The Institute for Research on Health Aging conducts multi-disciplinary research that prioritizes the prevention of cardiovascular disease, neurocognitive disease, and cancer. Our focus is on translating new research discoveries into pragmatic interventions aimed at promoting healthy aging across diverse populations. Our approach involves human physiology, cohort, and clinical trial studies and our team includes established experts in population, clinical, translational, basic, and data science.
Our Research
Grant Specialist II will work with Institute investigators to complete and submit
federal and non- federal grants and serves as the liaison between the Institute
leadership and the offices of research administration, human resources,
research compliance, accounting and finance, and other research related
departments. You will be regarded as the Team Lead
for all pre- and post- NIH and other grant award administrative functions,
including management of internal documents, monitoring grant accounts, tracking
all expenses, providing grant and financial reconciliations, and generating
research-related financial reporting. Ensures compliance with all internal
policies and procedures, federal and local agency requirements including the
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and local Institutional Review Board.
Importantly, the successful candidate will participate in not only team
building activities, but also formal and informal training opportunities
designed to promote cross-areas skills development and personal career growth
in preparation for further leadership roles.
Additional duties and responsibilities:
- Perform all Pre and Post award administrative functions.
- Ensures internal documents are prepared and routed for signature and processing.
- Monitors Time & Effort for accurate reporting and performs necessary funding corrections via direct cost transfer requests.
- Responsible for grant close out.
- May assist with research participant billing.
- Ensures compliance with internal policies and procedures, all federal and local agencies including the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and local Institutional Review Board.
- Maintains research practices using Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guidelines.
- Maintains strict patient confidentiality according to HIPAA regulations and applicable law.
- Participates in required training and education programs.
- Collaborates closely with Institute investigators to complete and submit federal and non-federal research grants. May serve as Team Lead for generating or revising certain component sections of grant applications.
- Leads or assists with all pre- and post- NIH grants award administrative functions.
- Serves as a liaison between Institute leadership and the offices of research administration, human resources, research compliance, accounting and finance, and other research related departments.
- Monitors grant accounts, tracks all expenses, provides grant and financial reconciliations, and generates research-related financial reporting.
- Develops and implements procedures for ensuring research and grants compliance with all institutional administrative regulations, procedures, and policies.
- Identifies new research funding opportunities.
- May negotiate budgets for clinical studies including clinical trials.
Educational
Requirements
- BA/BS Degree required
- Master’s Degree in a relevant field is preferred
License/Certification/Registration
Requirements:
- Specialty research certification preferred
Experience:
- Three to five (3-5) years minimum experience in administration of research grants, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Ability to work extremely well as part of large or small multi-disciplinary teams.
- Ability to learn new technologies and software applications quickly.
- Outstanding organization skills.
- Exceptional communication skills.
- Working Title: Research Grant Specialist II - Smidt Heart Institute - Cheng Lab
- Department: Heart Institute Operations
- Business Entity: Academic / Research
- City: Los Angeles
- Job Category: Academic/Research
- Job Specialty: Contract & Grant Budgeting/Funding
- Position Type: Full-time
- Shift Length: 8 hour shift
- Shift Type: Full-time
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