Research Compliance Officer

2 weeks ago

Bristol, United Kingdom University of Bristol Full time

**The role**:
The University of Bristol is a global university with international collaboration forming a key part of its research programmes. Ranking 5th in the Research Excellence Framework 2021 highlights the outstanding quality and impact of the University’s research across all disciplines.

The Research Compliance Officer will join a dynamic and rapidly evolving team responsible for providing legal and regulatory advice to research academics and professional services teams across the University, to ensure research activity is carried out with the highest degree of compliance with relevant legislation.

They will be involved in developing relationships with members of Faculties and Schools and will have a key role in providing legal advice and training to research academics and those professional services staff that support them on a wide range of legal compliance measures including (but not limited to) the following areas:

- Export Control Regulations
- National Security & Investment Act
- Nagoya Protocol and ABS legislation
- Trusted Research and Innovation

In addition, they will assist in the management and training of a Solicitor Apprentice, engage with internal stakeholders around sharing knowledge and best practice in a fast-paced and developing area of law, and provide a critical function in providing specialist advice around Government regulation created to protect UK national security and infrastructure.

**What will you be doing?**:
The Research Compliance Officer will:

- Be involved with investigating and assist in managing enquiries from University research academics and postgraduate research students specifically pertaining to their research;
- Assist in establishing new policy, processes and guidance around the University's response to legal compliance measures;
- Assist with training of professional services teams and research academics in the context of providing advice and awareness around research compliance requirements and associated risks of failure to comply;
- Provide input into wider internal communications around prevalent research security risks;
- Horizon-scanning for arising risks and changes to legislation that have capacity to impact the University across all Faculties and functions;
- Assist in developing a reporting function to showcase growth of the team with the aim of extending its reach and size in the short
- and long-term; and
- Support the team in the development of Solicitor Apprentices through their six-year apprenticeship providing supervision and training opportunities.
- You are interested in developing an expanding area of legal expertise critical to research work in higher education.
- You are keen to understand new legislation, assess risk, and provide confident and assertive advice to senior personnel with legal and non-legal experience
- You have an awareness of policy and guidance processes, understanding the importance of audit functions.
- You have strong problem-solving capability, able to deal with a concurrent workload of different issues with shifting priorities.
- You have experience of providing supervision to junior staff members, and can assist in mentoring them through legal work experience and education.
- You have positive interpersonal skills to enable engagement with key stakeholders within the University.
- You are solutions-focussed, with a proactive and innovative approach to dealing with the challenges of working in a large, research-intensive University.

Whilst experience in a regulatory/commercial environment is desirable, it is not essential. Relevant and detailed training will be provided.

**Additional information**:
**Available documents**:

- Research Compliance Officer Job Description (I Grade).pdf

JOB NUMBER***

**SUPP110152**:
CONTRACT TYPE/WORK PATTERN***

**Open ended / Full time**:
CLOSING DATE***

**04 Aug 2023**:
FACULTY/DIVISION***

**Research and Enterprise**:
SALARY***

**£36,333 - £40,745**:

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