Assistant Director, Outside Activities, Office of Research Support and Compliance

Manages a team of outside activities and COI analysts. Hires, trains, supervises, and oversees staff in daily office operations. Evaluates staff performance for quality, productivity and efficiency. Monitors work processes and workflow through continuous quality improvement to ensure efficient and customer-oriented responsiveness. Develops and maintains standard operating procedures for financial conflict of interest (FCOI) and COC/Outside Activities review processes.Assists staff with COI research certifications and outside activity approval requests as required to assure efficient turnaround. Regularly evaluates staff reviews to ensure they are being correctly determined and appropriate follow-up guidance is being provided. Collaborates with the Director in identifying and handling complex issues through daily monitoring of incoming disclosures, reviews in-process, and communications.Develops Financial Conflict of Interest and Conflict of Commitment management plans to promote objectivity in the design, conduct and reporting of research and to ensure that outside activities do not unduly interfere with employees performance of institutional responsibilities. Monitors management plan compliance through receiving and reviewing annual reports as assigned.Acts as a primary source of expertise for faculty and staff members and their supervisors for information about outside interests and activities related to their university responsibilities. Serves as a liaison with departmental reviewers to address questions about complex conflict of interest situations. Assists with the development of guidance materials and training opportunities for departments, research units and administrative offices to promote compliance with FCOI and Outside Activities policies.Identifies stakeholder data needs related to COI/COC disclosures and collaborates with Research IT to develop and disseminate information. Assists the Director with ongoing electronic system design and implementation. Assists department leadership, administrators, and ancillary reviewers in performing their review and reporting activities in the system.Maintains current knowledge and expertise in regulations and best practices related to conflicts of interest, conflicts of commitment, grants compliance, research security and other related compliance topics. Attends meetings, conferences, and webinars on related topics.Provides support for Objectivity in Research Committee activities, including the preparation of FCOI case summaries for Committee review and the completion of required post-meeting actions by the ORSC.