Strategic Ethics & Compliance Leader

Tamus; Kingsville (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK) seeks a Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer to lead a comprehensive ethics and compliance program. Reporting to the Chief Administrative Officer, the CECO promotes integrity, accountability, transparency, and ethical conduct across the university while ensuring adherence to federal/state laws, system policies, and university rules.

The role oversees risk-based program design, policy development, and monitoring activities, coordinating with System offices and

Responsibilities

• Provides strategic leadership and oversight for the university's ethics and compliance program.
• Develops, implements, and maintains a comprehensive, risk-based compliance program designed to prevent, detect, and address regulatory, operational, and ethical risks.
• Promotes a culture of integrity, accountability, transparency, and ethical conduct throughout the university.
• Chairs the University Compliance Committee, convenes quarterly meetings, and serves as the university representative at Texas A&M University System compliance meetings.
• Provides guidance and recommendations to executive leadership regarding ethics, compliance, governance, and institutional risk matters.
• Manages the day-to-day operations of the university's compliance program.
• Assists with the initiation, development, implementation, maintenance, and revision of policies, procedures, and standards related to compliance activities.
• Maintains responsibility for official university rules and procedures, including the review, development, approval, and revision processes consistent with Texas A&M University System requirements.
• Establishes compliance program objectives, performance measures, and monitoring activities to assess program effectiveness.
• Ensures proper reporting of significant compliance matters to System Ethics and Compliance officials, executive leadership, and other stakeholders as required.
• Conducts periodic compliance risk assessments to identify areas of vulnerability and institutional risk.
• Develops, implements, and monitors corrective action plans to address identified compliance concerns.
• Oversees compliance reviews and monitoring activities with university departments and officials to evaluate adherence to applicable laws, regulations, and policies.
• Identifies compliance trends and emerging risks and recommends mitigation strategies.
• Receives, reviews, and coordinates the investigation and resolution of reports involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, conflicts of interest, fraud, waste, abuse, and other compliance-related concerns.
• Administers and serves as the university coordinator for the EthicsPoint Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Hotline and other reporting mechanisms.
• Collaborates with appropriate university departments and System offices to support effective compliance management and continuous improvement across the institution.

Job description

Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK) seeks a Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer to lead a comprehensive ethics and compliance program. Reporting to the Chief Administrative Officer, the CECO promotes integrity, accountability, transparency, and ethical conduct across the university while ensuring adherence to federal/state laws, system policies, and university rules.

The role oversees risk-based program design, policy development, and monitoring activities, coordinating with System offices and