Research Administrator - Neurology

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Research Administrator - Neurology

General Information

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Work Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA

Work Schedule

Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm

Posted Date

10/13/2026

Salary Range: $90720.00 - 194040.00 Annually

Employment Type

2 - Staff: Career

Duration

indefinite

Job #

33320

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

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You will use your skills as a seasoned, experienced research administrator to independently develop and/or oversee research proposals, awards, and/or transactions related to contract and grant management, and maintain contract and grant records in compliance with institutional research sponsor policies. Works on proposals and awards of diverse scope where analysis of data requires a thorough understanding of complex regulations. Completes and approves transactions for signature by the manager or other authorized institutional official.

Annual Salary Range: $90,720.00 - $194,040.00

Job Qualifications

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Required:

• Bachelor's Degree and/or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• High School Diploma
• Minimum 8 years of research administration experience
• 1-3 years of complex research administration portfolio
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with students, staff, faculty, external collaborators, and administration.
• Ability to work as a member of a team.
• Advanced ability to set priorities and complete ongoing tasks with competing deadlines, with frequent interruptions, to meet programmatic and financial needs.
• Meticulous attention to detail in a fast-paced, fluctuating workload environment.
• Demonstrated proficiency with Adobe and Microsoft suite software, especially Excel.
• Experience with all types of award mechanisms, including grants, contracts, subcontracts, and cooperative agreements.
• Ability to interpret policy for others.
• Advanced knowledge of effective grant funding processes, procedures and techniques
• Full knowledge of Federal Acquisition Regulation, Code of Federal Regulations, sponsor-specific policies, intellectual property policy, conflict of interest requirements, publication rights, application of indirect cost rates and other complex concepts in research administration.
• Experience with all types of award mechanisms, including grants, contracts, subcontracts, and cooperative agreements.
• Ability to perform highly complex financial analysis and customized reporting.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate medical, policy and administrative information in English.

Preferred:

• Interpersonal skills to effectively communicate information in a timely, professional manner.
• Exceptional organizational skills to create and maintain administrative and financial files effectively.
• 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.
• In-depth knowledge of and experience working with a variety of external sponsors, federal and state sponsors, private foundations, industry sponsors, etc.
• In-depth knowledge of various research administration policies and procedures, and contract and grant funding agency guidelines.

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.

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