How to Apply

Inquiries, nominations, and applications are invited. Review of applications will continue until the position is filled, but for fullest consideration, applicant materials are encouraged to be submitted by Friday, May 5, 2023. Candidates should provide a resume or curriculum vitae and a letter of application that addresses the candidate’s experience and qualifications relative to the responsibilities and requirements described. Candidate confidentiality will be respected to the highest degree allowable under the laws of the State of Michigan. Confidential inquiries, nominations, and applications may be directed to Spelman Johnson.

Summary

The Ethics, Integrity and Compliance Officer is a new position. The creation of this role reflects a top priority of the University’s new President, Santa J. Ono; and, to reflect that importance, the incumbent will report directly to the President.

Who We Are

U-M is one of the great public research universities in the nation and the world. Since the nineteenth century, it has served as a national model of a complex, diverse, and comprehensive public institution of higher learning that supports excellence in research, provides outstanding undergraduate, graduate, and professional education, and demonstrates commitment to public service and engagement.

U-M was chartered in 1817 by the Michigan territorial legislature and was initially located in Detroit. In 1837, after Michigan had been admitted to the Union, the State of Michigan renewed the charter and relocated the university to Ann Arbor, where classes were first held in 1841. Today, the main campus is located in Ann Arbor, 35 miles west of Detroit, with regional campuses located in the cities of Dearborn and Flint.

The university is governed by the Board of Regents of the university, consisting of eight members elected at large in biennial state elections, and the president of the university, who serves as an ex officio member. The regents serve without compensation for overlapping terms of eight years. According to the Michigan Constitution of 1963, the regents are responsible for “general supervision” of the institution and “the control and direction of all expenditures from the institution’s funds.” The regents meet periodically in formal public sessions as well as in informal sessions.

Santa J. Ono became the University’s 15th president on October 14, 2022. Dr. Ono was previously president and vice chancellor of the University of British Columbia, and before that served as president of the University of Cincinnati and senior vice provost and deputy to the provost at Emory University. Dr. Ono is an experienced vision researcher whose pioneering work in experimental medicine focuses on the immune system and eye disease.

U-M’s position of excellence in higher education rests on the outstanding scholarly and creative contributions of its faculty and on the intellectual quality, vitality, and passion of its students — undergraduate, graduate, and professional. Its 19 schools and colleges, as well as its centers, institutes, and libraries, are nationally and internationally recognized. U-M is a founding member of the Association of American Universities (AAU).

U-M sustains top programs in the arts and humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and engineering, and in all of the major professional schools. It is the home of one of the largest and leading academic medical centers in the world. U-M is also recognized for its outstanding interdisciplinary institutes and centers, such as the Institute for Social Research, the Life Sciences Institute, and the Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation. Overall, there are more than 3,000 tenured and tenure-track faculty on the Ann Arbor campus, and an additional 4,000 individuals in instructional and research faculty roles such as clinical instructional faculty, research faculty, lecturers, and supplemental instructional staff.

The Ann Arbor campus currently enrolls approximately 32,000 undergraduates and 18,000 graduate and professional students. Its undergraduate students come from Michigan as well as from all 50 states and from more than one hundred countries. Today, U-M has more than 600,000 living alumni around the globe. The campus is supported by approximately 29,000 staff members (not including the medical center staff).

The campus covers about 3,200 acres in and near Ann Arbor. Other holdings include about 18,000 additional acres in regional campuses, field stations, and other properties for research and teaching. In addition to classrooms, laboratories, and specialized research facilities, the university community makes use of a vast array of resources, including libraries, concert halls, art museums, and galleries, an arboretum, botanical gardens, and athletic and recreational facilities. The university calendar offers a prodigious diversity of events and activities. Many thousands of conferences, symposia, speeches, workshops, concerts, performances, recitals, films, readings, and athletic events take place each year. As well, over 1,000 clubs and organizations provide innumerable opportunities for faculty, staff, and students to take part in the university community.

As a public institution, the revenues and expenditures of U-M are maintained in accordance with the governmental accounting principles of fund accounting. The total operating budget for the Ann Arbor campus was over $10 billion for fiscal year 2022, including almost $6 billion for the university health system. For FY 2022, the budget for the academic operations of the Ann Arbor campus totaled approximately $4 billion (for more detailed information on the university’s finances, please reference the university annual reports). U-M operates in a relatively decentralized manner, employing a hybrid budget model consisting of responsibility center budgeting, incremental budgeting, and centralized/initiative budgeting.

As a public university, U-M is dedicated to service in the larger world. Faculty research addresses a large range of critical issues — health care, robotics, the environment, social interventions, education reform and improvement, poverty solutions, human mobility, and many others. By extending fundamental understandings and advancing technological innovations, university scientists and engineers contribute to remarkable advances that are transforming life and contributing to building the economy of the state, region, and nation. University scholars in the humanities and the arts advance societal understanding around the most pressing and challenging problems facing the world today. Students take part in research alongside faculty in research labs, libraries, and community-based service and learning projects. The university collaborates with other universities, colleges, and K-12 schools, and provides research and other services for a variety of state and private agencies.

From its status as one of the first universities in the nation to admit women in 1870, to its historic defense of race-conscious admission policies at the United States Supreme Court in 2003, U-M continues to lead the way in making higher education accessible to all. In the fall of 2016, after a year of intense planning, U-M launched its five-year strategic plan for diversity, equity, and inclusion, which signified a renewed pledge for developing a diverse university community while creating an inclusive and equitable campus climate. In 2018, U-M launched the Go Blue Guarantee, a program for in-state students on the Ann Arbor campus that guarantees four years of free tuition for most undergraduate students from families with annual incomes of $65,000 or less.

Responsibilities*

Reporting to the President, the University’s inaugural Ethics, Integrity, and Compliance Officer (EICO) will serve as a champion across all three campuses and the academic medical center for ethics, integrity, and compliance (EIC). The EICO assists units in coordinating EIC activities and responds to compliance guidance questions; advises the President, Executive Officer team, and Board of Regents on EIC issues; and coordinates with key stakeholders to develop and track training across the entire enterprise, including developing priorities, so faculty and staff are knowledgeable of institutional policies and pertinent federal and state standards. The EICO will develop an ongoing campaign to heighten awareness of the university’s various compliance programs; chair the Ethics, Integrity, and Compliance Committee; and work with EIC officials to support their work and gain further insights on issues across the entire enterprise.

Additional responsibilities of the position include:

• Serve as a key leader and catalyst for instilling EIC values and best practices throughout all University of Michigan (U-M) campuses and Michigan Medicine
• Review hotline reports and other sources of information to identify potential areas for risk, particular cross-cutting compliance issues, and opportunities for improvement
• Meet with units and audits to ensure follow-up on audit recommendations, as appropriate
• Engage on ethical matters with a high degree of integrity, discretion, and confidentiality and with the utmost care for the people and units involved
• Create and maintain a compliance matrix
• Maintain policy library
• Provide astatus report to the Board on a quarterly basis
• Work with other units, including University survey research experts, to develop an ethics, integrity, and compliance survey on a regular cadence
• Develop and publish a public annual report that analyzes the then-current state of ethics, integrity, and compliance

Partner with culture and values leaders to ensure the University is living up to its highest.

Required Qualifications*

A bachelor’s degree and at least ten years of compliance or related experience are required. An advanced degree and significant experience in higher education, particularly at public research institutions with an academic medical center and large collegiate sports program, are preferred. The ideal candidate will possess a deep understanding of challenges and opportunities for ethics, integrity, and compliance at large, complex institutions; demonstrated success in building relationships and generating trust with key stakeholders; and a demonstrated ability to manage and prioritize multiple, complex, time-sensitive efforts simultaneously with a high degree of organization and effectiveness.

Additional characteristics of a successful candidate include:

• Demonstrated ability to listen and communicate effectively orally and in writing.
• Adept at navigating and responding to sensitive situations with tact and diplomacy.
• Good judgment and creative, practical problem-solving skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills and experience working with a diverse range of partners/stakeholders.
• Integrity and a strong moral and ethical compass.
• A deep and abiding commitment to the mission of higher education.

Additional Information

As the role of the EICO evolves, the person appointed to this position will need to assess the equity and compliance environment of the University and work with the President, General Counsel, and other critical stakeholders to develop both a short-term and longer-term plan for the EIC Office. The new EICO will need to meet with the internal departments and external partners that are currently handling complaints, investigations, and training to better understand the landscape of the offices who work in areas of compliance.

The following items will initially define success for the new EICO:

• There is clear evidence that the EICO has built productive, collaborative relationships across the institution.
• The EICO has effectively educated UM campuses and Michigan Medicine on the department’s function and processes.
• Data collection processes and the use of assessment measures are in place, enabling data-driven decisions within the EIC Office and across the institution.
• The EICO effectively and efficiently address issues and provide timely responses to the organizations and individuals who engage with the Office.
• The EICO has engaged critical stakeholders in discussions about best practices and the University’s direction on issues of equity, integrity, and compliance.

Application Deadline

Job openings are posted for a minimum of seven calendar days. The review and selection process may begin as early as the eighth day after posting. This opening may be removed from posting boards and filled anytime after the minimum posting period has ended.

U-M EEO/AA Statement

The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.