Senior Manager for -Research Safety Progams
at Columbia University
New York, NY 10032, USA -
| Start Date | Expiry Date | Salary | Posted On | Experience | Skills | Telecommute | Sponsor Visa |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Immediate | 05 May, 2025 | USD 135000 Annual | 06 Feb, 2025 | 5 year(s) or above | Good communication skills | No | No |
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| Citizen | GC |
| US Citizen | Student Visa |
| H1B | CPT |
| OPT | H4 Spouse of H1B |
| GC Green Card |
Employment Type:
| Full Time | Part Time |
| Permanent | Independent - 1099 |
| Contract – W2 | C2H Independent |
| C2H W2 | Contract – Corp 2 Corp |
| Contract to Hire – Corp 2 Corp |
Description:
- Job Type: Officer of Administration
- Bargaining Unit:
- Regular/Temporary: Regular
- End Date if Temporary:
- Hours Per Week: 35
- Standard Work Schedule: Mon - Fri 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
- Building: 617 West 168th Street, 2nd Flr
- Salary Range: $120,000 - $135,000
The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to departmental budgets, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, and training. The above hiring range represents the University’s good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.
Position Summary
Reporting to the Assistant Vice President, the Senior Manager is responsible for strategic leadership of the Research Safety Operations, and establishing and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders from the University community, including Principal Investigators, Facilities and Compliance teams, Design and Construction, Public Safety and others to ensure the consistent delivery of EH&S services and guidance across the University’s research enterprise, at all campuses and affiliated locations. The Senior Manager provides leadership, coaching and support to their staff, and key input to the overall management of Research Safety programming. In partnership with managers and leaders of the EH&S program areas, the Senior Manager will serve as a senior member of the Research Safety Program, helping establish the initiation and execution of safety-related operations and projects across all disciplines and promoting best practices within the organization. The Senior Manager will serve as a primary representative for EH&S initiatives and services on behalf of the organization.
Responsibilities:
- Provides leadership and supervision to the Research Safety Operations Team, working across multiple campuses, while fostering timely service, expert guidance, collaboration, creative problem-solving, and an overall high standard for research safety and compliance.
- Leads the team of six (6) Safety Advisors in the development, implementation and on-going monitoring of a robust research safety survey program.
- Effectively delegates responsibilities to staff and establishes reliable feedback system for facilitating and monitoring progress of assignments.
- Establishes and implements short and long-term team goals and objectives to ensure effective integration of programs between EH&S program teams and University stakeholders, as well as continuously monitors and evaluates operational effectiveness.
- Serves as the primary technical research safety and compliance resource for the Safety Advisor team and University stakeholders.
- Manages efforts to prioritize and conduct hazard analysis and risk assessment in University research operations to identify areas of emerging safety and compliance needs and works closely with staff to ensure effective risk mitigation in the continued support of research operations.
- Serves as a primary contact for Principal Investigator on-boarding, as well as ongoing relationship management.
- Integrates EH&S programs and operations to ensure best practices and coordination of services and messaging. Pursues necessary information and initiate communications, both internally and among external partners and stakeholders, to advance initiatives and programming.
- Leads the FDNY laboratory permit program ensuring its structured management and effective collaboration with University stakeholders to ensure successful issuance of laboratory permits.
- Performs accident/incident investigations across all University operations, conducts root cause analysis, proposes necessary corrective action(s) for accident prevention.
- Establishes standards for reporting and other structural components of the Research Safety program to ensure professionalism and consistency.
- Develops, maintains and/or updates, as needed, critical EH&S policies and plans, including Chemical Hygiene Plans and other materials necessary to support a culture of safety throughout the University.
- Serves as an active participant in meetings of committees and working groups.
- Maintain up to date knowledge of health and safety regulations and keep abreast of changes to laws and regulations through networking, seminars, continuing education, and scientific literature.
- Supports the adequate, qualified staffing of relevant programs through participation in interview committees, candidate reviews and other roles, as needed.
- Represents EH&S at University, local, regional and national conferences, networking events, and establish networks of internal stakeholders and external peers to integrate best practices and services.
- Performs other duties as assigned
REQUIREMENT SUMMARY
Min:5.0Max:10.0 year(s)
Hospital/Health Care
Pharma / Biotech / Healthcare / Medical / R&D
Health Care
Graduate
Proficient
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New York, NY 10032, USA
