The Legal and Compliance Officer is part of a Legal and Compliance team that is dedicated to ensuring UP is always on the right side of the governmental and local requirements. The L&C Officer works alongside experience legal professionals and gain hands on experience in reviewing and verifying document and any other legal requirements.
I.Duties and responsibilities

• Support, coordinate and communicate changes in governmental (Ministry of Health, Ministry ofEducation, CHEA…) and local regulations affecting UP in collaboration with the legal and compliancedepartment
• Is required to keep updated about data and the governmental decisions
• Perform legal research and documentation monitoring by creating data assessments, reviewing data,stamping documents, performing adequate documents according to requests and other legalexecutions
• Contribute to the setup of reliable and UpToDate legal process documentation
• Work with the team to ensure compliance with the governmental and local legislations
• Support in the creation, update, or review of internal policies, memo and risk reports
• Assist in creation of presentations and compliance training to other faculties or departments
• Perform other related duties and assume additional responsibilities as assigned by the Director

II.Qualifications and Requirements:
1.Experience:

• At least 1 year working in a related field (preferred)
• Experience working with government and educational institutions or a similar combination ofqualification and related experience

2.Education:

• A Bachelor Degree in Law, Business, Education or similar qualification

3.Skills/Competencies:

• Knowledge of regulatory compliance principles and practices
• Ability to network effectively an work collaboratively with other staff within the department and UP-wide
• Ability to prioritize workload, exercise judgment, and meet set deadlines
• Outstanding communication skills – including fluent Khmer and English (written and spoken)