UHR Compliance Manager

Important Notifications

Application Deadline: When applying, please keep in mind this posting will close at 11:59 pm the night before the posted "end date". Applications MUST be submitted prior to this deadline.

Current Employees: Do not apply via the OSU Career site. Instead, please login to your regular Workday account and visit the Jobs Hub to apply.

Department: University Human Resources

• Special Instructions to Applicants:

When applying you will be required to attach the following electronic documents:

• A resume; and
• A cover letter indicating how your qualifications and experience have prepared you for this position.

Starting salary will be commensurate with skills, education, and experience.

Job Summary

University Human Resources is seeking a Compliance Manager. This is a full-time (1.00 FTE), 12-month, professional faculty position.

Join University Human Resources at Oregon State University, where your work directly shapes a fair, compliant, and supportive workplace for faculty and staff across the institution. As UHR Compliance Manager, you will serve as a University-wide representative, building and leading compliance programs that protect our people and strengthen our university.

You'll collaborate with campus leaders, colleagues, and external partners on meaningful, complex challenges, with the independence to shape your approach and the support of a collaborative team. If you are driven by integrity, enjoy solving problems, and want your expertise to make a lasting difference, we invite you to bring it to OSU.

Key Responsibilities

• Create and administer compliance programs for University Human Resources.
• Interpret and ensure compliance with University policy, state and federal laws and regulations, and collective bargaining agreements.
• Investigate, analyze, advise, and consult with managers and employees on complex, university-wide compliance, internal control, and risk management topics.
• Monitor and assess processes and transactions for risk, integrity, and compliance, and follow up with coaching, training, or corrective action.
• Provide resources, consultation, subject matter expertise, and training to internal and external stakeholders.
• Research and analyze data and prepare reports to inform decisions.
• Plan, assign, and review the work of other staff, and serve as the University-wide representative for UHR on compliance matters.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a field related to assigned responsibilities OR
• Four years of directly related experience.
• Strong verbal and written communication, analytical, and research skills.
• At least 3 years experience interpreting and applying laws, regulations, policies, and contracts related to subject matter area(s).
• Human Resources experience in compliance, employment law, or data management.
• Knowledge of federal and state laws as they relate to employment and/or labor.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience serving as a department spokesperson on institution-wide committees and initiatives.
• Experience collaborating within a department, across an institution, and with external partners to build and maintain key relationships, resolve conflicts, negotiate solutions, and gain cooperation on significant projects.

Salary Range

$85k - $95k

Anticipated Start Date: 2027-01-04

Anticipated End Date

When applying, please keep in mind this posting will close at 11:59 pm the night before the posted "end date". Applications MUST be submitted prior to this deadline.

OSU will conduct a review of the National Sex Offender Public website prior to hire.

We encourage applications from candidates who bring a wide range of lived experience including involvement with the justice system.

If this position has "critical or security-sensitive" responsibilities and/or driving duties and you are selected as a finalist, your initial job offer will be contingent upon the results of a job-related pre-employment check (such as a background check, motor vehicle history check, sexual misconduct reference check, etc.). Background check results do not automatically disqualify a candidate.

Take a look at our Background Checks website including the for candidates section for more details. If you have questions or concerns about the pre-employment check, please contact OSU's Employee and Labor Relations team at.