Position: Global Ethics and Compliance Intern | ||
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Job Id: 2377 | ||
# of Openings: 1 | ||
Hours: Full-time; 40 hours per week
Department: Global Operations Salary: Commensurate with required experience and qualifications Reports to: Senior Director, Global Ethics and Compliance Location: Remote; in-person operations based in Chevy Chase, Maryland, US University Research Co., LLC (URC) Guided by a strong vision of equitable and resilient systems that respond to people's needs and emerging threats, URC helps countries and local actors to build, implement, and sustain science-driven, scalable solutions. Established in 1965, URC offers a range of technical expertise to empower governments, communities, and service providers toward strengthening their own health and social systems and improve service quality. We aim to expand access to and improve the quality of services, addressing maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health; global health security and infectious diseases, including HIV/AIDS, TB, and malaria; reproductive health and family planning; nutrition and water, sanitation, and hygiene. In our interactions with each other and our clients, we stay true to our values for transformative change by focusing on:
Summer Internship Program:
URC is searching for a paid summer intern to support URC's Global Ethics and Compliance Office. The summer internship program at URC is designed to develop highly motivated, engaged learners, and diverse emerging talent who wish to make an impact in international development. This is an exciting and unique opportunity to engage with URC colleagues and benefit from an engaging learning environment. Overview: The primary role of URC's Global Ethics and Compliance Office (Office) is to foster a culture of trust and respect, both internally and externally, in URC's ethics and compliance framework, reporting, incident management, and follow up procedures. Mutual trust and respect between key organizational functions and the Office is fundamental to ensure the well-functioning of an ethical and compliant organization. Success requires a mindset of collaboration with all functions at all organizational levels of URC and applying our cultural values to the performance of our work. This is accomplished through both real-time and "as needed" support to U.S.-based staff and staff based internationally on URC's project teams. The Office is expanding an existing infrastructure, systems and processes to meet internal, contractual and legal obligations and developing appropriate compliance strategies, training and initiatives necessary to minimize noncompliance and/or unethical conduct within URC and those working on behalf of URC. The Office oversees case management and investigations of all reports of compliance and ethics violations including harassment, trafficking, sexual exploitation and abuse, fraud, corruption, and other Code of Conduct and organizational values alleged breaches. Responsibilities: Specific responsibilities include the following: Systems Support
Compliance and Incident Reporting
Additional and other responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Qualifications:
Required Experience and Qualifications
Preferred Experience and Qualifications
Physical Demands
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Unless otherwise directed we will retain your CV in our database for future opportunities. This position is open to qualified candidates legally authorized to work in the United States.
URC is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.
We value and seek diversity in our workforce |
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