Senior Research Administrator

General Information

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Work Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA

Work Schedule

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

Posted Date

10/30/2026

Salary Range: $74445.00 - 152460.00 Annually

Employment Type

2 - Staff: Career

Duration

indefinite

Job #

33811

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

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The Senior Research Administrator position will provide essential fund management support to the Divisions within the Department of Medicine.

Brief Job Summary: Manage all administrative fund management support function for the Division's research programs. Prepare all grant proposal submissions and provide liaison to all University entities necessary for the preparation of all Department contract and grant proposals. The Research Administrator will be responsible for all the post-award fund activities of designated accounts from fund inception to closure, such that financial activities and records do not deviate from approved policy and procedures. Manage larger, more complex PI portfolios as well as help oversee, train and mentor junior research administrator trainees.

The full annual salary range for this position is $74,445.00 - $152,460.00. The department's target hourly salary range is $74,445.00 - $113,400.00.

Job Qualifications

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Required:

• Bachelor's degree in finance or related field, or equivalent experience.
• High School Diploma.
• 5+ years of research administration experience.
• Interpersonal skills to effectively communicate information in a timely, professional manner.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with various stakeholders.
• Ability to set priorities and complete ongoing tasks with competing deadlines, with frequent interruptions, to meet programmatic and financial needs.
• Close attention to detail in a fast-paced, fluctuating workload environment.
• Demonstrated proficiency with Adobe and Microsoft suite software, especially Excel.
• Strong writing skills in a variety of styles to draft persuasive text for a variety of audiences while ensuring adherence to funding sponsor's guidelines.
• Demonstrated knowledge of effective grant funding processes, procedures and techniques.
• Ability to perform complex financial analysis and customized reporting.
• Preferred:
• Organization 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.
• Knowledge of and experience working with a variety of external sponsors, federal and state sponsors, private foundations, industry sponsors, etc.

May be subject to test in qualifying skills

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.