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Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our strategic plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

About Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

Georgia Tech's Mission and Values

Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:

1. Students are our top priority.

2. We strive for excellence.

3. We thrive on diversity.

4. We celebrate collaboration.

5. We champion innovation.

6. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.

7. We nurture the wellbeing of our community.

8. We act ethically.

9. We are responsible stewards.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

Provide Institute-level coordination and administration of the Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) program in support of Institute policies and federal sponsor requirements. This position administers and manages RCR training operations, including communications, enrollment,
completion tracking, delivery, policy implementation, reporting accuracy, and compliance monitoring. The role serves as a central operational liaison among academic units, research administration, HR, IT, and leadership to support consistent, compliant, and efficient RCR processes across the Institute and to mitigate institutional compliance risk. This position will interact on a consistent basis with: RCR program management and staff of the Offices of Graduate Education, Registrar's, and Sponsored Programs. This position typically will advise and counsel: graduate and undergraduate students, postdocs, faculty, and staff. This position will supervise: NA.

Job Duty 1 -
Participate in the development, dissemination and administration of procedures, processes, and reports that support and track RCR training
for applicable students, faculty, and staff, including federally mandated training.
Job Duty 2 -
Maintain and improve RCR-related data, tracking, and reporting processes by applying data analysis, automation, and enterprise productivity tools.
Job Duty 3 -
Oversee and maintain the content of Georgia Tech's RCR website and other RCR related websites., including information on training requirements and opportunities, degree requirements, compliance guidance, and user-facing instructions.
Job Duty 4 -
Coordinate the administrative delivery of RCR courses, workshops, and events, including support of scheduling, registration, publicity, reminders,
enrollment management, assessment, and completion tracking and documentation.
Job Duty 5 -
Provide administrative support for RCR faculty training, including course review, dissemination, enrollment coordination, completion tracking, and
retraining procedures.
Job Duty 6 -
Respond to inquiries regarding RCR policy, procedures, training, degree requirements and compliance status; coordinate follow-up related to noncompliance and enforcement as appropriate.
Job Duty 7 -
Collaborate with IT and HRIS to support efficiency, accuracy, and long-term sustainability of RCR operations.
Job Duty 8 -
Perform other duties as assigned.

Educational Requirements
Bachelor's Degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience
Required Experience
Two to three years of job-related experience

Preferred Educational Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in administration, Education, Ethics, Science or Engineering discipline.

When submitting the application, please include:
1. Cover Letter summarizing education and experience
2. Resume

Please submit the following materials as a single PDF saved as FirstName_LastName

SKILLS
This job requires basic knowledge and skills related to educational program management and
administration; regulatory compliance, customer service, oral and written communications,
organization, and use of basic and specialized computer applications. Preferred qualifications include
advanced Excel skills, familiarity with Banner and the CITI Program, and experience using automation and productivity tools such as Copilot and Power Automate.

For questions, please contact Jaydale C. Poyotte at vpgpe@gatech.edu

The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 25 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section8/C224/#p8.2.18personnelconduct.

Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/C2653.