Grants & Contracts Compliance Manager

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Job Category:

Academic Staff

Employment Type:

Regular

Job Profile:

Sponsored Programs, Grants & Contracts Compliance Manager

Job Summary:

The Grants & Contracts Compliance Manager will address increasing research compliance demands, including resolving outstanding effort certifications and establishing agreement development processes and templates. This role would provide oversight of compliance activities, ensure adherence to institutional and sponsor requirements, and develop the policies and procedures necessary to reduce risk and support efficient research administration operations.

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Serves as a key resource to campus regarding research administration compliance areas and may supervise staff
• Develops, implements, and evaluates policies and procedures related to compliance with federal, state, local, and/or university regulations
• Assists principal investigators, researchers, administrative staff, leadership, and others to ensure institutional compliance with applicable regulations

Ensures institutional compliance related, but not limited to: audit coordination, conflict of interest, intellectual property, and institutional review boards, export controls, effort, or other policies

Department:

UW-Madison, College of Computing and Artificial Intelligence, Research Administration

Preferred Qualifications:

• Five or more years of experience in research administration or research compliance within a higher education, academic medical center, or research-intensive environment.
• Experience managing compliance requirements associated with federal and industry-sponsored awards and agreements, including those from NSF, NIH, DOE, and DOD.
• Experience in one or more research compliance areas, including conflict of interest, research security, export controls, effort reporting, audit coordination, intellectual property, responsible conduct of research, and data management and sharing.
• Experience developing and delivering compliance training, outreach, and educational programs for faculty, researchers, and staff.
• Experience partnering with investigators, leadership, and administrative stakeholders to identify, assess, and mitigate compliance risks.
• Professional certification such as Certified Research Administrator (CRA) or a related research administration or compliance credential.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree required in research administration, business administration, public administration, compliance, or a related field.
• Advanced degree preferred in research administration, business administration, public administration, higher education administration, compliance, law, or a related field.
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Conditions of Appointment: This is a 100% Academic Staff appointment. Salary will be assigned within the appropriate range, commensurate with the candidate's qualifications and experience. An excellent benefits package is also included. Successful applicants are responsible for ensuring their eligibility to work in the United States (i.e.

a citizen or national of the United States, a lawful permanent resident, a foreign national authorized to work in the United States without need of employer sponsorship) on or before the effective date of appointment.

Contact Information:

Meghan Cobb cobb5@wisc.edu

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