Summary

The Global Due Diligence and GRC Associate is a member of PATH’s Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) team and reports to the GRC Manager. The Global Due Diligence and GRC Associate is responsible for managing PATH’s internal due diligence process and providing project and administrative support for the strategy, development, implementation, and evaluation of PATH’s GRC program. The Global Due Diligence and GRC Associate works in close collaboration with the GRC Manager; Director of Grants, Contracts, and Global Risk & Compliance; Senior Program Assistant for the LARC division; Office of Grants and Contracts; Internal Audit; Investigations; and designated due diligence programmatic and functional leads.

Responsibilities

Due Diligence Process Responsibilities:

• Lead the operational due diligence process to ensure accurate, compliant, and timely content for donors or requestors.
• Coordinate and consult with subject matter experts from relevant departments across the organization to develop appropriate responses.
• Ensure proactive and responsive communication with internal due diligence requestors and subject matter experts.
• Vet each completed due diligence request to ensure a cohesive, internally consistent, and institutionally sound submission.
• Identify and address opportunities for process improvements in due diligence request management.
• Strengthen knowledge management by building and updating the due diligence knowledge repository.
• Track new or revised PATH policies and procedures and implications for the due diligence process.
• Monitor and report on trends in due diligence requests from external parties.
• Promote awareness of the due diligence process among PATH teams, publicizing and reinforcing expectations for engagement with the process.

Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) Responsibilities:

• Co-coordinate the organization’s operational and enterprise risk management efforts, inclusive of stakeholder engagement, mitigation tracking, ET and Board reporting, and process evaluation and improvement.
• Assist in promoting awareness and education on risk and compliance topics across PATH.
• Support the development and maintenance of best practices in risk management by the GRC team when they partner with internal and external resources.
• Support PATH’s GRC Council.
• Manage institutional data privacy reporting portal, including intake and triage of all reported data privacy violations; investigation of reported incidents; and recommendations regarding appropriate corrective actions.
• Partner with the GRC team on priority GRC initiatives, as required to advance PATH’s Strategy 2025.
• Perform other duties as required by the GRC Manager.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field, with a minimum of two years of experience in risk and compliance and one year in project management and/or administration.
• Ability to work flexibly and responsively both remotely and in-person, across multiple time zones.
• Excellent judgment and ability to negotiate complexity with nuance, attention to detail, and diplomacy.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Outstanding project, time management, and collaboration skills.
• Comfortable taking initiative, working independently, and navigating a fast-paced environment while prioritizing effectively across multiple tasks and projects.
• Strong research skills and data-driven approach.
• Ability to identify and implement process improvements.
• Curious, agile thinker and creative problem-solver