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General Information

Work Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Onsite or Remote
Fixed Hybrid
Work Schedule
Hybrid schedule, Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm
Posted Date
04/10/2026
Salary Range: $33.96 - 69.54 Hourly
Employment Type
2 - Staff: Career
Duration
Indefiinite
Job #
29806

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Our Orthopedic Surgery Department is seeking to hire a full-time Research Administrator III to support a rapidly expanding portfolio of clinical and translational research. You will partner closely with faculty, investigators, and institutional partners to move innovative ideas from concept through funding and successful execution.

In this role you’ll partner with investigators to coordinate funding proposals, manage submission timelines, and serve as a key point of contact with institutional research offices and sponsors. Once awards are active, you’ll oversee complex grants and contracts, monitor compliance requirements, prepare reports, and ensure funds are administered accurately throughout the life of each award.

This role also plays a critical part in financial stewardship, developing budgets and projections, reviewing monthly financial reports, monitoring expenses, and advising faculty on sponsor and university policies. Regular collaboration with PIs ensures research programs stay compliant, well-funded and on track.

Salary range: $70,900/yr - $145,200/yr

Job Qualifications

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience
  • Minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible research administration experience
  • Working knowledge of the grant lifecycle, including proposal development, award setup, post‑award administration, and closeout
  • Demonstrated ability to perform complex financial analysis and produce customized financial reports
  • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and working proficiency with other Microsoft Office applications
  • Strong written communication skills, with the ability to draft and edit grant‑related materials in compliance with sponsor guidelines
  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and competing deadlines in a fast‑paced research environment
  • Proven ability to work collaboratively and communicate effectively with faculty, administrators, and external stakeholders

Preferred

  • Experience preparing, managing, monitoring, and forecasting grant and project budgets
  • Experience working with a variety of sponsors, including federal, state, private foundations, and industry sponsors
  • Advanced financial modeling, forecasting, and reconciliation experience in a research or academic environment
  • Experience supporting multiple proposal submission systems (e.g., federal and non‑federal portals)
  • Strong organizational skills with the ability to maintain accurate administrative and financial records

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.