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Posted: 15-Jul-24
Location: Los Angeles, California
Salary: Open
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Internal Number: 140055188
Take on a key leadership role within a world-classhealth organization. Contribute to the financial strength of anationally-renowned leader in medical research. Take your professionalexpertise to the next level. You can do all this and more at UCLA Health.
As an important teammember of the Department of Medicine, you will play a critical part inoverseeing all aspects of pre- and post-award administration for researchawards. In support of our Principal Investigators (PIs), you will analyze anddevise effective solutions for a wide range of issues and challenges. You willhandle complex proposals, including grants and contracts that involve taskbudgets, option years, multiple investigators, and numerous sub-awards. Youwill also be responsible for organizing, planning, establishing, and monitoringfiscal budget management for contracts, grants, gifts, endowments, andprivately funded projects associated with faculty research programs. We'll lookto you for expert guidance and counsel on intricate matters related to researchadministration, including compliance with regulations and standards.
We'reseeking a highly-motivated, deadline-driven, detail-oriented individual with:
- Three or more years of research administration experience
- Bachelor's degree in finance/administration preferred
- Strong communication, interpersonal, and collaboration skills
- Exceptional organizational and prioritizing abilities
- Ability to analyze financial information, define problems, formulate logical solutions, and initiate corrective actions
- Expertise in creating and maintaining administrative and financial files
- Computer proficiency with Adobe and Microsoft Office, particularly Excel
- Excellent writing abilities
- Knowledge of effective grant funding processes, procedures and techniques
- Ability to perform complex financial analysis and customized reporting
- Target annual rate: $64,800-$137,600
UCLA Health is a world-renowned health system withfour award-winning hospitals and more than 260 community clinics throughout SouthernCalifornia. We are also home to the David Geffen School of Medicine, aninternationally-respected center of medical education and research. Through theefforts of our outstanding people, we have become Los Angeles' trusted provider of exceptional, compassionate patient care.If you're looking to experience greater challenge and fulfillment in yourcareer, you can at UCLA Health.
Required:
- 3-5 years of Research Administration experience
- Interpersonal skills to effectively communicate information in a timely, professional manner and establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with students, staff, faculty, external collaborators and administration and to work as a member of a team
- Ability to set priorities and complete ongoing tasks with competing deadlines, with frequent interruptions, to meet the programmatic and financial needs of PIs and the department, while complying with University and funding agency policies and regulations.
- Analytical skills to assess financial information, define problems, formulate logical solutions, develop alternative solutions, make recommendations, and initiate corrective actions
- Organization skills to create and maintain administrative and financial files effectively as well as independently balance the various tasks to ensure deadlines are met
- Demonstrated proficiency with Adobe and Microsoft suite software, especially Excel, to perform daily tasks efficiently and accurately
- Strong writing skills in a variety of styles to draft persuasive text for a variety of audiences while ensuring adherence to funding sponsor's guidelines
- Demonstrated knowledge of effective grant funding processes, procedures and techniques
- Ability to perform complex financial analysis and customized reporting
Preferred:
- Bachelor's Degree in Finance/administration or experience equivalent
