Rochester Institute of Technology
Research Compliance Specialist II
Rochester, NY, USA · Mid · Contract
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About the role
- Position Highlights Join Rochester Institute of Technology's Sponsored Research Services team and play a key role in supporting the university's growing research enterprise.
- This position helps ensure research activities are conducted with integrity while fostering a culture of compliance and ethics across the university.
- This position is fully on campus and is not eligible for remote work.
Responsibilities
- Manage the Conflict of Interest (COI) process for sponsored research projects, including reviews, management plans, and compliance with federal sponsor and RIT requirements.
- Utilize research administration and compliance systems to track, document, and report compliance activities.
- Support pre-award and post-award non-financial compliance requirements related to agencies such as NSF, NIH, DOE, NASA, and DOD.
- Conducts export control compliance reviews on all sponsored projects, OFAC and banned party screening, project reviews, and determinations. Creates Technology Control Plans (TCPs) when necessary
- Sponsored Research Services (SRS) operates within the Office of the Vice President for Research and supports RIT's expanding research portfolio.
- SRS partners closely with faculty, researchers, and financial and compliance offices across the university to support responsible research administration and advance RIT's strategic research goals.
- Ability to establish and maintain relationships with state and federal regulatory agencies
- The office manages more than 720 proposals annually and oversees approximately $100 million in research awards each year.
Requirements
- Conduct export control compliance reviews, OFAC and restricted party screenings, project assessments, and develop Technology Control Plans (TCPs) when required.
- Assists on research misconduct reviews as required
- Master's degree in related field
- This will be required to ensure your application is processed in a timely manner.
- Candidates must be eligible to work in the United States.
Compensation
- In compliance with NYS's Pay Transparency Act, the salary range for this position is listed above.
- $90,000.00 Annual
Benefits
- Minimum Education & Experience
- An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered
Company info
- If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please contact the Human Resources office at 585-475-2424 or email your request to careers@rit.edu.
- As part of a division of more than 35 professionals, the Research Compliance Specialist will contribute to ensuring compliance, accountability, and excellence throughout the research lifecycle
Equal opportunity
- Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.
Visa & Work Authorization
- nterest (COI) process for sponsored research projects, including reviews, management plans, and compliance with federal sponsor and RIT requirements
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