Announcement

Details

Open Date
04/21/2026

Requisition Number
PRN44796B

Job Title
Compliance Specialists

Working Title
Research Security Specialist

Career Progression Track
P00

Track Level

FLSA Code
Professional

Patient Sensitive Job Code?
No

Standard Hours per Week
40

Full Time or Part Time?
Full Time

Shift
Day

Work Schedule Summary

M-F 8-5

VP Area
President

Department
00639 - VP for Research

Location
Campus

City
Salt Lake City, UT

Type of Recruitment
External Posting

Pay Rate Range
$75,000 - $95,000

Close Date
07/21/2026

Priority Review Date (Note - Posting may close at any time)

Job Summary

The Compliance Specialist IV provides support and subject matter expertise for compliance activities across the Research Security Office. A successful candidate will ensure the university's compliance with applicable laws regulating research security (e.g., foreign business relationships, foreign travel, data security). They shall review university's business practices to ensure pertinent regulations are followed, identify areas of non-compliance, and create a plan to implement changes as needed. A successful candidate will maintain a deep knowledge of regulations and stay abreast of all regulatory changes relevant to the university. The successful candidate is recognized as subject matter expert and advanced individual contributor professional. This role requires a specialized skill set, conducts highly complex work, unsupervised and with extensive latitude for independent judgment. Shall conduct scheduled and unscheduled audits and projects related to compliance, workflow, and other duties in order to ensure accurate and timely responses to government contractors and agencies. Oversees, coordinates, and conducts audits on documentation to ensure compliance with University, State and Federal guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Support the development and implementation of the educational programs and materials for university faculty, staff, and students related to our research security, foreign influence and export control programs in conjunction with the Office of Research Education (REd). Provide assistance with Restricted Party Screenings through Visual Compliance for reporting/disclosures made through the University's Business Relationship Reporting system (BRR).
• Actively engage in BRR process improvement meetings and efforts with Office of Research Information Systems (ORIS).
• Manage submission and resolution of self-identified issues with BRR and/or associated reports and disclosures within BRR with the reporting party and/or ORIS.
• Work closely with ORIS to maintain and improve reporting and metrics in Tableau.
• Participate and advocate for foreign influence best practices, and current/future needs in meetings and efforts with ORIS to evaluate and select a future operating system for research at the institution.
• Engage in discussions, meetings, and efforts to explore opportunities for streamlining processes associated with restricted party screenings (RPS) and other foreign influence & export control considerations.
• Provide assistance with foreign influence consults received from the Office of Global Health (OGH) and the Office of Global Engagement (OGE).
  • Assist with associated RPS through Visual Compliance
  • Assist in providing feedback and information to the applicable office
  • Assist in educating and transitioning the offices to submission of foreign influence consults through the foreign influence project within the University's Electronic Research Integrity and Compliance Application (ERICA) or other relevant platforms used by the UU.
• Provide assistance with foreign influence consultations received from University of Utah and ARUP personnel.
• Assist with validation/rejection of potential alerts received from RPS performed by outside offices (i.e., Office of Sponsored Projects (OSP), Technology Licensing Office (TLO), Office of General Counsel (OGC), etc.)
• Provide assistance in assessing and addressing potential alerts received from Visual Compliance in association with dynamic screenings.
• Assist in educating and training Office of Research Security staff on known matters of foreign influence and current associated institutional processes.
• Assist in managing the research security email account and necessary responses.
• Assist with efforts for institutional reporting of foreign contributions and other research security (Section 117, NSF FFDR etc.).
• Work with University Advancement and OSP to create and provide timely and accurate information for required reporting.
  • Maintain access to portals necessary for reporting.
  • Assist with required reporting at established timelines.
  • Assist with any correction to a previous reporting record and/or the submission of any back-reporting, as applicable
• Identify and participate in professional development opportunities, as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

EQUIVALENCY STATEMENT: 1 year of higher education can be substituted for 1 year of directly related work experience (Example: bachelor's degree = 4 years of directly related work experience).

Department may hire employee at one of the following job levels:

Compliance Specialist, IV: Requires a bachelor's (or equivalency) + 8 years or a master's (or equivalency) + 6 years of directly related work experience.

Compliance Specialist, V: Requires a bachelor's (or equivalency) + 10 years or a master's (or equivalency) + 8 years of directly related work experience.

Compliance Specialist, VI: Requires a bachelor's (or equivalency) + 12 years or a master's (or equivalency) + 10 years of directly related work experience.

Preferences

• 3 years of direct experience with the implementation of an NSPM-33 compliant research security program
• Export compliance experience at an academic institution or research organization
• Experience with Fundamental Research Exclusion (FRE)

Type
Benefited Staff

Special Instructions Summary

Additional Information

The University is a participating employer with Utah Retirement Systems ("URS"). Eligible new hires with prior URS service, may elect to enroll in URS if they make the election before they become eligible for retirement (usually the first day of work). Contact Human Resources at (801) 581-7447 for information. Individuals who previously retired and are receiving monthly retirement benefits from URS are subject to URS' post-retirement rules and restrictions. Please contact Utah Retirement Systems at (801) 366-7770 or (800) 695-4877 or University Human Resource Management at (801) 581-7447 if you have questions regarding the post-retirement rules.

This position may require the successful completion of a criminal background check and/or drug screen.

The University of Utah values candidates who have experience working in settings with students and possess a strong commitment to improving access to higher education.

As per University of Utah policy 5-108: Transfer of Benefits Eligible Staff Members, a new hire to the University of Utah who is still serving a 12 month probationary period will not be hired into another University of Utah job (a transfer) until the successful completion of the probationary period.