Position Summary:

• Develops, manages and coordinates university-wide policies and procedures to ensure Rutgers research complies with all research security laws and regulations, which includes the areas of facility security, research data security, international research collaborations, cyber and information security and training for researchers and the wider research community.
• Provides support in training and compliance in research security which includes data security, export control compliance, insider threat programs and the implementation of NSPM-33 and other federal research security requirements.
• Provides support and leadership for secure research infrastructure (SRI), controlled research, international collaboration, foreign travel, and will help facilitate expanding federal disclosure and reporting requirements related to international funding and activities.
• Updates university senior leaders on federal and state regulatory initiatives regarding research security and foreign influence concerns.
• Implements the university-wide research security policies and procedures, ensuring compliance with federal agency guidance and other federal and state regulations.
• Measures research security compliance through annual audits and assessments.
• Collaborates with University IT, Export Compliance and the university-wide research security committee to establish research security goals annually.
• Provides development and support in training outreach campaigns, website content management in research security, and compliance awareness for research security throughout the research enterprise. The outreach and training will include data security, export control compliance, insider threat programs and the implementation of NSPM-33 and other federal research security requirements.
• Evaluates the effectiveness of training through feedback and compliance audits.
• Establishes a system for ongoing monitoring of research activities to ensure adherence to security protocols.
• Provides reports to university senior leaders detailing compliance status, identified risks, and mitigation strategies, with a goal of reducing non-compliance and data security risks.
• Develops a risk assessment framework to proactively identify and mitigate potential security threats.
• Encourages research activities while identifying risk areas and mitigation strategies.
• Assesses research data security breaches and management of research data breach cases.
• Collaborates with IT and research teams to assess and improve the secure research infrastructure (SRI) and establish system security plans.
• Keeps up to date on research security regulations and expectations for system security plans.
• Provides guidance to Research Contract Services and Sponsored Research on research security language in contracts with drafting and negotiation of research security contract clauses with federal and corporate sponsors of research.

Minimum Education and Experience:

• A bachelor's degree in research administration, business, cybersecurity or other related field or an equivalent combination of education and/or experience that demonstrates knowledge and understanding of research security regulatory law and how it is applicable to a university setting.
• Minimum of 5 years' experience in academic research security, research administration and compliance.

City: Piscataway

State: NJ

Equipment Utilized:

• This position must use Visual Compliance screening software, have familiarity with database systems and extensive use of remote meeting environments.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

• Ability to set up and attend remote Zoom meetings is essential.
• Work is done primarily in an office environment (sitting or standing at a desk, using a computer and phone).
• Some travel to conferences is required.
• This position may occasionally be required to work outside of normal business hours to manage response to mission-critical, time-sensitive issues.

Special Conditions:

• Clean Driving Record.

Posting Number: 25ST0975

About Rutgers University

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a leading national public research university and the state's preeminent, comprehensive public institution of higher education. Rutgers is dedicated to teaching that meets the highest standards of excellence; to conducting research that breaks new ground; and to turning knowledge into solutions for local, national, and global communities. As it was at our founding in 1766, the heart of our mission is preparing students to become productive members of society and good citizens of the world. Rutgers teaches across the full educational spectrum: preschool to precollege; undergraduate to graduate and postdoctoral; and continuing education for professional and personal advancement. Rutgers is New Jersey's land-grant institution and one of the nation's foremost research universities, and as such, we educate, make discoveries, serve as an engine of economic growth, and generate ideas for improving people's lives.

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