What are the responsibilities and job description for the Compliance Coordinator position at Occupational Training Center?
- Compliance Program Administration
o Provides day-to-day administrative support to the Chief Compliance Officer.
o Maintains compliance files, logs, calendars, records, and tracking systems.
o Maintains an organized and audit-ready compliance-documentation system.
o Tracks compliance projects, assignments, deadlines, and deliverables.
o Prepares routine correspondence, memoranda, reports, and presentation materials.
o Coordinates department meetings, appointments, and compliance activities.
o Assists with departmental purchasing, invoices, and administrative needs.
- Policy and Procedure Coordination
o Maintains the organization’s policy inventory and review schedule.
o Tracks policy ownership, review dates, approvals, revisions, implementation, and acknowledgements.
o Coordinates with department leaders regarding overdue policy reviews.
o Maintains version control and archives obsolete policies.
o Assists with formatting policies in the approved organizational template.
o Uploads approved policies to the designated policy-management system.
o Maintains evidence of policy communication, assignment, acknowledgement, and training.
o Prepares policy-status reports for the Chief Compliance Officer.
o Does not independently approve organizational policies.
- Compliance Training Administration
o Coordinates compliance-training assignments through the organization’s learning-management system.
o Tracks completion of mandatory compliance education.
o Sends reminders regarding outstanding training.
o Prepares periodic training-completion reports.
o Maintains attendance records, acknowledgements, certificates, and training materials.
o Assists with scheduling live or virtual training sessions.
o Supports annual Standards of Conduct and compliance-program education.
o Escalates overdue training to the Chief Compliance Officer and responsible department leader.
o Assists in evaluating training effectiveness through surveys, quizzes, or completion data.
- Compliance Committee and Quality Improvement Support
o Coordinates meetings for the Quality Improvement and Compliance Committee and other assigned committees.
o Prepares and distributes agendas and supporting materials.
o Records meeting minutes.
o Tracks committee recommendations, action items, responsible parties, and completion dates.
o Collects departmental reports and performance data.
o Maintains committee records.
o Supports preparation of dashboards and quarterly reports.
o Follows up with departments regarding overdue committee assignments.
- Investigation Support
o Opens and maintains confidential investigation case files.
o Assigns or maintains case numbers in accordance with department procedures.
o Organizes evidence, interview notes, records, and supporting documentation.
o Assists with scheduling interviews and meetings.
o Maintains investigation and complaint logs.
o Tracks investigation status, due dates, findings, recommendations, and corrective actions.
o Assists with preparing investigation summaries at the direction of the Chief Compliance Officer.
o Maintains appropriate confidentiality and access controls.
o Does not independently determine final findings, disciplinary actions, or legal conclusions.
- Hotline and Reporting Support
o Assists with administering the Compliance Hotline and other reporting channels.
o Records reports received through approved channels.
o Promptly escalates reports to the Chief Compliance Officer.
o Maintains the hotline and complaint log.
o Tracks allegations, status, disposition, and follow-up activity.
o Assists with preparing trend reports.
o Maintains confidentiality and appropriately limits disclosure.
o Escalates allegations of retaliation immediately.
- Audit and Monitoring Support
o Coordinates internal audit schedules and document requests.
o Collects and organizes supporting documentation.
o Maintains audit workpapers and evidence.
o Tracks findings, recommendations, corrective action plans, and completion dates.
o Assists departments with submitting requested documentation.
o Coordinates follow-up reviews at the direction of the Chief Compliance Officer.
o Prepares routine audit-status reports.
o Supports external audits, licensing reviews, accreditation surveys, and regulatory inspections.
o Does not independently issue final audit opinions.
- Corrective Action Tracking
o Maintains the organization’s corrective action tracking system.
o Records findings from audits, investigations, incidents, safety reviews, and regulatory inspections.
o Tracks responsible parties, required actions, deadlines, and completion evidence.
o Sends reminders regarding outstanding corrective actions.
o Escalates overdue or incomplete corrective actions to the Chief Compliance Officer.
o Assists in validating that supporting documentation has been submitted.
o Prepares periodic corrective-action status reports.
- Regulatory Monitoring
o Monitors assigned regulatory websites, bulletins, newsletters, and agency communications.
o Maintains a regulatory update log.
o Identifies potentially relevant changes involving CMS, OIG, DHS, DDD, Medicaid, CARF, OSHA, DOT, NJ DOL, and other applicable authorities.
o Prepares preliminary summaries for review by the Chief Compliance Officer.
o Distributes approved regulatory updates to affected departments.
o Tracks departmental responses to regulatory changes.
o Does not provide independent legal advice or final regulatory interpretations.
- Screening and Verification Coordination
o Tracks completion of required exclusion checks, credential verifications, background checks, CARI checks, license checks, and other assigned screening requirements.
o Coordinates with Human Resources and responsible departments regarding outstanding items.
o Maintains applicable screening logs and completion records.
o Escalates identified concerns or incomplete screenings to the Chief Compliance Officer.
o Assists with periodic monitoring and audit preparation.
o Does not make independent hiring, disciplinary, or eligibility determinations.
- Contract and Third-Party Documentation
o Maintains Business Associate Agreements and other assigned compliance-related contract records.
o Tracks renewal, expiration, and review dates.
o Coordinates with departments regarding missing or expired documentation.
o Assists with vendor and contractor compliance documentation.
o Maintains conflict-of-interest disclosure records.
o Tracks annual disclosure completion.
o Escalates identified concerns to the Chief Compliance Officer.
- Reporting and Data Management
o Prepares routine compliance dashboards and reports under the direction of the Chief Compliance Officer.
o Collects data regarding training, policies, hotline activity, investigations, audits, corrective actions, screening, and regulatory updates.
o Verifies data accuracy before submission.
o Assists with quarterly and annual Compliance Program reports.
o Prepares charts, summaries, and presentation materials.
o Maintains confidentiality when handling sensitive data.
o Supports development of Compliance Program key performance indicators.
- Records Management
o Maintains Compliance Department records in accordance with applicable retention requirements.
o Organizes electronic and physical files.
o Ensures records are appropriately labeled, secured, and accessible to authorized personnel.
o Coordinates destruction or archiving of records when approved.
o Maintains confidentiality of compliance, personnel, investigation, and regulatory records.
- Safety and UIR Administrative Support
o At the direction of the Chief Compliance Officer, the Compliance Coordinator may:
§ Collect Safety and UIR reports for executive dashboards.
§ Track corrective actions resulting from safety reviews or unusual incidents.
§ Assist with meeting coordination and documentation.
§ Maintain assigned departmental logs.
§ Assist with trend reporting.
§ Coordinate document requests.
o The Compliance Coordinator does not supervise the Safety Department or UIR Department and does not replace the responsible Safety or UIR personnel.
- Additional Duties
o Assists with CARF accreditation preparation.
o Supports regulatory surveys and licensing reviews.
o Assists with annual compliance-program assessments.
o Participates in compliance education and professional development.
o Maintains professional and confidential communication with employees and leadership.
o Performs other duties assigned by the Chief Compliance Officer.
Benefits
- Medical Dental, Vision benefits
- Retirement Account
- Employee Assistance Program
- PTO
- Tuition reimbursement
- Supportive, Mission-Driven work environment
- Department specific benefits may apply
Salary : $58,000 - $68,000