Job Summary

1. Independently serve as the individual responsible for reviewing all Sponsored Projects and internal funding awards to identify potential areas of compliance that need to be addressed and ensure compliance requirements are met, including appropriate protocol approvals and training.
2. Evaluate campus research activities and implement appropriate procedures and training programs to ensure research integrity principles are followed for activities conducted by Cal Poly students, faculty, and staff.  Ensure compliance with federal, state, sponsor, CSU, and Cal Poly requirements, including, but not limited to, Animal Subjects Research, Conflict of Interest in Research, use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, training requirements, and other state and federal regulatory requirements.
3. Serve as the lead staff administrator for the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACU), Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC), and the Conflict of Interest in Research Committee (CIRC), developing and managing review processes, providing campus and committee member training, ensuring appropriate committee membership, ensuring committee meetings occur and minutes are taken, and communicating with faculty, student, and staff researchers.
4. Identify potential Conflicts of Interest and independently determine which potential conflicts are sufficiently significant to be reviewed by the Conflict of Interest in Research Committee (CIRC). Work with staff within Division of Research, Cal Poly faculty, and private companies to negotiate, draft, and coordinate Conflict of Interest management plans that comply with all applicable federal and California State Regulations.

Education and Experience

Equivalent to graduation from a four-year college or university. Four years of technical or administrative experience. A graduate degree in a related field may be substituted for one year of the required experience. Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis.

Salary:

Anticipated Hiring Range: $31.94 - $35.14 per hour

Classification Range: $31.94- $57.77 per hour

Cal Poly

Known for its Learn by Doing pedagogy, Cal Poly is the flagship of the world-renowned California State University system. Annually recognized as one of the top public universities in the nation, Cal Poly continues to offer an academic curriculum based on learned experience gained through real-world practice. Located in San Luis Obispo, Cal Poly is nestled comfortably among the coastal foothills, minutes from the Pacific Ocean and equidistant to the Bay Area and Los Angeles.

Cal Poly offers a best-in-class benefits program, including health, dental and vision insurance, retirement participation in the Public Employees' Retirement System, and educational benefits for eligible employees. See our benefits website for additional information.  

Diversity Statement

At Cal Poly, we believe that cultivating an environment that embraces and promotes diversity is fundamental to the success of our students, our employees and our community. Bringing people together from different backgrounds, experiences and value systems fosters the innovative and creative thinking that exemplifies Cal Poly's values of free inquiry, cultural and intellectual diversity, mutual respect, civic engagement, and social and environmental responsibility.

Cal Poly's commitment to diversity informs our efforts in recruitment, hiring and retention. Cal Poly is an equal opportunity employer. 

Supplemental Information

Following a conditional offer of employment, a background check (including a criminal records check) must be completed satisfactorily before any candidate may start work with Cal Poly. Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check may result in the withdrawal of the offer of employment. Current employees who are offered positions on campus will be required to undergo a background check for any position where a background check is required by law or that Cal Poly has designated as sensitive.

The person holding this position is considered a 'mandated reporter' under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and is required to comply with the requirements set forth in CSU Executive Order 1083 as a condition of employment.

This position may be "Designated" under California State University's Conflict of Interest Code. This would require the filing of a Statement of Economic Interest on an annual basis and the completion of training within 6 months of assuming office and every 2 years thereafter.

Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo is not a sponsoring agency for staff positions (i.e. H-1B visas).