Regional Regulatory Affairs Advisor

Wgu Position

If you're passionate about building a better future for individuals, communities, and our country-and you're committed to working hard to play your part in building that future-consider WGU as the next step in your career. Driven by a mission to expand access to higher education through online, competency-based degree programs, WGU is also committed to being a great place to work for a diverse workforce of student-focused professionals. The university has pioneered a new way to learn in the 21st century, one that has received praise from academic, industry, government, and media leaders. Whatever your role, working for WGU gives you a part to play in helping students graduate, creating a better tomorrow for themselves and their families. The salary range for this position takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. At WGU, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their position, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is : Grade : Professional 307 Pay Range : $66,300.00 - $99,500.00

Job Description Essential Functions and Responsibilities :

• Remains knowledgeable of state laws and regulations; national, state, and professional regulations; and trends within higher education-maintaining a multi-state tracking system to monitor changes which may or will affect WGU's students and / or operations.
• Secures and maintains state-specific authorization and, when need, other approvals within the region.
• Understands all requirements to obtain state authorization-even if the university utilizes state authorization reciprocity to teach students in a specific jurisdiction.
• Liaises with other university departments to support compliance activities and to provide information about requirements to ensure overall university compliance.
• Manages communications (e.g., complaints and questions) from state portal agents.
• Raises issues with planned changes that require different resourcing or problem solving and participates in addressing the planned changes.
• Applies national, regional, state, and programmatic standards and regulations and rules to determine effects on college, regional, or state operations; raise issues that require different resourcing or problem solving; and coordinate project plans to support departmental initiatives.
• Assures representation of the university at strategic meetings in each jurisdiction, personally attending when defense of WGU's position is needed.
• Assists with region-specific events that affect the university's compliance.
• Liaises, as needed, with / for students and / or graduates seeking professional licenses in the region.
• Works with other regional teammates, answering questions using defensible research methodologies.
• Creates and earns the trust of external and internal stakeholders.
• Participates in intra- and inter-departmental initiatives.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skill and Abilities :

Western Governors University is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation or any other classification protected by federal, state or local law.