University of California, Berkeley

Assistant Vice Chancellor, Research Administration and Compliance

 

 

The University of California, Berkeley (www.berkeley.edu) is a public university with world-class undergraduate, graduate, and professional degree programs that enroll over 30,000 students. Supported by nearly $500 million in research funding, Berkeley faculty and students conduct groundbreaking research in science, the arts, and the humanities. One of the world’s premier research universities, Berkeley is committed to maintaining a research environment conducive to creating and freely disseminating the best scholarly contributions and scientific discoveries.  Berkeley is consistently rated among the top institutions in the world for the quality and breadth of its research enterprise, for the scholarly distinction of its faculty, for the excellence of its Ph.D. programs, and for the amount of funding received for support of its research.

 

Reporting to the Vice Chancellor for Research, the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research Administration and Compliance (AVC-RAC) is responsible for providing administrative support for extramural funding of research and for ensuring campus compliance with federal, state, and university regulations pertaining to research administration.  The compliance activities presently within this office include human subjects and animal protection and conflict of interest.  In addition, the office of the AVC-RAC will be responsible for the dissemination of information about funding opportunities for PIs, as well about opportunities to participate in inter-institutional collaborations.

 

Qualified candidates for this role will bring sound experience in pre-award, post-award non-financial, and compliance processes in a major research university or significant academic or research institute.  The candidate must have a proven record of success supervising staff and identifying and engaging resources in a complex, decentralized environment, and must have demonstrated experience leading successful organizational transformation to achieve consistency of service, orientation to clients or customers, and operational efficiency.

 

The ideal candidate will be someone who can develop and sustain a balance between a high level of client service, an equally high level of operational efficiency, and a culture of informed, self-directed compliance with institutional and sponsor regulations.

 

Please direct inquiries, nominations, and applications to:

Opus Search Partners, Inc.
Craig V. Smith, PhD, Partner
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www.opuspartners.net

 

The University of California, Berkeley is committed to a diverse workforce.  We encourage applications from all interested people including women, ethnic minorities, veterans, and disabled individuals.

To learn more about the Office of Human Resources, please go to: http://hrweb.berkeley.edu/.

To view the complete job description, please go to: http://research.chance.berkeley.edu/page.cfm?id=178.