Lay Member – Ethics Advisory Group

We’re in search of an distinctive particular person to hitch the College of Aberdeen’s Ethics Advisory Group in a voluntary capability.

The Ethics Advisory Group exists to additional the general goals of our ethics and governance insurance policies and processes, to supervise the actions of particular person ethics evaluation boards making certain the very best moral requirements in analysis observe; to defending the protection, dignity, welfare and wellbeing of analysis members; to guard researchers from hurt and unjust criticism; to take account of reputable pursuits of people, teams and communities in our analysis as they relate to ethics and governance; and to supply reassurance to the general public of the integrity of our analysis.

College/Part

Analysis & Innovation

Workers Class

Administrative

Length of Put up

Funding/Exercise Restricted

Remit: 

• Oversight of institutional ethics and governance processes and actions of evaluation boards, together with their institution
• Share greatest observe within the moral evaluation course of and related actions (together with technical elements of the evaluation course of)
• Oversight of College Ethics Healthchecks and improvement of enchancment and/or successor train
• Oversight of improvement of institutional ethics processes and implementation of on-line approval techniques
• Arbiter in circumstances the place evaluation boards fail to achieve a choice on particular person ethics purposes
• Monitoring exterior coverage landscapes and good observe elsewhere
• Reporting rising coverage points to College Analysis Committee (URC)
• Receiving reviews on ethics and integrity coaching from Colleges/Postgraduate Analysis College; evaluation and supply suggestions on coaching supplied by the College of Aberdeen
• Develop an appeals course of and think about appeals towards selections taken by ethics boards
• Growth of auditing/monitoring processes of tasks which have acquired moral approval; develop Phrases of Reference and arrange Ethics Audit and Monitoring Group
• Consideration of reviews from Ethics Audit & Monitoring Group
• Reporting to URC quarterly (or as required)
• Some other actions/duties associated to ethics and governance as directed by the Vice Principal Analysis

Frequency of conferences:

Quarterly

Please see the Additional Particulars for extra details about this position.

Functions needs to be made in writing with a brief CV and overlaying letter explaining why you want to be thought of for this position, and submitted to Mrs Daybreak Foster, Clerk to the Ethics Advisory Group ([email protected] ).  Please quote reference quantity RAI121A on all correspondence.

The deadline for receipt of purposes is 19 February 2024

Interviews are scheduled to happen on 18 March 2024.

Casual queries in regards to the position may also be directed to Mrs Daybreak Foster.

The College of Aberdeen embraces a various working atmosphere and recognises the numerous advantages this will deliver.  Functions from people from throughout the entire equality protected traits are inspired.