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Compliance Specialist

Execute standard operating procedures and practices for the organization to ensure programmatic, local state and federal laws and funder compliance.

Annual openings

336

BLS median wage

$85,990

Typical education

Bachelor's degree

10-year growth

+10%

Career requirements

What does this career require?

The education, credentials, and on-the-job competencies Colorado employers expect for this role.

Typical education

Bachelor's degree

Credential requirement

No specific credential listed yet

Is this work a fit?

What the work actually feels like

How people in this career tend to spend their time, the interests it draws on, and a look at a typical day.

Work style

  • With kids/peopleOccasionally
  • On a computerOccasionally
  • Outdoors / on-siteOccasionally
  • With your handsOccasionally

Interests it draws on

  • Government
  • Public Administration

Automation exposure

Low exposure

Tasks here lean on judgement and people skills that are hard to automate.

A typical day

  1. Communicate scientific or technical information to the public, organizations, or internal audiences through oral briefings, written documents, workshops, conferences, training sessions, or public hearings.
  2. Collect, synthesize, analyze, manage, and report environmental data, such as pollution emission measurements, atmospheric monitoring measurements, meteorological or mineralogical information, or soil or water samples.
  3. Review and implement environmental technical standards, guidelines, policies, and formal regulations that meet all appropriate requirements.
  4. Provide scientific or technical guidance, support, coordination, or oversight to governmental agencies, environmental programs, industry, or the public.
  5. Prepare charts or graphs from data samples, providing summary information on the environmental relevance of the data.
  6. Research sources of pollution to determine their effects on the environment and to develop theories or methods of pollution abatement or control.