Privacy & Legal Compliance Specialist
2 days ago
Job: Privacy & Legal Compliance Specialist
Work Location: Qatar
Organization: Dean's Office - Administration
Work Days: Sunday-Thursday
**Position Summary**:
The position is responsible for facilitating legal and privacy compliance aspects of transactions to ensure that WCM-Q complies with all applicable legislative requirements of both the United States and the State of Qatar and other operational duties as assigned. This role coordinates projects relating to issues such as HIPAA, CLERY, and other applicable laws and regulations and provides support on policy development and training in relation to the same.
**Responsibilities**:
- Monitors activities that require legal and compliance input and ensures that the documentation adheres to institutional and regulatory requirements.
- Drafts and reviews contracts in accordance with applicable laws regulations and institutional policies.
- Maintains and monitors compliance activities, ensuring legal compliance audits are completed and recommendations and analyses are presented to CAO for action.
- Serves as liaison between WCM Compliance, Privacy Office, and WCM-Q community.
- Assists in the development and implementation of internal contracting policies and procedures.
- Generates ad-hoc reports, participates in special projects and performs other related duties as assigned.
- Monitors completion of HIPAA and other privacy-related training requirements, ensuring training is deployed to appropriate audiences.
- Assists with non-HIPAA investigations and training (e.g. GDPR, FERPA).
- Contributes to the smooth functioning of the CAO Office. Implements and monitors office systems to improve efficiency.
- Provides confidential administrative support, handles situations of highly confidential and/or sensitive nature on a daily basis.
- Develops, maintains and/or disseminates departmental or functional specific policies and procedures. Responsible for maintaining a departmental standard operating procedures (SOP) manual if available.
- Required to provide cover for other team members during periods of absence.
- Performs other related duties as directed.
**Education**:
- Bachelor's Degree
**Experience**:
Previous experience supporting a high-level senior executive, a plus.
**Knowledge, Skills and Abilities**:
- Understanding of contract negotiations and/or healthcare knowledge or contract experience.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to interact with multiple constituencies and exercise people skills.
- Experience defining technical requirements and specifications, writing policy, and adapting requirements to technical and business needs.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to multi-task in a results-oriented environment.
- Ability to exercise standards of professionalism, including appearance, presentation, and demeanor.
- Well versed in written and oral English.
**Licenses and Certifications**:
**Working Conditions/Physical Demands**:
Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar was established in 2001 as a partnership between Cornell University and Qatar
Foundation. The first medical school in Qatar and a pioneer of coeducation at university level, WCM-Q offers an integrated program of pre-medical and medical studies leading to the Cornell University M.D. degree. Teaching is by Cornell and Weill Cornell faculty, including physicians at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) who hold Weill Cornell appointments.
Enrollment has grown rapidly from 25 first year pre-medical students in fall 2002 to over 200 students from more than 30 countries as we entered our sixth year of operation in September 2007.
WCM-Q is part of Weill Cornell Medical College, which was founded in New York City over 100 years ago, and shares the same mission:
- to provide the finest education possible for medical students
- to conduct research at the cutting edge of knowledge
- to improve health care both now and for future generations
- to provide the highest quality of care to the community
Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Minorities/Females/Vet/Disabled employer.
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