Headquartered at NC State University with regional offices throughout the country, the IR-4 Project team is made up of highly-skilled professionals in a wide variety of fields who all have a common mission: to facilitate regulatory approval of sustainable pest management technology for specialty crops and specialty uses to promote public wellbeing.
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Headquarters Positions (Location: NC State University)
Temporary Senior Quality Assurance Auditor
The IR-4 Project seeks a Temporary Senior Quality Assurance Auditor to join its Headquarters team at North Carolina State University. Reporting to the National Quality Assurance Unit Manager, the incumbent is a senior member of the IR-4 Project Quality Assurance Unit and will be responsible for performing, and training others to perform, various types of quality assurance audits to ensure the quality and integrity of the IR-4 Project submissions to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA). Many of the functions of this position are required for the IR-4 Project to achieve compliance with US EPA Federal Good Laboratory Practice Regulations (GLPs – as documented in Chapter 40- Code of Federal Regulations, Part 160). Duties will include but are not limited to: data and documentation review and analysis, utilizing electronic systems and SOPs, process assessment, and training of quality assurance auditors.
Environmental Horticulture Program Manager
The IR-4 Project Environmental Horticulture Program (EHP) Manager position will be tasked with coordinating research and pesticide (bio-based and chemical) registration activities on non-food, ornamental plant species within the IR-4 Project. This position will be based at the IR-4 Headquarters office at NC State University. Specifically, this position will direct the following areas:
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- The establishment of research priorities via a biennial stakeholder priority-setting workshop
- The establishment of the annual research program including the development of research protocols, working with Regional Field Coordinators to identify research cooperators; and assisting research cooperators and other stakeholders with questions involving research.
- Interface with representatives from registrants, trade associations, and regulatory agencies.
- Critically review results of field trials, and assess if there is adequate data to support regulatory actions and/or use recommendations. Summarize outcomes and transmit findings to cooperating registrants, other stakeholders, and IR-4 Management.
Reporting to the Executive Director, this position is aligned with IR-4’s mission to facilitate regulatory approval of sustainable pest management technology for specialty crops including ornamental crops and other environmental horticulture uses. Learn more about the key duties and qualifications for this role via the job posting (linked directly below).
Other Positions (regional and local IR-4 openings, as well as positions with affiliate organizations)
We do not have any regional, partner, or affiliate positions to share at this time.