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Towson University (TU) is one of the nation’s top 100 public universities. Located north of Baltimore, TU currently enrolls more than 19,000 students and is the second-largest university in the prestigious University System of Maryland. Towson University values diversity and fosters a climate that is grounded in respect and inclusion to cultivate the intellectual and personal growth of the entire university community.

The Compliance Specialist will support the Assistant Director of Compliance in the oversight of various compliance areas, including human subjects (IRB), animal subjects (IACUC), IBC, export control, and conflict of interest. The Compliance Specialist will also support the post-award team in fulfilling compliance functions related to closeout of grant awards and subrecipient monitoring.

• Works to ensure that the university’s research activities are registered and conducted in compliance with institutional standard operating procedures and federal, state, and local regulations including OHRP, OLAW, USDA, OSHA, and The Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant and Synthetic Nucleic Acid Molecules.
• Attends all IRB and similar meetings. Ensures that all records are secured and properly archived, keeps abreast of changes in regulations, maintains policy documents and SOPs.
• Assists the Post-Award Associate Director in compliance-related activities such as subrecipient monitoring and award closeout processes.
• Assists OSPR with tracking protocol turnaround times, and otherwise generate data and statistics for quality assurance and quality improvement initiatives.

Telework may be available for this position up to two days per week following the completion of 90 days of service in good standing.

Required:

• Bachelor's degree
• Experience in a research compliance area such as animal subjects (Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), Human Subjects (Institutional Review Board (IRB), Institutional Biosafety (Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC), Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) or experience working with animals in a research, teaching environment or related field.
• Ability to understand and interpret federal laws and regulations.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Ability to manage timelines and multiple priorities.
• Capable of working independently.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• This position involves interacting with employees, customers, consultants, and/or vendors at all levels of the organization.

Preferred:

• Knowledge of federal regulations pertaining to laboratory animal welfare compliance and institutional biosafety regulations.
• Experience with electronic research administration software such as Kuali.

$60,000 annually and full University benefits that include 22 days of annual leave, up to 15 holidays, personal and sick days; excellent health, life, and retirement plans; and tuition remission. To learn more about our benefits, click here. TU also offers a variety of great perks and discounts, which can be found here.

If you are motivated, innovative and team-oriented, we would love to hear from you.
For consideration, please submit a cover letter and resume with your online application.

This position will be open for a minimum of 14 days.

The safety of our students, faculty, staff, and neighbors has been our top priority and the focus of every one of our decisions since the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, the University System of Maryland (USM) has strongly encouraged full COVID vaccination and up-to-date booster shots (when eligible) for all faculty, staff, and students at all schools in the USM as both a reasonable and necessary means of protecting our health and safety.