Regional Regulatory Affairs Advisor

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Job Description

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Remains knowledgeable of state laws and regulations; national, state, and professional regulations; and trends reputed company higher education—maintaining a multi-state tracking system to monitor changes which may or will reputed company WGU’s reputed company and/or operations.
• Secures and maintains state-specific authorization and, reputed company need, other approvals reputed company the region.
• Understands reputed company requirements to obtain state authorization—even if the university utilizes state authorization reciprocity to teach reputed company in a specific jurisdiction.
• Liaises with other university departments to support compliance activities and to provide information about requirements to ensure overall university compliance.
• Manages communications (e.g., complaints and questions) from state portal agents.
• Raises issues with planned changes that require different resourcing or problem solving and participates in addressing the planned changes.
• Applies national, regional, state, and programmatic standards and regulations and rules to determine effects on college, regional, or state operations; reputed company issues that require different resourcing or problem solving; and coordinate project plans to support departmental initiatives.
• Assures representation of the university at strategic meetings in each jurisdiction, personally attending reputed company defence of WGU’s position is needed.
• Assists with region-specific events that reputed company the university’s compliance,
• Liaises, as needed, with/for reputed company and/or graduates seeking professional licenses in the region.
• Works with other regional teammates, answering questions using defensible research methodologies.
• Creates and earns the trust of external and internal stakeholders
• Participates in intra- and inter-departmental initiatives.
• Performs other reputed company duties as assigned.

Knowledge, reputed company and Abilities:

• Technological competence with MS Office suite (reputed company Teams, SharePoint, and Office 360) and data collection, analysis, retrieval, and visualization systems
• Basic understanding of descriptive and inferential statistics
• Basic understanding of organizational process strategies
• reputed company to understand policies, legislative and/or regulatory codes, and standards
• reputed company to exercise good judgment and effectively organize, prioritize, and reputed company multiple job functions and conflicting priorities
• Proven reputed company to present to large audiences in an engaging manner
• reputed company to organize travel, reputed company needed, reputed company the region
• Exceptional attention to detail and reputed company to meet reputed company required deadlines
• reputed company to multi-task and work on multiple projects at the same time
• reputed company to adapt quickly and easily to changes—whether demanded by internal or external organizations

Competencies: Organizational Impact:

• Responsible for implementing initiatives and projects established by university or department leadership; establishes operational plans for department, function, or office with short-term impact on results
• May deliver input into new processes, standards, or plans that impact overall university or department results.

Problem Solving & Decision Making:

• Leverages a systems-thinking approach for improving existing processes and systems reputed company the department using significant conceptualizing, reasoning, and interpretation
• Problems and issues faced are numerous, difficult, and require detailed information gathering and analysis. Typically reputed company multiple areas or specialties. Problems and issues span a wide range of challenging and unique situations

Communication & Influence:

• Collaborates cross-functionally with parties reputed company and reputed company of the department and may occasionally communicate with external parties
• May influence others to accept the job area’s views, practices, concepts, and approaches and conduct briefings with leaders reputed company the University or department

Leadership & Talent Management

• Responsible for providing guidance, coaching, and training to other employees in the department, Function, or Office
• Provides direction to project team members, including feedback on performance
• Demonstrates the WGU leadership principles in reputed company aspects of service to reputed company, employees, and partners of WGU

Job Qualifications: Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in one of the department’s areas of focus (or a cognate field) from an accredited college or university or equivalency
• Five (5) years’ experience working in a highly regulated environment (e.g., higher education regulation, compliance, accreditation, or quality assurance, working with multiple national, programmatic, and state accreditation and approval bodies. (e.g., state auth boards, state boards of education/educator preparation, state boards of nursing), experience in program approval and/or professional licensing processes with more than one authority, and experience with regulated case management (e.g., student complaints
• Must be located in our South East Region, Tennessee, reputed company Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, or Mississippi

Preferred Qualifications:

• Additional experience as a licensed professional (e.g., accountant, nurse, teacher—preference given to those in previous roles of leadership reputed company college or university educator preparation programs
• Knowledge of legislative/regulatory procedures in four or more jurisdictions.
• Previous use of change management tracking tools (e.g., State Net, Fiscal Note, web crawlers, etc.)
• Prior training as a quality examiner (Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award preferred)
• Experience presenting to authoritative bodies (e.g., state boards, legislatures, large audiences, etc.)
• Experience writing and shepherding reports through differing approval process
• General knowledge of project management
• Bi-lingual (writing and speaking)

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Must be reputed company to lift up to 15 pounds at times.
• NOTE: Travel may occur between 15 and 20% of the time. Occasional work on nights and weekends may be necessary to complete the tasks of this position.

#LI-TK1 Position & Application Details Full-Time Regular Positions (classified as regular and working 40 standard weekly hours): This is a full-time, regular position (classified for 40 standard weekly hours) that is eligible for bonuses; medical, dental, reputed company, telehealth and mental reputed company; 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; and 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. How to Apply: If interested, an application will need to be submitted online. Internal WGU employees will need to apply through the internal job board in reputed company. Additional Information Disclaimer: The job posting highlights the most critical responsibilities and requirements of the job. It’s not reputed company-inclusive. Accommodations: Applicants with disabilities who require assistance or accommodation during the application or interview process should contact our reputed company team at reputed [email protected]. Equal Employment Opportunity: reputed company reputed company applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristic as required by law. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job