Research Protections Assistant

Research Protections Assistant (RPA) Position:

Research Protections (RP) is a unit within the Office of Research responsible for managing a variety of UCI’s research compliance programs. The RP staff provides administrative support to UCI's four Institutional Review Boards (IRB), the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), and the Human Stem Cell Review Committee (hSCRO).

Human Research Protections (HRP) within the Office of Research is responsible for ensuring the ethical and equitable treatment of all human research subjects in studies conducted by UCI faculty, staff, and students. It is also responsible for ensuring compliance with federal regulations, state laws and University polices, as well as national standards for research involving human participants. Within HRP, the Reliance Team manages the collaboration with institutions and locations across the US, for the conduct of research under single IRB (sIRB) Review.

Summary of Job Duties and Responsibilities:
The position offered is 100% remote.

This is a work study position for freshman to junior year UCI students. The Research Protections Assistant will need to provide the department with:

• Copy of accepted Work Study Award
• Copy of resume with 1-2 work related references

The RP Assistant (RPA) will work directly with the RP staff:
• Provide administrative, technical and professional support to the UCI Human Research Protections Program (HRPP) for single IRB.
• Responsible for managing Reliance Inbox.
• Process transactions (ie, Renewals and Close Requests, etc.)
• Communicate directly by phone and email with investigators and/or administrative contacts as needed.
• e-File documents provided by commercial IRBs (e.g., WCG IRB, Advarra IRB) and non-UCI IRBs for proper documentation and record-keeping.
• Provide administrative support to other teams, and perform other duties, including special projects as assigned.

Required skills:
1) Excellent attention to detail, combined with strong verbal / written communication skills
2) Work with Windows on PC, knows Excel, Word, Adobe, Outlook;
3) Ability to learn new programs specific to the department (Kuali Research Protocols; WIKI)
4) Work independently with little interaction and collaborate effectively with team members when necessary.
5) Complete tasks with little super (should we revise word ‘instruction’ to ‘supervision’)
6) Has basic knowledge of / interest in Research Protections
7) Adhere to their work schedule and can work during work hours (M-F 8-5:00pm) – No night or weekend hours available, no work during UCI Staff Holidays.

Required tools:
A personal (not public) working computer with UCI VPN downloaded to allow adequate security while working remotely from a private (not public) location.