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General Information

Work Location: Los Angeles, USA
Onsite or Remote
Flexible Hybrid
Work Schedule
Monday – Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm
Posted Date
02/27/2025
Salary Range: $68800 - 141000 Annually
Employment Type
2 - Staff: Career
Duration
Indefinite
Job #
22253

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

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, the Senior Research Administrator will be responsible for all pre-award administration for intra/extramurally funded research awards for Departmental Principal Investigators (PIs).

Salary offers are determined based on various factors including, but not limited to, qualifications, experience, and equity. The full annual salary range for this position is $68,800.00 - $141,000.00. Please note that the department's target annual pay range is $83,800.00 - $131,600.00.


Job Qualifications

Required:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or related field, or equivalent 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.
  • Mathematical skills for the preparation of complex calculations and forecasts and to identify and resolve complicated financial scenarios.

Note: May be subject to test in qualifying skills



As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.