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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
05/28/2025
Salary Range: $68800 - 141000 Annually
Employment Type
2 - Staff: Career
Duration
Indefinite
Job #
24926

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Take on a key leadership role within a world-class health organization. Contribute to the financial strength of a nationally-renowned leader in medical research. Take your professional expertise to the next level. You can do all this and more at UCLA Health.

As an important team member of the Department of Molecular & Medical Pharmacology, you will play a critical part in overseeing all aspects of pre- and post-award administration for research awards. As a Research Administrator, in support of our Principal Investigators (PIs), you will analyze and devise effective solutions for a wide range of issues and challenges. You will handle complex proposals, including grants and contracts that involve task budgets, option years, multiple investigators, and numerous sub-awards. You will also be responsible for organizing, planning, establishing, and monitoring fiscal budget management for contracts, grants, gifts, endowments, and privately funded projects associated with faculty research programs. We’ll look to you for expert guidance and counsel on intricate matters related to research administration, including compliance with regulations and standards.

Annual range: $68,800-$141,000

Job Qualifications

Required: 

  • Bachelor's Degree in Finance or related field, or equivalent experience; 
  • High School Diploma;  
  • 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; 
  • 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; 
  • 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.

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.