Research Integrity Analyst

Virginia Commonwealth University•Richmond, VA

3d•$60,000•Remote

About The Position

The VCU Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation (VPR&I) is dedicated to fostering transformative research, discovery, and innovation at Virginia Commonwealth University through excellence in service. The Office of Research Integrity and Ethics (ORIE), within the VPR&I, is responsible for administering and managing research conflict of interest activities and other areas related to research integrity. This position plays a key role in the daily operations of research conflict of interest (COI) assessment, review, monitoring, and reporting, as well as additional project management for the office.

Requirements

Demonstrated ability to work in and foster an environment of respect, professionalism and civility with a population of faculty, staff, and students from all backgrounds and experiences, or a commitment to do so as a staff member at VCU.
Only applicants who do not require current or future sponsorship for employment will be considered.
Bachelor’s degree required.
Familiarity with academic research environment.
Demonstrated ability to maintain strict confidentiality.
Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
Excellent interpersonal skills including demonstrated ability to work with team members.
Demonstrated ability to work independently and willingness to accept supervision.
Ability to prioritize, organize, and produce accurate work in a dynamic environment.
Demonstrated organizational skills for developing and maintaining databases, data entry, and reporting on the data.

Nice To Haves

Education or work experience in STEM or health care-related field.
Experience in a college or university setting.

Responsibilities

Complete COI reviews or refer complex reviews for additional review, fully documenting analysis in review notes.
Interact with other offices/individuals with questions and record responses in review notes.
Contact investigators/research team when FIR completion/updates are required and monitor their status.
Communicate with OVPRI entities and research teams about status of COI review requests.
Initiate draft management plans.
Finalize and issue management plans.
Participate in regular COI in Research team meetings.
Monitor Financial Interest Report updates by investigators at regular intervals; follow up on management plan adherence.
Monitor updates in the Activity and Interest Reporting System (AIRS).
Assess updates in the context of existing research projects.
Monitor for changes needed in prior dispositions in the AIRS.
Monitor conflicted investigators about management plan adherence; send out, assess, and refer (as needed) COI follow up reports.
Maintain currency of COI, CI, and ICOI dispositions and relevant comments related to status of conflict; maintain currency of subrecipient documents.
Initiate and document management follow-up.
Keep track of research study performance dates and inactivate management plans when necessary; consolidate management plans as needed.
Develop and produce a variety of metrics reports annually and on request.
Participate in QA and QI initiatives for the COI Program.
Communicate with COI Committee voting and ex officio members and occasional guests; determine quorum for meetings.
Assist in agenda assembly; provide metrics for the agenda.
Maintain COI Committee membership list, renewals, appreciation letters.
Set up for meetings; facilitate in-person or virtual meetings.
Transcribe minutes from meetings.
Support ad hoc COIC meetings as needed.
Review data from a variety of university entities for institutional conflicts with research.
Maintain records/databases of review results.
Support ICOI reports and/or committee meetings.
Provide support, upon request, for ORIE activities that include research misconduct proceedings and Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR).
Assist in maintaining and developing ORIE COI webpages and other ORIE resources.
Research and analyze topics in research integrity by request.
Additional project management support as needed.