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Posted: 03-Nov-24
Location: Los Angeles, California
Salary: Open
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Internal Number: 144136312
Under the general direction of the Department Chair, Chief Administrative Office (CAO), Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and other Department leaders and in concert with other research administrative staff, you will bear primary responsibility of all pre- and post-award administration for intra/extramurally funded research awards for Departmental Principal Investigators (PIs). This position will serve as the Training Grant Coordinator in the Department of Neurosurgery. The Training Grant Coordinator uses skills as a seasoned, experienced, research administrator to independently develop and / or oversee research proposals, awards, and / or transactions related to contract and grant management and maintains contract and grant records in compliance with institutional research sponsor policies. You will work on proposals and awards of diverse scope where analysis of data requires thorough understanding of complex regulations. You will complete and approve transactions for signature by the manager or other authorized institutional official.
Please attach a cover letter and resume as a single document along with your application.
Salary Range: $68800 - $141000/Annually
Required:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or related field, or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of research administration 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.
- Demonstrated proficiency with Adobe and Microsoft suite software, especially Excel.
- 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:
- Strong organization skills, ability to prioritize job functions, and handle multiple tasks simultaneously with multiple proposal submission systems.
- Experience preparing, managing, and projecting budgets.
- Organization skills to create and maintain administrative and financial files effectively.
- Mathematical skills for the preparation of complex calculations and forecasts and to identify and resolve complicated financial scenarios.
- Knowledge of and experience working with a variety of external sponsors, federal and state sponsors, private foundations, industry sponsors, etc.
- Ability to perform complex financial analysis and customized reporting.
