Remote Volunteer Compliance Officer — Believe in Me

Believe in Me; Seattle (WA); On-site; Full time

Job description

With your generosity, we fund youth empowerment programs that provide underserved youth and young people with a safe place to call home, a family that loves them, a feeling of community, and opportunities to learn, build self-esteem, and have fun.

Help Believe in Me strengthen practical compliance systems across programs serving underserved youth and young people.

The volunteer Compliance Officer will coordinate approved policy, training, monitoring, reporting, and remediation workflows. This role supports compliance administration and does not independently provide legal advice or replace authorized counsel.

Responsibilities

• Maintain an approved inventory of obligations, owners, policies, controls, training, reviews, and due dates
• Coordinate periodic reviews across nonprofit governance, fundraising, privacy, youth safeguarding, accessibility, finance, grants, records, technology, volunteers, and communications
• Track disclosures, attestations, incidents, corrective actions, evidence, and policy exceptions
• Draft clear procedures, checklists, training materials, and status reports for authorized review
• Support risk assessments and route specialized legal, tax, employment, security, or regulatory questions appropriately
• Protect privileged, confidential, participant, personnel, donor, financial, and incident information
• Promote nonretaliatory reporting and fair, documented processes
• Avoid interpreting law as counsel, conducting unauthorized investigations, or making disciplinary decisions
• Escalate serious, repeated, overdue, or high-risk concerns immediately

Qualifications

• Experience in nonprofit compliance, risk, audit, governance, privacy, safeguarding, finance, human resources, security, or regulated operations
• Strong policy, evidence, project management, discretion, and plain-language communication
• Ability to distinguish administrative support from legal advice
• Relevant certification or legal training is helpful but not required
• At least 25 years old and willing to complete background, reference, and confidentiality requirements

This is a remote, recurring role available within the United States. Expect approximately 5–9 hours per month.

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Believe in Me

107 Spring Street, 2nd Floor

Seattle, WA 98104

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