Export & Research Compliance Analyst

at  Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is seeking an Export and Research Compliance Analyst to join the Research Compliance Office at our world-renowned, multidisciplinary research institution driving groundbreaking scientific solutions across various fields, including energy, computing, environment, biosciences, and physics.
This role is pivotal in ensuring that Berkeley Lab adheres to applicable export control regulations, with a special emphasis on research security and research compliance, while promoting scientific innovation. The Export and Research Compliance Analyst will use a broad understanding of industry practices, laboratory policies, and procedures and provide independent programmatic, operational, and technical support for the Export Compliance Program, with a focus on both export and research compliance.

What You Will Do:

• Assist in managing Berkeley Lab’s Export Compliance Program, covering a wide range of export control activities with a strong emphasis on research compliance, ensuring both responsible research and the safeguarding of sensitive information and technologies.
• Determine export jurisdiction and classify a wide variety of products, technology, software, and services, especially as they relate to research projects.
• Perform necessary due diligence related to activities, including the implementation of transaction screening solutions to enhance compliance.
• Draft and submit export licenses, commodity jurisdictions, commodity classifications, advisory opinions, and general correspondence to government agencies.
• Conduct export control reviews of contracts, research proposals, and agreements (e.g. Material Transfer, Non-disclosure, service, and purchase agreements).
• Perform moderate to complex analysis to evaluate identifiable and variable factors and implement viable solutions.
• Evaluate export control and research security matters and implement workable solutions, including leading project initiatives.
• Support internal and external audits and assessments, and implement necessary remediation actions, with a particular focus on export and research compliance.
• Oversee a diverse set of compliance initiatives from initiation to completion, ensuring the achievement of desired outcomes with minimal oversight (e.g., implement new screening solutions, more robust workflows, etc.).
• Develop and implement policies, procedures, tools, and resources for export and research compliance.
• Prepare and deliver ongoing training and guidance on a diverse range of topics to Laboratory staff and management.
• Interpret new and existing regulations, determine their applicability to Laboratory operations, and devise strategies and procedures for compliance.
• Work collaboratively with Berkeley Lab Divisions, Laboratory Export Control Liaisons, and other internal and external stakeholders, exercising independent judgment to address moderate to complex export control and research-related compliance matters.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master of Business Administration or Juris Doctorate degree.
• 8 years of strong export compliance experience and 5 years of project management experience.
• Certified U.S. Export Compliance Officer (CUSECO) Certification or Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional Certification (CCEP).
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills to effectively handle complex issues.
• Proficiency in interpreting and applying Nuclear Commission Regulations and Department of Energy Regulations as applicable to nuclear technology.
• Prior research compliance experience in a federally-funded laboratory or university environment.

LEARN ABOUT US:

Berkeley Lab (LBNL) addresses the world’s most urgent scientific challenges by advancing sustainable energy, protecting human health, creating new materials, and revealing the origin and fate of the universe. Founded in 1931, Berkeley Lab’s scientific expertise has been recognized with 16 Nobel prizes. The University of California manages Berkeley Lab for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science.
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• Assist in managing Berkeley Lab’s Export Compliance Program, covering a wide range of export control activities with a strong emphasis on research compliance, ensuring both responsible research and the safeguarding of sensitive information and technologies.
• Determine export jurisdiction and classify a wide variety of products, technology, software, and services, especially as they relate to research projects.
• Perform necessary due diligence related to activities, including the implementation of transaction screening solutions to enhance compliance.
• Draft and submit export licenses, commodity jurisdictions, commodity classifications, advisory opinions, and general correspondence to government agencies.
• Conduct export control reviews of contracts, research proposals, and agreements (e.g. Material Transfer, Non-disclosure, service, and purchase agreements).
• Perform moderate to complex analysis to evaluate identifiable and variable factors and implement viable solutions.
• Evaluate export control and research security matters and implement workable solutions, including leading project initiatives.
• Support internal and external audits and assessments, and implement necessary remediation actions, with a particular focus on export and research compliance.
• Oversee a diverse set of compliance initiatives from initiation to completion, ensuring the achievement of desired outcomes with minimal oversight (e.g., implement new screening solutions, more robust workflows, etc.).
• Develop and implement policies, procedures, tools, and resources for export and research compliance.
• Prepare and deliver ongoing training and guidance on a diverse range of topics to Laboratory staff and management.
• Interpret new and existing regulations, determine their applicability to Laboratory operations, and devise strategies and procedures for compliance.
• Work collaboratively with Berkeley Lab Divisions, Laboratory Export Control Liaisons, and other internal and external stakeholders, exercising independent judgment to address moderate to complex export control and research-related compliance matters