Director of Compliance

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🎸 Tennessee – Remote

🎸 Tennessee – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🚔 Compliance

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Chattanooga State Community College

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 1965

📚 Education

🏛️ Government

Education • Government

Chattanooga State Community College is a public two-year college based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, with multiple campus sites (including a main campus, Dayton site, and Kimball site). The college offers affordable associate-degree programs, workforce training, early college options, and transfer pathways (including guaranteed transfer agreements) to bachelor’s programs, along with scholarships, grants, and support services for students. Chattanooga State emphasizes career readiness and workforce alignment—highlighting programs such as BlueHorizon and a career services team with a reported 98% job placement rate—and provides community-oriented resources, veterans services, and campus amenities on a 150-acre main campus.

📋 Description

• Provide regulatory and accreditation oversight to institutional leadership, central departments, campus personnel, and external regulators • Support continuous compliance, accreditation in good standing, and Title IV eligibility • Manage accreditation renewals, including ACCSC and NWCCU candidacy • Oversee federal Title IV and USDOE compliance, state authorization, Title IX, Clery, FERPA, and consumer disclosure requirements • Manage institutional policies and internal audits • Implement strategic priorities related to ACCSC renewal, NWCCU transition, state authorization, distance education expansion, and Title IV compliance • Counsel and support individuals through individual and group sessions, including student complaints, Title IX concerns, and compliance investigations • Educate individuals on institutional resources, policies, procedures, regulatory expectations, and consumer disclosures • Implement compliance calendars, evidence repositories, student information systems, and technology solutions • Maintain accurate documentation, regulatory records, tools, systems, calendars, and repositories • Complete required professional development and training annually • Support Title IX, Clery Act, FERPA, ADA/504, and VA/GI Bill compliance initiatives • Collaborate with Financial Aid, Registrar, Admissions, Career Services, Campus Leadership, the President, and Board of Directors • Provide referrals for personal, social, and academic concerns • Plan and coordinate accreditor site visits, compliance audits, training workshops, and regulatory reviews • Monitor state and federal guidelines, emerging best practices, proposed rule changes, and related research • Interact with students, faculty, staff, accreditors, state boards, federal agencies, and other external partners

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an institutionally accredited college or university • Master’s degree in higher education administration, public administration, law, or a related field preferred • J.D. a plus • CCEP or NASFAA certification desirable • Minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible experience in higher education compliance, accreditation, financial aid administration, or regulatory affairs • Working knowledge of Title IV regulations (34 CFR Part 668) and institutional accreditor standards (ACCSC, NWCCU, SACSCOC, etc.) • Experience preparing accreditation self-studies and substantive change applications • Experience managing Title IV audits or site visits • Experience at a proprietary or career-focused institution with allied health, nursing, multi-campus, or distance education programs preferred • Strong interpersonal, communication, cross-functional influence, and public presentation skills • Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, faculty, staff, executive leadership, accreditors, and external partners • Ability to communicate clearly and professionally in verbal and written formats, producing regulator-ready narratives • Strong regulatory judgment, project management, and evidence discipline to run multiple filings and audits simultaneously • High degree of independence, integrity, and confidentiality • Ability to use Microsoft Office, especially Excel, student information systems, and compliance management platforms • Ability to work standard business hours, occasional extended hours, and travel up to 15% to branch locations and accreditor meetings • Must submit a 2–5 minute video response summarizing qualifications, interest, and fit

🏖️ Benefits

• Equal Employment Opportunity Employer committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace • Equal access to employment opportunities • Remote-based position • Professional development and training annually