Senior Director Legal

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The Sr. Director, Legal, Ethics & Compliance is responsible for implementing a coordinated approach for identifying, assessing, monitoring, and reporting on risk throughout the organization, managing the risk oversight process for Winrock International, conducting internal investigations while ensuring legal oversight within the organization. The Sr. Director, Legal, Ethics & Compliance not only oversees the risk and compliance function but has direct involvement in the day-to-day investigations and resulting outcomes.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Legal Risk Management & Mitigation:

• Create and implement the annual oversight plan and assess the effectiveness of the organization’s risk management strategy
• Enhance and manage the project risk register and lead the annual enterprise risk assessment, building on existing
• Provide general legal advice to senior management and other
• Lead and coordinate communication with external legal counsel experts on legal disputes, questions and litigation involving the
• Ensure that business decisions comply with applicable laws and
• Advise on corporate governance
• Assist in the preparation and conduct of board meetings and support the Board

Compliance & Ethics:

• Oversee compliance, anti-fraud, waste and abuse, and resolution/follow up
• Foster a culture of ethics and compliance with the laws where Winrock operates, ensuring adherence to
• Winrock’s policies and procedures, as well as expectations outlined by the US Department of Justice (DOJ)
• Updating Winrock’s established Code of Conduct, Values and continuing training and maintenance of high standards of ethics and integrity across the organization.
• Lead and provide guidance on ethical considerations and conduct within the
• Conduct and manage investigations and reports of code of conduct, ethics and other non-human resources policy violations.
• Monitoring & Reporting
• Establish key risk indicators (KRls) and monitor them regularly.
• Prepare and present comprehensive risk reports to the executive team and
• Report to the chairman of the Audit and Compliance Committee and president/CEO on risk and compliance monitoring activities; anti-fraud, waste, and abuse; and resolution /follow-up functions.
• Managing incoming hotline reports of concerns and allegations, following up on next steps, reporting to the Executive Team and Board of Directors on required actions

Requirements:

• Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited S. law school
• Minimum of 12 years of relevant experience, experience in a business setting or non-profit settings preferred. Experience with US government contracting helpful.
• Experience in ethics and compliance including anti-corruption, privacy and internal
• Strong leadership and strategic thinking
• Global travel expected up to 15%.

Source: https://winrock.org/work-with-us/careers/job-openings/?gh_jid=8007957002

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