The College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences is seeking a strategic and ethical leader to champion a culture of integrity, accountability, and compliance across the organization. This position serves as a central resource for ethical decision-making, policy development, and risk mitigation.

This position will have responsibilities across the entire CFAES enterprise and mission, including locations in Columbus, Wooster and statewide.

Key responsibilities include promoting ethical behavior through codes of conduct and training, ensuring compliance with federal, state, and institutional regulations, and proactively identifying and addressing legal, financial, and reputational risks. The role oversees internal investigations, collaborates with HR and legal teams, and ensures fair and confidential resolution processes. It also leads efforts in policy development and review, provides education and capacity-building initiatives, and maintains transparent communication with internal stakeholders. Additionally, the position engages with external partners, including accrediting bodies, government agencies, donors, and alumni to reinforce the colleges commitment to ethics and institutional integrity. This is a high-impact role requiring excellent judgment, strategic thinking, and the ability to build trust across various audiences.

Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience. 6 years of relevant experience required. 8-12 years of relevant experience preferred.

This position reports directly to the Associate Dean and Director for College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Wooster Campus and has a dotted-line reporting relationship to the Vice President for Agricultural Administration and Dean of the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences

Duties Breakdown:

Compliance

• Serves as a central resource for fostering ethical behavior and decision-making across the institution.

• Develops and disseminates codes of conduct, ethical guidelines, and institutional values.

• Monitors compliance with federal, state, and institutional regulations.

• Coordinates with academic and administrative units to ensure policies are understood and followed.

• Proactively identifies areas of potential risk legal, financial, reputational and develops strategies to mitigate them.

• Conduct regular assessments and audits to ensure institutional resilience.

• Oversees investigations into allegations of misconduct, fraud, or policy violations.

• Ensures fair, confidential, and timely resolution processes, often in collaboration with HR, legal, and academic affairs

Training and Policy Development

• Provides ongoing education and training for faculty, staff, and students on ethics, compliance, and institutional policies.

• Build awareness of reporting mechanisms and protections against retaliation.

• Advise on the creation, revision, and implementation of institutional policies.

• Ensuring policies are clear, equitable, and aligned with legal and ethical standards.

Communication

• Engage regularly with leadership, faculty, staff, and students to promote transparency and trust.

• Shares updates, findings, and best practices to encourage a shared commitment to integrity.

• Serves as a liaison with accrediting bodies, government agencies, and community partners.

• Communicates institutional efforts and outcomes related to ethics, compliance, and accountability.

• Build trust and credibility with donors, alumni, and the public by demonstrating institutional integrity.

Salary Range: $88,300 to $115,350 per year

The offer for this position will fall within this range based on internal equity, units available budget, and the candidates qualifications

This job profile is a Compliance Specialist 4 (S4 level) on the career roadmap.

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