Job description
Company Description
Adtalem
At Adtalem Global Education, we seek to empower students and members to achieve their goals, find success and make inspiring contributions to our global community. Adtalem is a leading healthcare educator that partners with organizations to proactively address future workforce needs and empowers career development with access to world-class academic curriculums, certifications and training programs across the medical and healthcare industries.
Adtalem institutions and companies include: American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, Chamberlain University, Ross University School of Medicine, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, and Walden University. (NYSE: ATGE; member S&P MidCap 400 Index) For more information, please visit adtalem.com.
Job Description
The Senior Corporate Counsel, Integrity and Compliance, reporting to the VP, Senior Associate General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, will bring extensive and well-rounded compliance and ethics experience, preferably in a highly regulated industry, and will support the VP on both a strategic and tactical level. The successful candidate will interact with all levels of management and design and lead initiatives and projects designed to foster a culture of compliance and ethics across all of Adtalem’s institutions. This individual will be engaged with managing all aspects of compliance-related duties including, but not limited to, investigations, compliance training and communications, risk assessments, and policy and procedures updates. This role will from time-to-time support other projects for the Integrity and Compliance team. The ideal candidate will be experienced, proactive, highly organized, motivated and be able to work well both as part of a team and independently.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities in collaboration with the VP, Senior Associate General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer:
- Participates in the development of Integrity and Compliance (IC) annual plan
- Updates, maintains, and implements Adtalem’s Code of Conduct
- Possesses the ability to investigate and work with local and federal law enforcement on allegations of fraud and other criminal activity
- Partners with internal audit to fulfill company audit requirements
- Manages and drives compliance risk assessments
- Manages compliance and ethics policy updates, revisions, and develops compliance plans
- Manages all aspects of the IC training and learning program
- Contributes to the development and implementation of a multi-media, integrated IC communications plan
- Manages Adtalem’s “Speak Up” program and related employee-facing policies and protocols
- Manages and hosts Steering Committee meetings with cross-functional stakeholders
- Supports the Chief Compliance Officer in developing presentations for Board of Directors and Executive Management
- Manages IC’s vendors to ensure proper service and accountability
- Maintains professional growth and development through seminars, workshops, and professional affiliations to keep abreast of latest developments in compliance and ethics, college, university law and in other related areas
- Completes other projects and duties as assigned
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Qualifications
- J. D. from an accredited law school. Required
- Applicants must have ten or more years of substantive law firm and/or in-house legal experience, with at least five years in-house Preferred and
- Experience working as an HR professional either before or after attending law school highly valued. Required and
- Experience providing legal support to company or business unit wide HR and business teams on all employment and labor-related issues, policies, and programs directly and via management of domestic and international outside counsel. Required and
- Experience managing, and directing outside counsel supporting, internal investigations, responses to EEOC and similar state agency complaints and employment litigation. Required and
- Experience interfacing with government and/or labor and employment agencies with jurisdiction over employment and labor-related legal matters Required and
- Experience as primary or second chair counsel in the litigation of employment and labor-related cases Preferred
- Must be in good standing with the Illinois State bar.
- Excellent client management and communication skills; both oral and written.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to work well in a fluid/fast-paced, highly collaborative, team environment.
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to quickly assess potential for risk and opportunity.
- Possesses strong work ethic and customer service orientation and ability to prioritize conflicting demands from multiple business clients
- Ability to work effectively with all levels of management, to manage multiple projects simultaneously, exercise sound judgment and work independently and efficiently, and meet deadlines with consistently high-quality work product in a fast-paced environment.
- Must be a proactive self-starter with strong leadership skills
Additional Information
In support of the pay transparency laws enacted across the country, the expected salary range for this position is between $97253.99 and $175761.85. Actual pay will be adjusted based on job-related factors permitted by law, such as experience and training; geographic location; licensure and certifications; market factors; departmental budgets; and responsibility. Our Talent Acquisition Team will be happy to answer any questions you may have, and we look forward to learning more about your salary requirements. The position qualifies for the below benefits.
Adtalem offers a robust suite of benefits including:
- Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
- 401k Retirement Program + 6% employer match
- Participation in Adtalem’s Flexible Time Off (FTO) Policy
- 12 Paid Holidays
For more information related to our benefits please visit: https://careers.adtalem.com/us/en/benefits.
You are also eligible to participate in an annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.
We are proud to be an EEO employer M/F/D/V. At Adtalem, we welcome everyone and have a strong commitment towards diversity and inclusion. We encourage our Colleagues to be their true authentic selves and support laws that prohibit discrimination everywhere we do business. We also maintain a drug-free workplace.