Details:Posted: September 3, 2025 Level: Management / Confidential (Manager 1) Hours: Full-time, 40 hours per week Closing Date: Applications must be submitted by 5:00pm (EST) on Wednesday, October 1, 2025.Location:CT State Community College 185 Main Street, New Britain, CT 06051 **This position is not remote** For more information about CT State Community College and the campus please visitCT State Community College Mission:Connecticut State Community College provides access to academically rigorous and innovative education and training focused on student success. The college supports excellence in teaching and learning, makes data-informed decisions, promotes equity, and advances positive change for the students, communities and industries it serves.CT State Community College Vision:Connecticut State Community College is recognized for exceptional student success, educational leadership and transformative collaboration with business and industry, government, educational and key stakeholders while advancing diverse opportunities for Connecticut’s citizens and communities.CT State Community College Equity Statement:Connecticut State Community College commits to bold and disruptive change by actively identifying, naming, and dismantling structural racism, systemic poverty, and other barriers; establishing equitable and anti-racist policies and practices; and empowering students, faculty, staff, and administrators to advance racial, social, and economic justice. Our core collective responsibility is to continuously assess practices and policies and transform the world we live in by eliminating inequities.Anticipated Start Date:December 2025Position Summary:The Compliance Specialist and Youth Protection Coordinator serves as CT State’s central point of contact for youth protection in any CT State program that involves minors. The Compliance Specialist and Youth Protection Coordinator provides confidential, technical, and professional level support to the CT State organizational compliance framework especially as it relates to minors participating in CT State programsExample of Job Duties:Under the direction of the Data Privacy and Compliance Manager, the Compliance Specialist and Youth Protection Coordinator is responsible for effective performance in these essential duties:
Monitors and ensures compliance with federal and state regulatory requirements as well as CSCU policies, especially as they relate to the protection of minors.
Investigates complex compliance issues and complaints, especially as they relate to the protection of minors, and makes recommendations to the Compliance Officer.
Implements approved Board of Regents youth protection policies.
Serves as the central liaison to CT State campuses for matters related to the protection of minors.
Serves as liaison to other departments, e.g., Department of Children and Families and Office of Early Childhood, in ensuring compliance with youth protection laws, policies, and procedures.
Develops and oversees youth protection training for CT State mandated reporters.
This posting includes qualifications, experience and skills but is not limited to the full specifications stated in the job description.Minimum Qualifications:Bachelor’s degree in a related field and 5 years of experience with minor protection policy administration, training, compliance work, human resources, and/or other related areas.Incumbents are required to have demonstrated advanced knowledge and abilities in the following:
Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and compliance management software.
Experience in developing, drafting and implementing policies and procedures.
Demonstrated active listening skills, problem sensing and solving skills, and customer service orientation.
Ability to maintain strict standards of confidentiality.
Ability to create effective training materials.
Candidates must possess proven ability to effectively work with culturally, linguistically, and ethnically diverse faculty, staff, and students. They are expected to have excellent interpersonal oral and written communication skills along with strong Information technology literacy skills such as Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams etc.).Preferred Qualifications:
Proven experience in a compliance role.
Experience working in higher education.
Starting Salary:Salary range; $86,869-$108,586 approximate annual plus excellent State of CT medical insurance, retirement, and related fringe benefits. The salary will be based on the selected candidate’s qualifications such as education and job-related experience, and internal equity.We offer a comprehensive benefits package to help you stay well, protect yourself and your family, and plan for a secure future. Benefits include generous leave policies; several retirement plans; and many choices for comprehensive health insurance. You also have access to many additional benefits to save for retirement, protect your family & more with supplemental benefits. Tuition reimbursement may apply if applicable. For more information, please visit our website at: .Application Instructions:To apply you must submit a cover letter and resume. The cover letter may be entered as text in the corresponding box, or it can be uploaded as a combined file with the resume.Incomplete applications or those submitted after the closing date will not be considered and links to other sources to view resumes are not acceptable. To apply via our website, visit .Selection Procedure:Following the closing date, application materials will be evaluated by a selection committee. Candidates selected for further consideration will be limited to those applicants who are best qualified based on the minimum and preferred qualifications and who have submitted all the required documents by the closing date and time listed on the job announcement. Candidates who have been selected and approved to interview will be contacted, and finalists will be recommended for further consideration by the Hiring Manager for final selection and recommendation for employment. The selection process may also include practical exercises (i.e., teaching demonstration and/or other written, technical, manipulative, or simulation exercises) to evaluate candidates' qualifications.Background Screening:All employment, if offered, is contingent upon proof of citizenship or employability under the requirement of the Immigration and Control Act (IRCA) and the successful passing of a background check, including granting permission to contact current and previous employers for verification. CSCU is committed to providing a safe campus community. Background investigations include reference checks, a criminal history record check and, when appropriate, a financial (credit) report or driving history check.Continuing Notice of NondiscriminationCT State Community College does not discriminate on the basis of age, ancestry, color, national origin, gender identity or expression, genetic information, learning disability, marital status, intellectual disability, physical disability (including but not limited to blindness), present or past history of mental disability, prior criminal record, race, religious creed, sex (including pregnancy and sexual harassment), sexual orientation, retaliation for previously opposed discrimination or coercion, veteran status, victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and/or trafficking or any other federal or state protected class in its employment, programs, and activities, unless the provisions of Section 46a-80(b) or 46a-81(b) of the Connecticut General Statutes are controlling or there are bona fide occupational qualifications excluding persons in one of the above protected groups.For information regarding the nondiscrimination, disability, and Title IX policies/procedures, contact: John-Paul Chaisson-Cardenas, Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, CT State Community College, 185 Main Street, New Britain, CT 06051, 860-612-7056 or .CSCC IS AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.Powered by JazzHR
