Junior Governance, Risk & Compliance Analyst

Key Responsibilities

• Risk Identification & Monitoring
• Assist in identifying, assessing, and tracking risks across IT and enterprise functions.
• Support maintenance of the enterprise risk register and dashboards used by leadership.
• Governance & Compliance
• Support help draft, organize, and maintain policies, standards, and procedures.
• Support compliance awareness campaigns and training that promote a culture of risk accountability.
• Framework Alignment
• Learn and assist in mapping controls to frameworks such as NIST CSF, COBIT 2019, and ISO 27001.
• Support tracking and validation of control effectiveness through GRC tools or reports.
• Collaboration & Reporting
• Partner with GRC leadership to prepare reports, metrics, and presentations for management.
• Contribute to meetings with stakeholders across Legal, Finance, IT, and Operations.
• Operational Support & Learning
• Provide day-to-day administrative and research assistance to the GRC team.
• Demonstrate initiative, curiosity, and a commitment to learning risk and compliance fundamentals.

Qualifications

• Strong organizational and written communication skills.
• Detail-oriented with an analytical mindset and ability to problem-solve.
• Interest in learning frameworks such as NIST, COBIT, ISO 27001, or SOC 2.
• Desire to learn, hunger to achieve, and persistence to accomplish.
• Nice to have:
• Internship experience in governance, risk, compliance, audit, or related disciplines (internships and academic experience welcome).
• Bachelor’s degree (completed or in progress) in Information Security, Risk Management, Business Administration, or a related field — or equivalent experience.
• Experience supporting policy writing, audits, or risk assessments.
• Exposure to GRC tools or risk management platforms.
• Familiarity with cybersecurity, data protection, or IT operations concepts.
• Relevant certifications (e.g., Security+, CISA, CISM, CGRC) are a plus.

Why Join the GRC Team?

• Opportunity to develop real-world GRC experience in a supportive environment.
• Work directly with senior GRC leadership and cross-functional teams.
• Build the skills needed to progress into a full-time GRC Analyst role.
• Gain enterprise-wide exposure to risk management, compliance, and governance functions.
• Be part of a team driving a risk-first culture across the organization.

Why Join Us?

• Competitive wages in a dynamic, interesting work environment with career growth opportunities.
• Extensive benefit program that can be personalized to your needs.
• Medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, company provided life insurance and supplemental life insurance.
• Generous paid time off to allow the flexibility to balance personal life and work.
• Including paid parental leave for new parents.
• Lee Enterprises is a major subscription and advertising platform and a leading provider of local news and information, with daily newspapers, rapidly growing digital products and nearly 350 weekly and specialty publications serving 72 markets in 25 states.
• Core commitment is to provide valuable, intensely local news and information to the communities we serve.
• Lee Enterprises is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to attracting and retaining a workforce whose diversity reflects the communities we serve.
• We are committed to creating and maintaining a culture of fervent inclusion.