Assistant Compliance Officer- NYU Abu Dhabi
UAE Nationals are encouraged to apply
New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) seeks to appoint a Assistant Compliance Officer to report to the Chief Compliance Officer.
The NYUAD Office of Compliance and Risk Management (OCRM) is responsible for the development and implementation of a compliance program that advises NYUAD in carrying out its mission with integrity and in accordance with NYUAD’s legal, regulatory, and ethical responsibilities. The NYUAD compliance program consists of various elements, including, well-communicated policies and procedures, ongoing training and education, and compliance risk management. NYUAD OCRM is also responsible for assuring proper coordination and integration of the Compliance Program with global Compliance Program of New York University.
Key Responsibilities:
Directly interface with department heads on behalf of NYUAD OCRM in carrying out responsibilities of NYUAD OCRM
Lead compliance training and awareness programs related to the University’s Code of Ethical Conduct and Conflicts of Interest policies (and other policies as appropriate) for NYUAD’s administrative and academic units
Liaise directly with Director, Learning and Development regarding NYUAD OCRM training and awareness program
Liaise directly with the Office of the Provost regarding faculty policy awareness sessions and monitoring of the administration of the Annual Disclosure Process for the Policy on Academic Conflicts of Commitment and Conflicts of Interest
Work with Human Resources to develop and implement broader awareness and participation amongst the entire community for OCRM training and awareness sessions
Facilitate the process for distribution of Administrative Conflicts of Interest Disclosures including review, analysis and preparation of management plans for any identified conflicts
Facilitate Policy Review Administration, including review of all policies and procedures in collaboration with cross departmental members of Policy Review Committee
Enhance the compliance training and awareness program in collaboration with Human Resources (including, developing and implementing iLearn training modules that complement live Code of Ethical Conduct and other training and awareness programs)
Liaise directly NYUAD directors participating on the NYUAD Compliance and Risk Management Officers Working Group, and other department head across NYUAD academic and administrative units to compile annual compliance training statistics for annual and semi-annual reports to the Audit Committees
Facilitate NYUAD departments development of compliance training program, as appropriate
Develop and update of the OCRM intranet page content
Conduct research on various compliance related issues, including, reviewing University policies, best practices, laws and regulations in various compliance risk areas, such as, research compliance, privacy, public safety and other compliance risk areas
Represent NYUAD OCRM on standing EHS committees and other meetings as requested by the Chief Compliance Officer
Represent NYUAD Office of Compliance and Risk Management in various global network university committees, including, the NYU Compliance and Risk Officers Working Group
Lead and conduct meetings with NYUAD contractors with respect to contractual compliance with the SCC
Lead and conduct update meetings with NYUAD directors and departments that have responsibility for managing operational service contracts to discuss contractors’ performance and compliance with the SCC
Conduct monthly labor compliance monitoring activities and audits, including:
Conduct monthly interviews of NYUAD contract staff to ensure suppliers’ compliance with NYUAD labor standards
Conduct audits of supplier books and records and participate in accommodation inspections
Ensure compliance with NYUAD labor standards
Receive and document labor complaints
Develop and lead training and awareness sessions for suppliers regarding their obligations with the Labor Standards
Participate and observe toolbox talks led by suppliers for contract staff
Qualifications:
Required Education:
Bachelor’s degree. Certification, licensure, demonstrated experience in compliance, audit, or human resources
Preferred Education:
Graduate degree in compliance, audit, investigative, risk management, human resources, higher education, law, or other relevant field
Certification, licensure in audit, compliance or risk management
Demonstrated professional experience in compliance, audit, or human resources in higher education
Required Experience:
5 – 10 years’ relevant compliance, legal, audit, risk management experience, human resources or equivalent combination of education and experience
Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Ability to structure and conduct interviews to gather requirements
Analytical skills to analyze the requirements and define scope and deliverables. Strong attention to detail to summarize, analyze, and report compliance risk information
Leadership skills in working with diverse constituency, consensus building, ability to identify risks and developing risk mitigation strategies
Analytical skills and attention to detail are necessary to summarize, analyze, and report risk information
Preferred Experience:
Regional experience in compliance, legal, audit, investigative, risk management experience or human resources
Regional higher education experience
Regional labor monitoring experience
MS PowerPoint
MS Excel
e-Learning software
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