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General Information

Work Location: Santa Monica, CA, USA
Onsite or Remote
Fully On-Site
Work Schedule
Monday and Tuesday (8am - 5pm)
Posted Date
07/21/2026
Salary Range: $100170 - 218715 Annually
Employment Type
4 - Staff: Limited
Duration
Pending duration
Job #
31736

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

The Clinical Research Analyst 4 plays a critical role in the overall operational management of clinical research/trial/study activities from design, set up, conduct, through closeout. The ideal candidate is an experienced professional or leader who has direct responsibility for the implementation of research activities for one or more studies which may include multicenter clinical trials (both NIH and industry-sponsored), local investigator-initiated clinical trials, and/or programmatic clinical research activities. Recognize and perform necessary project management tasks and prioritizes work to reach scheduled goals. The Clinical Research Analyst is a technical leader responsible for ensuring the study protocol and procedures have been completed accurately, safely, and in a timely manner. This position may supervise and train others on projects as necessary. Work with PIs, departments, sponsors, institutions, and other entities as needed to support and provide guidance on the administration of the compliance, financial, personnel and other related aspects of studies.


Limited, part-time appointment, may convert to career.


Annual salary range: 100,170.00- 218,715.00

Job Qualifications

  • Demonstrated skill to effectively communicate to and interact with patients in a compassionate and kind manner. (Required)
  • Demonstrated skill to set priorities and complete ongoing tasks with competing deadlines, with frequent interruptions, to meet the programmatic and department needs, while complying with applicable University policies and federal and state regulations. (Required)
  • Analytical skills to assess complex clinical research protocols and regulatory requirements, define problems, formulate logical solutions, develop alternative solutions, make recommendations, and initiate corrective actions. (Required)
  • Organization skills to create and maintain administrative and regulatory files effectively as well as independently balance the various tasks to ensure deadlines are met. (Required)
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  • Ability to learn new software tools, systems, and processes which can be adopted quickly and efficiently. (Required)
  • Demonstrated experience working with a variety of local and external IRBs, scientific review and other research committees, national cooperative group sponsors, industry sponsors, federal and foundation funding organizations, etc. (Required)
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills to effectively establish rapport, building collaborative relationships, and communicate complex concepts and ideas in an easy-to-understand manner. (Required)
  • Ability to adapt to changing job demands and priorities, remain flexible including working flexible hours to accommodate research deadlines. (Required)
  • Ability to handle confidential information with judgement and discretion. (Required)
  • High degree of concentration and focus in a work environment that contains distracting stimuli, competing deadlines, and work delegated by more than one individual. (Required)
  • Availability to work in more than one environment, travelling to various clinic sites, meetings, conferences, etc. (Required)
  • Advanced knowledge of and experience working with a variety of local and external IRBs, scientific review and other research committees, national cooperative group sponsors, industry sponsors, federal and foundation funding organizations, etc. (Required)
  • Demonstrated ability to interpret IRB, FDA, federal and UCLA requirements and utilize that information to guide investigators and other team members. (Required)
  • Expert level working knowledge of clinical research concepts, policies and procedures, and human safety protection regulations and laws. (Required)
  • Demonstrated analytical skills to address problems of high complexity. (Required)
  • Ability to think creatively to develop solutions affecting the full team. (Required)
  • Demonstrated ability to serve as a subject matter expert, providing guidance and advice to lower level clinical research coordinators. (Required)
  • Sufficient experience and knowledge of clinical trials budgeting processes to manage the preparation of clinical trials budgets. (Required)
  • Expert level experience with FDA processes and procedures. (Required)
  • Ability to lead the development and implementation of quality improvement activities, SOPs, processes, etc. (Required)

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an 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; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.

Current/former UC employees are subject to a personnel file review.