, report and document findings, and recommend improvements.
• Conduct daily reviews of security services.
• Serve as backup auditor for food service and healthcare services.
• Supervise, train, guide, and support other Compliance Auditors.
• Work with department managers to evaluate and ensure compliance with applicable requirements.
• Collect and report facility data to accreditation organizations.
• Provide the facility with information on accreditation issues.
• Implement the Quality Control Program (QCP) and train employees on it.
• Maintain database and paper documentation on facility compliance and accreditation programs.

Benefits

• Vacation time: 80 hours after one year and less than five years; 120 hours after five years and less than ten years; 160 hours after ten years and less than fifteen years; 200 hours after fifteen years or more.
• Up to seven days of sick time annually.
• 401(k) and 401(k) matching.
• Vision insurance.
• Health savings account.
• Employee discounts.
• Dental insurance.
• Jury duty leave.
• Flexible spending account.
• Eleven paid holidays.
• Health insurance.
• Life insurance.
• Tuition reimbursement and reduced tuition rates.
• Employee assistance program.
• Pet insurance.
• Paid training.
• Farmers Auto Insurance.
• Employee stock purchase plan.
• Legal Shield services.
• Short- and long-term disability insurance.
• Bereavement leave.
• Norton LifeLock benefits.
• Critical illness and accident insurance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time