Compliance Officer for Research Ethics and Regulation

About the role

The Compliance Officer will provide independent oversight of ethics and regulatory requirements across IHD research programmes, supporting investigators throughout the lifecycle of approved studies. The role is advisory and does not replace the responsibilities of Principal Investigators or the Institutional Scientific, Ethics and Regulatory Committee.

Key responsibilities

• Monitor and support compliance with approvals from institutional, national and international Ethics Review Committees.
• Maintain a central regulatory tracking system for approved studies and verify that all requisite approvals are obtained before study activities commence.
• Develop and implement routine annual compliance monitoring plans, review protocol adherence, and document deviations.
• Review informed consent processes, participant privacy, and biological sample governance.
• Identify training needs, deliver ethics and regulatory compliance training, and support onboarding of new research staff.

Required profile

• Master’s degree in public health, clinical research, epidemiology, health sciences, pharmacy, nursing, medicine or related discipline.
• Minimum five years of experience in research ethics, regulation, governance, clinical research management, quality assurance or regulatory affairs.
• Certification in Good Clinical Practice (ICH‑GCP) and demonstrated knowledge of research ethics frameworks.
• High integrity, strong analytical and organizational skills, and ability to work independently.

Required skills

• Good Clinical Practice (GCP) compliance
• Regulatory tracking and audit reporting
• Research documentation review (investigator site files, logs, protocol versions)
• Data protection and confidentiality management