Western Governors University

Western Governors University

Standards and Governance Specialist I

Salt Lake City, UT, USA · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$67k-$101kDetected 11 hours ago

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Cap-exempt (no lottery)100
Sponsors year-round90
Entry-level history60
PERM / green-card track50
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About the role

  • Recognize risks, gaps, or inconsistencies that may affect operational, compliance, or schedule outcomes and escalate issues appropriately.

Responsibilities

  • Support governance and standards projects of moderate scope by completing assigned deliverables, maintaining timelines, and supporting implementation activities.
  • Draft, revise, and maintain process documentation, control descriptions, standards references, and related governance materials.
  • Coordinate smaller work efforts and provide day-to-day support to less experienced team members as needed.
  • This role applies defined procedures and sound judgment to support governance activities, contribute to technical projects, and ensure standards and processes are followed consistently across assigned work.
  • Partner with team members and operational stakeholders to gather information, clarify requirements, and track action items to completion.
  • Additional travel may be assigned as needed to support business requirements
  • Monitor assigned controls, obligations, or standards requirements and document evidence of completion, exceptions, and follow-up actions.

Requirements

  • Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
  • Bachelor's degree in a related field.
  • Minimum 2 years of relevant experience.
  • This job description includes a general representation of job requirements rather than a comprehensive inventory of all required responsibilities or work activities.
  • Applies working knowledge within a defined technical area to complete semi-routine assignments and support consistent execution.
  • Uses sound judgment within established procedures to prioritize work, identify issues, and determine appropriate next steps.
  • Evaluates moderate-scope issues and recommends practical solutions within defined parameters.
  • Builds productive working relationships and communicates effectively with stakeholders within the department and function.
  • Provides day-to-day guidance and assistance to less experienced team members as appropriate.
  • Education
  • Experience
  • Experience in lieu of education
  • Equivalent relevant experience performing the essential functions of this job may substitute for education degree requirements.

Nice to have

  • Experience supporting governance, compliance, audit, privacy, risk, or policy administration activities in a professional setting.
  • Familiarity with governance, risk, and compliance platforms or other systems used to track controls, issues, or remediation activities.
  • Relevant foundational certification or coursework related to compliance, privacy, risk, audit, or information governance.
  • Position & Application Details
  • Full-Time Regular Positions (classified as regular and working 40 standard weekly hours): This is a full-time, regular position (classified for 40 standard weekly hours) that is eligible for bonuses
  • accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity supplemental coverages

Compensation

  • $67,200.00 - $100,800.00

Company info

  • Additional travel may include conferences, visits to company locations, and other business-related events as needed.

Equal opportunity

  • All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristic as required by law.
  • Accommodations: Applicants with disabilities who require assistance or accommodation during the application or interview process should contact our Talent Acquisition team at recruiting@wgu.edu.
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