Assistant Director, Foreign Influence

Assistant Director, Research Security

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Salary Range $92,000.00 - $146,750.00

Overview

This position's primary focus will be working with Yale faculty, staff, and students to support and safeguard research and scholarship. The primary role of this position will oversee several important compliance issues to support researchers and Yale's efforts to promote international research collaborations consistent with applicable laws, regulations, policies, and guidance pertaining to research security; remaining abreast of national trends in research security compliance; maintaining awareness of relevant privacy, data security, and data sharing laws of countries where Yale collaborative research is occurring; providing advice on national trends and enforcement activities affecting the research enterprise, including those involving foreign activities; and collaborating on the preparation of communications for affected members of Yale's research community. This position will also be asked to provide advice and assistance on advance approval and disclosure requirements related to faculty member's external institutional or funder relationships and reviewing instances of incomplete disclosure or reporting of external activity. The Assistant Director will assist in developing and implementing a tracking system.

Principal Responsibilities

A. External Research and Affiliations Disclosure and Reporting

1. Support and safeguard research and scholarship by overseeing compliance to support researcher's and Yale's efforts to enable international research collaborations consistent with federal regulations.

2. Collaborate with all necessary parties to determine faculty external collaborations related to their research endeavors have been appropriately reviewed, approved, disclosed, and reported. Support compliance aspects of research collaborations with outside institutions and international collaborations. This includes, but is not limited to :

3. Develop background documents for senior leadership.

4. Participate in consultations with faculty and others, as required.

5. Analyze documents and make recommendations to leadership on next steps.

6. Manage and track all cases under review.

7. Oversee all required external activity reporting requirements and work with the appropriate offices, including the Office of General Counsel and the Office of Sponsored Projects, to ensure timely reporting.

8. Additional duties include, but are not limited to : Assist with developing training, in collaboration with others, for faculty and staff related to scientific integrity and transparency and scientific security in research. Secondary Duties Assist with any other duties of the Research Integrity Office.

Required Education and Experience

Bachelor's degree plus 7 years of related experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Required Skill / Ability 1

Demonstrated leadership skills, excellent verbal and written communications skills, and excellent interpersonal skills. Demonstrated experience in dealing with directly with researchers. Self-motivated and broad thinking. Ability to collaborate and work diplomatically with all levels of the organization, including faculty and senior leadership.

Required Skill / Ability 2

Demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality by using diplomacy and tact as needed. Proven ability to interpret and apply regulations and policy to different factual scenarios, applying critical thinking, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

Required Skill / Ability 3

Demonstrated ability conducting, gathering documents, constructing factual narratives and timelines.

Required Skill / Ability 4

Demonstrated ability in writing reports, memos, policies, procedures, forms / templates, and effective practice documents. Strong computer skills using various software tools.

Required Skill / Ability 5

Ability to be a detail-oriented, self-starter with a demonstrated ability to work independently and manage multiple projects and priorities to meet aggressive deadlines.

Working knowledge of federal grants and disclosure requirements, such as NIH, NSF, DoD and DOE.

Preferred Skills and Abilities

J.D. and / or a Ph.D. or graduate degree in a scientific field. Experience working in research administration. Experience working in research integrity and security. Experience writing reports. Knowledge of federal agencies' policies & regulations re : international collaborations and federal agencies disclosure requirements. Assist reviewing COI disclosures to identify foreign COIs.

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Certain positions have associated health requirements based on specific job responsibilities. These may include vaccinations, tests, or examinations, as required by law, regulation, or university policy.

The intent of this job description is to provide a representative summary of the essential functions that will be required of the position and should not be construed as a declaration of specific duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees will be assigned specific job-related duties through their hiring department.

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