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General Information

Work Location: Los Angeles, USA
Onsite or Remote
Flexible Hybrid
Work Schedule
Monday through Friday; 8:00am - 5:00pm. Hours may vary
Posted Date
03/10/2025
Salary Range: $28.3 - 54.74 Hourly
Employment Type
2 - Staff: Career
Duration
Indefinite
Job #
22942

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

It takes more than highly-specialized knowledge and insight to bring breakthrough discoveries to life. It requires a true passion for uncovering the unknown. At UCLA Health, that’s what our researchers bring to their critical work every day. Join the Department of Surgery as a full time Research Assistant and make a vital contribution to our incredible achievements.  The David Geffen School of Medicine (DGSOM), Department of Surgery is seeking to hire a full-time Research Assistant to join the Population-Health Research Unit (PHRU). This position presents an exciting opportunity to be part of a fast-paced team responsible for providing the A-Zs of population health research–development, implementation, and dissemination. Under the direction of the PHRC Manager, the Research Assistant will work with a variety of personnel and leading health care researchers (i.e., Principal Investigators, Sub-Investigators, trainees, and national/international collaborators) to complete the following duties: 

  • The execution of operations to meet the mission and goals of the program / project assigned. 
  • Developing and producing deliverables including presentations, website, social media content, communications, and other materials.  This may include works related to IRB protocol submission and approval. 
  • Supporting the effort to ensure compliance with all UCLA as well as relevant federal and state regulations.  
  • Collaborating in works toward the completion of all program/project activities, research, outreach, and recruitment. Work with research participants on consent and surveys/interviews. 
  • Assisting with producing weekly status reports, schedules, and drafts documents, data collection/data clean up, and analysis. 
  • Creates materials, develops and maintains databases. 
  • Supporting all aspects of event planning from internal meetings to conferences and site visits. 
  • Supporting the team in the development and production of all program/project deliverables including reports, presentations, website, social media content, communication, and other materials.

At UCLA Health, our passion for discovery and our limitless curiosity have enabled us to become a world-renowned source of medical breakthroughs. In addition to the extensive medical research and clinical education capabilities of the David Geffen School of Medicine, we’re home to four award-winning hospitals and more than 270 community clinics throughout Southern California. If you’re looking to experience greater challenge and fulfillment in your career, come to UCLA Health.


Pay Range: $28.30 - $54.74 hourly

Job Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • 2-4 years of relevant experience.
  • Ability to work independently and also have interpersonal skills to work with teams.
  • Demonstrated writing skills to produce wide range of documents and deliverables.
  • Experience communicating effectively and professionally and working with a variety of internal and external partners, including UCLA administrators, outside funders, policy makers and community representatives.
  • Working knowledge of evaluation, creating datasets, grant writing and proposal submission.
  • Strong organizational skills to successfully work on and track complex programs involving short deadlines and multiple tasks, in coordination with multiple teams to achieve program/project mission and goals.
  • Working knowledge of program/project development, evaluation, creating datasets, financial management and reporting, research principles including CITI training, grant writing and proposal submission, University procedures and policies, program/project related federal and state regulations.
  • Ability to seek out and learn new policies, procedures, and software to advance the mission of the program/project.
  • Ability to train new program/project managers and other staff within and external to the unit.

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.