5 Laboratory Safety Compliance Manager Jobs in Knoxville, TN
University of Tennessee is Hiring a Laboratory Safety Compliance Manager Near Knoxville, TN
Principal Duties IncludeCommittee Coordination
- Schedule meetings and organize meeting logistics
- Keep active committee rosters and associated records (e.g. curriculum vitae) and file with oversight agencies as required (e.g. NIH)
- Maintain committee charters, bylaws, and standard operating procedures
- Create meeting minutes in accordance with mandated content
- Create and maintain a system to track committee action items to closure
- Maintain currency committee-related web content
- Similarly coordinate subcommittees or working groups of the indicated committees (as necessary)
- Manage web-based registration (protocol) submission system, which includes: routing according to established review procedures; tracking the technical review/change request process to completion; ensuring authorization by all designated stakeholders; and issuing final approval letters
- Monitor expiration deadlines to prevent lapses in compliance
- Perform congruence checks with other research compliance approvals (e.g. Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee, Institutional Review Board, grants/contracts, etc.)
- Consult, advise, and provide guidance to UT faculty and staff stakeholders, including developing tutorials tools and providing real-time support
- Develop or improve registration/protocol form content to meet the needs of the respective committee and/or affected end users
- Maintain and mine compliance records, compile data, and prepare summary reports at the discretion of the lab safety program leader and/or committee leadership.
- Identify training needs for committee members and coordinate with subject matter experts to ensure training is received and documented
- Assist with the development or revision of applicable compliance training for the research community and other applicable external stakeholders
- Periodically benchmark regulatory agency requirements and recommended best practices material and summarize findings to the lab safety program leader and/or committee membership
- At the discretion of the program leader, pursue professional certifications in compliance committee management
- Assist with date entry and organization
- Establish methods for document version control
- Write or revise procedural documents, particularly those related to committees
- Assist with logistics of engagement/outreach events (e.g. Lab Safety Awareness Week, Biosafety Awareness Month, promotional tabling events, etc.)
- Maintain compliance-related timetables
Primary LocationUS-Tennessee-knoxville
OrganizationEnvironmental Health & Safety
ScheduleFull-time
Campus/InstituteKnoxville
Job PostingJun 14, 2024, 11:04:02 AM
Required QualificationsBachelor’s degree in a relevant field and two (2) years of experience with administrative coordination preferably gained working in a scientific field of research; research administration, research compliance, or research safety; occupational/environmental health and safety, or closely related field. Research experience gained as an undergraduate or graduate student OR a completed bachelor’s or master’s degree in one of the following fields (biology, chemistry, natural sciences or occupational health/safety) may be substituted for up to one (1) year of experience.
Must be a US citizen and possess a valid driver’s license.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in biology, chemistry, or related natural science
- Experience in implementing and/or managing compliance programs
- Experience in higher education or research environment
- Ability to work collaboratively and gain rapport with persons of various social, cultural, economic, and educational backgrounds
- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, using appropriate vocabulary and grammar to obtain information, explain procedures and situations, and persuade others to address compliance-related deficiencies
- Technical skills related to computer operation, Microsoft applications, database use, and data analysis to generate well-formatted reports
- Knowledge of or ability to learn data and learning management systems, e.g. SafetyStratus, SafetyCulture, and Canvas
- Ability to work independently and follow through on work assignments with minimal direction
ORGANIZATION : Public Safety, Environmental Health & Safety
WORK SCHEDULE: Full-time ( Monday-Friday)
WORK LOCATION: Knoxville
Job Summary
Full Time
Colleges & Universities
$95k-126k (estimate)
06/23/2024
07/14/2024
utk.edu
KNOXVILLE, TN
7,500 - 15,000
1794
GOVERNOR PHIL BREDESEN
$1B - $3B
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About University of Tennessee
The University of Tennessee is a public land-grant university headquartered at Knoxville. Founded in 1794, it is the flagship institution of the statewide University of Tennessee system with nine undergraduate departments and eleven graduate departments and hosts more than 26,000 students from all 50 states and more than 100 foreign countries. In its 2009 ranking of universities, U.S. News & World Report ranked UT 118th among national universities and 52nd among public institutions of higher learning. Its ties to Oak Ridge National Laboratory, established under UT President Andrew Holt and con...tinued under the UT-Battelle partnership, have positioned the University as co-manager and allow for considerable research opportunities for faculty and students enjoyed by few other institutions of comparable standing. Also affiliated with the University are the Howard H. Baker, Jr. Center for Public Policy, the University of Tennessee Anthropological Research Facility, and the University of Tennessee Arboretum, which occupies 250 acres of nearby Oak Ridge, Tennessee and features hundreds of species of plants indigenous to the region. The University is a direct partner of the University of Tennessee Medical Center, the only Level I trauma center in the East Tennessee region and a self-proclaimed 'teaching hospital' due to its aggressive medical research programs and position as the primary career destination for most medical school graduates of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center at Memphis.
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