Find the cures you know are out there. At UCLA Health, you make it happen as part of a groundbreaking Research team, working to understand hundreds of medical disorders and improving processes for dozens of procedures across the globe.
The Division of Experimental Medicine, within the Department of Medicine, is seeking a collaborative, detail-oriented Senior Research Administrator to support its research enterprise.
In this role, you’ll provide full pre- and post-award research administration for faculty in the division. Working closely with the Department Chair, CAO, CFO, and other leaders, you’ll manage a diverse portfolio of intra- and extramurally funded awards, from proposal development and award management to financial oversight, sponsor reporting, and compliance monitoring.
You’ll support nearly a dozen investigators with active NIH F-, K-, and R-series grants and private foundation funding. The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment, juggles competing priorities with ease, and is passionate about advancing biomedical research through excellent research administration.
Annual range: $74,445.00-$152,460.00
Required
- Bachelo’rs degree and/or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Interpersonal skills to effectively communicate information in a timely, professional manner
- Ability to establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with various stakeholders
- Ability to set priorities and complete ongoing tasks with competing deadlines, with frequent interruptions, to meet programmatic and financial needs
- Close attention to detail in a fast-paced, fluctuating workload environment
- Organizational skills to create and maintain administrative and financial files effectively
- Demonstrated proficiency with Adobe and Microsoft suite software, especially Excel
- Strong writing skills in a variety of styles to draft persuasive text for diverse audiences while ensuring adherence to funding sponsor guidelines
- Demonstrated knowledge of effective grant funding processes, procedures, and techniques
- Ability to perform complex financial analysis and customized reporting
- Demonstrated ability to communicate medical, policy, and administrative information in English
- Minimum 5 years of research administration experience
Preferred
- Strong organizational skills, ability to prioritize job functions, and handle multiple tasks simultaneously across multiple proposal submission systems
- Experience preparing, managing, and projecting budgets
- Mathematical skills for preparing complex calculations and forecasts and identifying and resolving complicated financial scenarios
- Knowledge of and experience working with a variety of external sponsors, including federal and state agencies, private foundations, and industry sponsors
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