Position Summary
This position provides high level administrative and specialist support to the Institutional Review Board (IRB), coordinating all areas of oversight provided by the office. The IRB is the committee providingethical review of human subjects research conducted by WCM-Q.The IRB coordinator is broadly responsible for advising stakeholders and customers regarding services, often serving as the first point ofcontact for faculty, students and staff for compliance requirements for human subjects research conducted by and between HMC and WCM-Q.
Job Responsibilities
Create processes and procedures with Management and stakeholder input. Develops and communicates user/technical service policies for systems and telecommunications technologies supported by the Help Desk.
Documents and communicates changes made to a systemConducts initial administrative reviews of applications and forms submitted to the IRB, assessing completeness, identifying and resolving problems
Making preliminary recommendations to managers and directors in the compliance offices for both institutions for successful provision of research compliance oversightResponsible for interactions with the compliance/integrity office staff at both HMC and WCM-Q and other potential stakeholders
Ensure that proposals contain necessary protections for human subjects research or other ethical and regulatory considerations for the compliant conduct of research prior to submission to ethical oversight committees/other regulatory/collaborative bodies
Routes properly completed ethical review applications and forms for further review by appropriate individuals or committees, tracks status and query resolution of such reviews and finaldeterminations.
Prepares and Communicates decisions to institutionsWorks with the junior level research integrity staff of the IRB and member institutions to strengthen operational performance and integrates collaborations with other departments for efficiency of compliance activities.
Answers basic queries about research integrity.
Assists in delivering formal training and presentations as appropriate and directed by the IRB ManagerSoftware and Systems.
Works with the institutions member on the IRB sections of the research administration software system, including managing user profiles, access, running regular reports and troubleshooting.
Provides training on requisite software systems and databases to research/research compliance staff as required for use and adherence to compliance activities including supporting end users.
Maintains current IRB members files, including training records and appointment letters, monitor member travel and other schedule constraints that will affect IRB and member institution reviews.
Prepares materials for IRB reviews and meetings to ensure that relevant documents are provided to members and that applications are ready for IRB review.
Develop meeting agendas.
Attend IRBmeetings to verify presence of a quorum and take meeting minutesServes as initial point of contact for internal or external questions and complaints related to IRB responsibilities, working with a variety of external stakeholders, such as HMC, QU, PHS, Sidra andQF-HSSE.Collects information and refers issues to appropriate individuals, both internal and external to the institution
Compiles all documentations pertaining to each application and prepares finalized application for filing
Creates spreadsheets, and utilizes other software components as needed to provide snapshots of the status of research activities to the IRB manager.
Compiles data from various sources neededfor reports to internal and external stakeholders.
Job Details
| Date Posted: | 2017-12-11 |
| Job Location: | Doha, Qatar |
| Job Role: | Administration |
| Company Industry: | Education, Training, and Library |
Preferred Candidate
| Career Level: | Mid Career |
| Gender: | Female |
| Degree: | Bachelor's degree |