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General Information

Work Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Onsite or Remote
Flexible Hybrid
Work Schedule
Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm
Posted Date
04/09/2026
Salary Range: $35.23 - 53.67 Hourly
Employment Type
2 - Staff: Career
Duration
Indefinite
Job #
28811

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Under the general direction of the Division Administrator, Financial Affairs Manager and other Department leaders and in concert with other research administrative staff, bear primary responsibility for all phases of pre- and post-award administration for intra/extramurally funded research awards for Departmental Principal Investigators (PIs).

Salary Range: $35.23 – 53.67 Hourly


Job Qualifications

Required:

  • 1-3 years of Financial, clerical or administrative experience
  • Interpersonal skills to effectively communicate information in a timely, professional manner and establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with students, staff, faculty, external collaborators, and administration and to work as a member of a team.
  • Ability to set priorities and complete ongoing tasks with competing deadlines, with frequent interruptions, to meet the programmatic and financial needs of PIs and the department, while complying with university and funding agency policies and regulations.
  • Analytical skills to assess financial information, define problems, formulate logical solutions, develop alternative solutions, make recommendations, and initiate corrective actions
  • Close attention to detail to ensure accuracy in a fast-paced, fluctuating workload environment
  • Organization skills to create and maintain administrative and financial files effectively as well as independently balance the various tasks to ensure deadlines are met
  • Demonstrated proficiency with Adobe and Microsoft suite software, especially Excel, to perform daily tasks efficiently and accurately

 

Preferred:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Finance/administration or experience equivalent
  • 1-2 years of Research Administration experience


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.