Careers Job Description
General Description
The Office of the Provost at Lehman College is seeking an Associate Director for Research Compliance to coordinate and manage Research Compliance activities across the campus. This position is expected to lead efforts to continually strengthen administrative support for research. The Associate Director will conduct administrative and regulatory review and is responsible for oversight of the Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) and provides administrative and regulatory support to the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), and the Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC).
The position also locally reviews Conflict of Interests (COI), Export Controlled (EC) materials, and Research Agreements and liaises with the CUNY Office of Research as required. In addition, the Associate Director for Research Compliance will be responsible for working closely with faculty and students to raise awareness and ensure compliance in these functional areas of research compliance, providing education and training in regulatory compliance to all stakeholders, and conducting compliance monitoring. This position will report to the Director of Research Operations.
Other Duties
- Manage all aspects of Research Compliance to ensure standards that are essential for the conduct of legal and ethical research at Lehman College.
- Provide guidance to the Lehman College’s research community with regards to applicable federal regulations, state laws, and Lehman College and CUNY policies.
- Manage HRPP operations and ensure timely and high-quality administrative IRB reviews and make exemption determinations for human subjects research projects.
- Serve as the Export Control Officer and Research Agreement Liaison.
- Provide support, as necessary, for other compliance areas including Conflicts of Interest, Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) and the Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC).
- Lead efforts to educate and train the Lehman College research community on research regulations, compliance, and ethics.
- Serve as communications liaison between the CUNY Office of Research and Lehman College researchers on compliance issues.
- Liaison with the Lehman College Office of Sponsored Programs to identify proposals that may require additional compliance reviews.
- assist in analyzing and reviewing agreements that will be processed through the CUNY Research Foundation and the CUNY Office of Research
Qualifications
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree required
- Minimum of 6 years of professional experience in one or more areas in research compliance
- Demonstrated leadership skills as well as excellent critical thinking, organization, and time management skills
- Ability to communicate and work effectively with a broad range of researchers, Lehman College leadership, and all levels of the CUNY institution
- Certified IRB Professional (CIP) preferred.
RFCUNY Benefits
RFCUNY Employee Benefits and AccrualsAbout the Research Foundation
The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) is a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1963 to provide post-award fiscal and administrative support for CUNY’s research and sponsored programs. RFCUNY’s services allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries, on projects and programs that serve our local and global communities, proposing concrete solutions to society’s most pressing challenges.
RFCUNY serves as a fiscal agent and works closely with all the CUNY campus Grants Offices to perform the core functions of post-award financial management for CUNY research projects and sponsored programs. These functions include legal assessment and signing of agreements where RFCUNY is named as a fiscal agent; setting up award accounts; preparing sub-awards and assisting PIs in monitoring the work of the recipients of sub-awards; supporting project directors with hiring and managing research project and sponsored program staff; supporting the purchasing and paying for goods and services with grant and program funds; managing financial aspects of projects including accounts receivable, financial reporting, invoicing, budget monitoring, and cost compliance with uniform guidance; ensuring that sponsor financial requirements are met; monitoring compliance with applicable project and financial management rules and laws; supporting the management of independent and external audits and financial reviews; and providing data, information, management expertise, and other supports to CUNY’s research and sponsored programs.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Key Features
Provost's Office
Full Time
$85,000.00 - $85,000.00
Jul 27, 2022 (Or Until Filled)