School Compliance Advisor

Western Governors University • Salt Lake City, UT

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About The Position

The School Compliance Advisor will recommend strategies or positions for university programs, credentials, and approval bodies to help the school achieve its Key Results. This position supports the implementation of projects and changes that maintain accreditation and/or jurisdiction-specific approvals. This position works with university leaders for the continued compliance and success of each of the school’s offerings. The School Compliance Advisor will recommend strategies or positions for university programs, credentials, and approval bodies to help the school achieve its Key Results. This position supports the implementation of projects and changes that maintain accreditation and/or jurisdiction-specific approvals. This position works with university leaders for the continued compliance and success of each of the school’s offerings.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Seven (7) years of experience working with national, programmatic, and state accreditation and/or approval bodies, program approval and/or professional licensing processes, teaching or administrating at the postsecondary level, and presenting to authoritative bodies (e.g., state boards, legislatures, large audiences).
• Demonstrated competence with MS Office suite (Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, and Office 360) and data collection, analysis, retrieval, and visualization systems.
• Ability to understand, organization, and arrangement legal information in various formats.
• Ability to synthesize and effectively communicate complex analyses.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present information clearly and accurately.
• Demonstrated ability to exercise good judgment.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of sensitive information.
• Able to work well within a team but independent enough to work well alone.
• Demonstrated ability to organize, prioritize, and perform multiple job functions with conflicting priorities.
• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Must be able to lift 15 pounds.
• This position requires occasional travel of up to 20%, including required attendance at designated company summits (typically one to two per year). Additional travel may include conferences, visits to company locations, and other business-related events as needed. Additional travel may be assigned as needed to support business requirements.

Nice To Haves

• Additional experience working as a licensed professional (with the represented field).
• Experience in a leadership role within college or university educator preparation program.
• Prior training as a quality examiner (e.g., an accreditation site reviewer).
• Experience with on-site reviews (Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award experience is preferred).
• Experience presenting to authoritative bodies (e.g., state boards, legislatures, large audiences, etc.).
• General knowledge of project management.
• Bi-lingual (writing and speaking).

Responsibilities

• Keeps a multi-jurisdictional knowledge of programmatic approval, licensure, and publication requirements.
• Suggests ways to manage compliance with changes in the standards and requirements of local, state, regional, and/or national approval agencies.
• Monitors, consults, and advises all stakeholders regarding changes to national, state, and professional regulations, guidelines, and standards to support accreditation and compliance activities for each of the school’s credentials.
• Liaises with assigned regulatory oversight bodies and appropriate professional organizations.
• Assists regional leadership on issues related to jurisdiction-specific accreditation or recognition.
• Oversees longitudinal projects relating to accreditation or program approval (e.g., self-studies, reports, site visits), briefing leaders along the path to successful completion of the process.
• Serves as lead author on each of these documents, writing the bulk of the narrative and ensuring the final product and all attachments are in “one voice.”
• Prepares school personnel for site visits (using mock visits and other techniques, as needed), manages the logistics and communication flows for the visit, and analyzes visiting team feedback to produce a final report.
• Connects dots between and among assigned states, liaising with other advisors to ascertain patters and directions.
• Liaises with university departments to ensure both school-specific and overall university compliance.
• Advises on operational and regulatory requirements for faculty credentialing and professional development.
• Supports projects in strategic and operating plans pertaining to new programs or credential offerings (obtaining necessary regulatory approvals).
• Surfaces problems with the ability to operate in specific jurisdictions, analyses each to find a root cause, and suggests ways to improve processes and systems to keep the problem from reoccurring and potentially proactively applying those learnings to other jurisdictions to avoid similar issues.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Benefits

• eligible for bonuses
• medical, dental, vision, telehealth and mental healthcare
• health savings account and flexible spending account
• basic and voluntary life insurance
• disability coverage
• accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity supplemental coverages
• legal and identity theft coverage
• retirement savings plan
• wellbeing program
• discounted WGU tuition
• flexible paid time off for rest and relaxation with no need for accrual, flexible paid sick time with no need for accrual, 11 paid holidays, and other paid leaves, including up to 12 weeks of parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level