Director of Compliance and Ethics

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The Public Health Institute (PHI) is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting health, well-being, and quality of life for people throughout California, across the nation and around the world. As one of the largest and most comprehensive public health organizations in the nation, we are at the forefront of research and innovations to improve the efficacy of public health statewide, nationally, and internationally.

PHI was distinguished as one of the top 50 “Best Non-Profit Organizations to Work For” by the Non-Profit Times in a national search.

SUMMARY:

The Director of Compliance and Ethics is a seasoned leader with the breadth of skills to lead day to day challenges of integrating compliance and ethics into our culture, operations, research, and in the programs that the Public Health Institute (PHI) supports.  The position will work closely with internal teams and leaders across all functional areas of the organization to strengthen our current Compliance and Ethics Program (CEP).  The Director will liaison with the General Counsel and will also coordinate closely with the Institute’s external Senior Compliance and Ethics Advisor.  The Director will report administratively to the President & CEO, with a direct functional reporting line to the Audit and Compliance Committee of the Board of Directors.

The Director will lead the internal Compliance and Ethics Committee to regularly review operational and/or program risks to the organization.

The position will coordinate the implementation of policies and procedures essential to a robust CEP for PHI. While the Director will not be the ultimate owner or implementer of all policies identified, they are responsible for identifying any compliance gaps and ensuring that relevant departments are taking the proper steps to address relevant rules or requirements.   The position, in collaboration with PHI’s executive leadership, is responsible for supporting the tone, code of conduct, and practice of compliance throughout the organization.

The Director of Compliance & Ethics will work diligently to prevent, detect, and deter misconduct in partnership with PHI leaders.  They will contribute to the development of sound internal controls and monitor adherence to them.

This is a remote, regular full-time position. Candidates in the United States are welcome to apply and will be considered, but candidates based in California are preferred. The incumbent is required to work during the core business hours for the Pacific Time zone.

Occasional travel to attend in-person conferences/meetings or participate in other activities in and outside California is required.

Full salary range for this position: $144,278 to $225,289 per year. The typical hiring range for this position is from $144,278 (minimum) to $184,784 (midpoint), based on 100% FTE. The starting salary is determined based on the candidate’s knowledge, skills, experience, as well as budget availability.

Employment Type: Full Time

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Corporate Compliance and Ethics

• Responsible for the development, documentation, and monitoring of an integrated Compliance and Ethics Program (CEP) that incorporates governance and structure; training and education; policies, procedures, and controls; oversight and reporting; and response and enhancements.

• Provide regular updates to the President & CEO and the Audit and Compliance Committee on the effectiveness of the CEP.

• Work closely with the President & CEO, Board of Directors, and senior leadership as appropriate to shepherd the overall strategic vision for Compliance and Ethics at PHI.
• Champion the Compliance and Ethics vision across the organization. Work collaboratively to develop and communicate a long-term CEP strategy, manage annual work plans, monitor progress, and report on performance.
• Work closely with executive leadership to align PHI’s compliance and ethics approach to business and operational strategies.

• Coordinate with all Central departments to ensure that compliance issues are understood, investigated if appropriate, resolved and documented for high level tracking.

• Support the development and oversight of compliance monitoring and subrecipient monitoring activities across PHI to ensure that financial and operational procedures and personal conduct within the organization complies with all relevant and applicable laws, regulations, and grant or contract agreements.

Training, Education, and Management

• Develop, champion, and monitor PHI’s overall compliance, ethics, and privacy training and communications strategy to strengthen Board, employee and vendor education and compliance.
• Lead the design of internal learning experiences and other opportunities to expand the knowledge capacity of PHI staff on relevant topics around compliance and ethics.
• Coordinate with Human Resources to develop a process to incorporate compliance and ethics responsibilities into professional development and performance plans.

• Collaborate with departments to establish metrics for actively monitoring and reporting on the effectiveness and overall organizational compliance with PHI policies.

• Develop and manage budgets to support activities of the Compliance and Ethics department.

• Supervise staff and/or manage consultants as appropriate to perform risk assessments and compliance reviews to ensure policies and procedures are being followed.

• Develop PHI as a thought leader in compliance and ethics through speaking and writing internally within PHI and externally at conferences, workshops, or related gatherings.

Other

• Occasional travel to attend in-person conferences/meetings or participate in other activities in and outside California.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Minimum Qualifications

• 10 years of related experience in compliance and ethics management, including at least 5 years of experience as a manager.
• Bachelor’s degree in organizational development, public administration, business administration, non-profit or change management, or other related field; or substitute with four additional years of related experience.

Other Qualifications

• Knowledge and understanding of the practical application of the US Department of Justice, Federal Sentencing Guidelines and the HHS, Office of Inspector General Guidance assessing the effectiveness of compliance and ethics programs.
• Ability to elevate compliance and ethics training to foster an ethics-based culture.
• Effective relationship builder who can maintain positive relationships while enforcing compliance, ethics, and privacy policies.
• Regulatory knowledge and expertise to interpret regulations, rules, laws, and policies necessary to stay in compliance with existing requirements for the organization.
• Ability to advance calm, credible, clear, and confident communications.
• Ability to think laterally and anticipate downstream effects of activities that could impact compliance.
• Ability to be objective, regardless of position, relationship, or title.
• Attention to detail, with the ability to see the big picture.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• An effective communicator that can interpret/understand the intricacies of a process, regulation, or issue, and communicate to the broader organization in an understandable framework.
• Ability to translate technical terms and regulatory language into easy-to-understand rules.
• A team player who can gain the trust and respect of the organization, who is viewed as a trusted advisor.
• Ability to conduct occasional travel to attend in-person conferences/meetings or participate in other activities in and outside California.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Certification in SCCE or similar national credential.
• Experience in programmatic and business/operations functions in a public health organization or other nonprofit.
• Prior audit, consulting or investigation experience.
• Experience with organizations that manage federal grants or contracts.
• Experience with change management processes in complex organizations.
• Experience assessing enterprise risk elements and providing advisory guidance in alignment with organizational resources.

FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT (FLSA) STATUS

This position is classified as exempt based on the job duties. However, based on the FTE, salary level of the employee, or federal/state/local laws, the employee may be classified as nonexempt.

EEO Statement

The Public Health Institute is committed to a policy that provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, pregnancy, medical condition including genetic characteristics, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identification and expression, sexual orientation, and to make all employment decisions so as to further this principle of equal employment opportunity. To this end, the PHI will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, pregnancy, medical condition including genetic characteristics, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identification and expression, sexual orientation, and will take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are offered employment and employees are treated during employment without regard to these characteristics.

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ADA Statement:

The Public Health Institute is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation in its services, programs, activities and employment for individuals with disabilities. To request disability accommodation in the application process, contact the Recruitment Team at least 48 hours in advance at Recruitment@phi.org.

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