Legal & Compliance Officer

Job description

VHIR offers a vacant position for a lawyer with experience in areas of data protection to develop tasks as a Legal & Compliance Officer within the Legal Unit and to adapt the Institution’s regulatory compliance. This unit ensures the regulatory compliance in all institutional acts, especially in biomedical research projects and IP Among the goals of this Units are: to ensure the regulatory compliance in all institutional acts, especially in IP and biomedical research projects; give advice to the scientific community at VHIR of the continuous legal developments that affect biomedical research and, therefore, the transfer of results to society; and to the different services and units at VHIR. Main responsibilities and duties: Manage the data protection team in the legal unit and its responsibilities. Prepare and organise meetings with team members and collaborators. Analyse the status of institutional regulatory compliance. Draft and implement regulatory plans. Review internal regulations and procedures. Prepare and review institutional agreements. Keep track of action plans and their development. Coordinate the institutional compliance committee. Act as a member of the environment c...