Research Compliance Manager

POSITION TITLE: Research Compliance Manager

COMPENSATION RANGE: 90,000. USD per year

EMPLOYMENT CLASSIFICATION: Professional Administrative

DEPARTMENT: Office of Spons Programs Operations

TARGET HIRE DATE: 10/1/2026

BENEFITS: UNC’s Career Hub

Candidates must have valid U.S. work authorization at the time of application; UNC cannot provide H-1B sponsorship at this time.

The Research Compliance Manager is responsible for overseeing all aspects of research protections and regulatory compliance at UNC. This position ensures that research activities undertaken at UNC meetUNC, state, and federal regulations.

• -assisting investigators in the preparation of IRB applications, contracts, and informed consent forms;
• -manages review of protocol submissions via Streamlyne to ensure the category of review is appropriate, and that protocol materials follow institutional policies, procedures and federal regulations;
• -maintains documentation of protocols and actions taken through the course of a research project so that record-keeping is in compliance with federal regulations and available for internal and federal regulatory audits;
• -establishes and maintains protocol records and a database for human subjects research;
• -creates statistical and administrative reports related to IRB activity and human subject research;
• -prepares and presents information to IRB Chairs and board members;
• -assists in overseeing IRB expenditures and in making budgetary recommendations so that institutional support to the IRB can be documented and presented to federal regulatory agencies in the case of an institutional compliance review;
• -prepares and submits UNC’s Federal Wide Assurance to the Office of Human Research Protections that documents compliance with federal human subjects’ protections;
• -manages the IRB Authorization Agreement process when other research sites are involved.

• -assisting investigators in the preparation of IACUC applications and appropriate research activities;
• -manages review of protocol submissions via Streamlyne to ensure that protocol materials follow institutional policies, procedures and federal regulations;
• -maintains documentation of protocols and actions taken through the course of a research project so that record-keeping is in compliance with federal regulations and available for internal and federal regulatory audits;
• -establishes and maintains protocol records and a database for vertebrate research;
• -creates statistical and administrative reports related to IACUC activity and human subject research;
• -prepares and presents information to the IACUC Chair and committee members;
• -assists in overseeing IACUC expenditures and in making budgetary recommendations so that institutional support to the IACUC can be documented and presented to federal regulatory agencies in the case of an institutional compliance review;
• -prepares and submits UNC’s assurance through Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW) that documents compliance with Public Health Service (PHS) policy.

In addition, the Research Compliance Manager the incumbent is responsible for overseeing the UNC Animal Research Facility (ARF). OverseeingARF includes:

• -regularly inspecting ARF to ensure animals are receiving appropriate care;
• -overseeing training for ARF staff;
• -managing the ARF budget;
• -supervising the ARF Manager.

• -sending the annual FCOI survey to all staff conducting research via Streamlyne;
• -reviewing all FCOI responses to make a determination if conflict exists;
• -working with the AVP of Research to mitigate any identified FCOI;
• -ensuring that all Principal Investigators (PI’s) receiving funding from the PHS have undergone the additional required training based on UNC policy.

• -serving at administrator for the CITI web-based training platform;
• -ensuring that UNC has appropriate CITI training modules to meet federal compliance requirements;
• -confirming faculty, staff, and student completion of appropriate training;
• -developing training as needed to support compliance needs.

Assist with other duties assigned by ORSP leadership