Analyst for the Institutional Review Board

Job Details

Job Title:

Analyst for the Institutional Review Board

Position Number: 500696

Vacancy Open to:
All Candidates

Department: AAH REDE Institutional Review Board

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Advertising Department: OFFICE OF RESEARCH

Division:
Academic Affairs

Classification

Title:

Specialist

Working Title:

Analyst for the Institutional Review Board

Number of Vacancies: 1

Full Time Equivalent: 1.0

Full Time or Part Time:
Full Time

Anticipated Recruitment Range: $53,550 - $59,500

Position Location (City):
Greenville

Position Type:
Non-Faculty

Job Category:
Non-Faculty Professional

East Carolina University (ECU) is consistently ranked among the nation's top public universities for its commitment to research, innovation, social mobility, and public service. Classified as a R1 institution by the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education, ECU is among the top 5% of research universities in the United States, an elite designation reflecting the highest levels of research activity, funding, and doctoral output.

Founded in 1907, ECU is a public, four-year university located in Greenville, N.C., and is widely regarded as the cultural, educational, economic, and medical hub of eastern North Carolina. Through education, research, healthcare, community engagement, athletics, cultural enrichment, and service, ECU enhances the quality of life for its students, the state and communities around the world. It is a great place to work, teach, and learn.

ECU's commitment to impactful scholarship is further demonstrated through its repeated Carnegie Community Engagement Classification (2010, 2015, 2024), as well as its 2024 designation as a Carnegie Leadership for Public Purpose institution. These distinctions recognize the university's leadership in translating research into meaningful community partnerships and measurable societal benefits.

The university supports its workforce through a wide range of professional development opportunities designed to foster career growth and skill advancement. Eligible employees also benefit from a comprehensive benefits package that promotes a healthy work-life balance.

Under delegated authority from the Chancellor of East Carolina University, the Senior Vice Provost for Research and Innovation is accountable to the Federal government and other regulatory agencies for protection of humans who are the subject of any research by investigators within East Carolina University. The University and Medical Center Institutional Review Board (UMCIRB) is the entity which oversees all human subject research, under delegated authority from the C Senior Vice Provost for Research and Innovation.

The UMCIRB reviews human research plans from all across ECU's campus, the ECU Health system and has affiliations with other entities to conduct their reviews. Such research includes clinical or patient-related research, including clinical trials. It also includes surveys and other types of research using human subjects, such as research conducted with children by the College of Education; psychological research involving adults and children;

and all other types of human research throughout the university. The UMCIRB's mission is critical to the university and local investigators because it: (1) protects the rights and interests of human subjects involved in research; (2) protects the university and researchers by ensuring its review function is in compliance with regulatory requirements; and (3) advises investigators in navigating the regulatory and compliance requirements that direct their research plans.

The primary purpose of the Analyst for the Institutional Review Board (IRB) is to support the overall administration of the human research review and approval process, providing high-level support and guidance to investigators and other stakeholders, and streamlining IRB processes. Through these activities, the Analyst for the Institutional Review Board helps ensure that the University's human research activities are in compliance with institutional SOPs and international, federal, state, and local rules and…