Conflict of Interest - Menlo Park, United States - SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

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Menlo Park, United States

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Description

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SLAC is operated by Stanford University for the U.S.

Department of Energy's Office of Science and is one of 17 DOE national laboratories - the most comprehensive research system of its kind in the world, providing strategic scientific and technological capabilities and expertise that cannot be found elsewhere.

A major part of the Office of Science mission is supporting the development, construction, and operation of unique, open-access scientific user facilities.

The laboratory is home to three Office of Science user facilities:
the Linac Coherent Light Source, the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource and the Facility for Advanced Accelerator Experimental Tests.

Position Overview

Reporting to SLAC's Deputy Director for Science and Technology and working closely with SLAC Laboratory Counsel, the Conflict of Interest (COI) Program Manager is responsible for leading the enhancement and implementation of SLAC's COI program.

The COI program manager will also partner closely with peers at Stanford University and other national laboratories to ensure compliance with federal requirements and Stanford University policies.

Your specific responsibilities include:

Represent the program or function at the university level and/or to external/internal stakeholders and constituencies.
Direct and manage outreach strategy that may include relationship development, communications, and compliance.
Oversee, implement, and improve existing conflict of interest (COI) disclosure and approval policy and processes, including annual disclosure process and rolling disclosures
Evaluate and address "low" and "medium risk" disclosures for conflict of commitment, individual COI, and organizational COI in a timely fashion
Escalate "high risk" conflicts to SLAC Legal and / or institutional review committees; support various groups/committees in addressing these conflicts
Identify and escalate foreign affiliation disclosures promptly for timely compliance review and required DOE reporting
Draft COI management plans and coordinate review and execution of same
Process, review for compliance, and track implementation of Outside Employment and Professional Engagement (OEA) requests, annual disclosures, and COI management plans, with input from SLAC Legal and other Stanford and SLAC offices as needed
Partner with Stanford's Office of the Vice Provost and Dean of Research (VPDOR) to resolve Stanford/SLAC conflict of commitment and COI matters
Serve as primary liaison with Stanford VPDOR for Outside Professional Activities Certification System (OPACS), recommending updates and enhancements
Coordinate complex COI issue management and related discussions with scientific staff
Partner with and engage in processes run by SLAC Legal, PAO, Procurement, OTL, CRO, faculty, and Stanford VPDOR
Serve as a resource to Stanford and SLAC faculty and staff regarding SLAC conflict of commitment and COI requirements and processes and provide educational programming from time to time on COI / COC issues relevant to SLAC personnel
Stay abreast of and maintain expertise in changing COI landscape, regulatory requirements, university policies, and best practices; partner with peers at other laboratories and universities, compare and implement best practices; recommend enhancements to policies and procedures to SLAC management, as needed
Seek consistency of SLAC practices on COI management with processes at Stanford
Periodically audit/assess COI program implementation
Maintain and update SLAC Legal COI webpage, COI process flows, and COI training
May oversee or supervise staff in the development and implementation of programs or functions.
May develop and/or oversee budgets; manage finances including monitoring, analyzing, forecasting, and reporting.

To be successful in this position you will bring:

Minimum of ten years of professional level administrative/management experience in a research and development intensive institution or in an employment position that interacted directly with a research and development intensive institution.
Demonstrated success managing a conflictofinterest program, preferably at an institution of higher education, national laboratory, or federal contractor.
Experience facilitating discussions, guiding deliberations, driving solutions, and implementing decisions, including working collaboratively with key decision makers.
Skill analyzing information and objectives to define problems, identify relevant issues or concerns, formulating alternatives to affect resolution, and selecting alternative problem resolutions having evaluated all implications for implementation of a given solution.
Experience interpreting the varying objectives and needs of staff, investigators and sponsors to provide advice.
Demonstrated strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience communicating technical and complex, sensitive inf