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Research Administrator/Communications Specialist - MED: Deans Office

Department Description

The Behavioral Health Center of Excellence is a unit under the School of Medicine, Dean's Office. The center's mission is to expand research on mental illness, identify research opportunities, accelerate innovation for future funding, with a vision of bringing cutting edge research to bear on improving human brain and mental health and to bridge is to bridge from sciences to policy and the education the next generation to be leaders for mental health.

Job Summary
Final Filing Date
6/5/2022
Salary Range
$23.65 to $47.50 (salary grade 20)
Budgeted up to $28.73/ hour
Salary Frequency
Hourly
Appointment Type
Career
Number of Positions
1
Percentage of Time
100%
Shift Hour
Monday to Friday 8am-5pm
Location
Imaging Research Center
City
Sacramento
Union Representation
No
Benefits Eligible
Yes

We offer exceptional employment benefits including medical, dental, and vision plans, generous paid vacations and holidays, excellent retirement savings and investment plans, continuing education, and reduced fee and scholarship programs.

THIS IS NOT AN H1- B OPPORTUNITY

Responsibilities
This position covers 3 areas:

1. Research Administrations/Contracts Specialist
   

Manage research contracts and grants. Assist with the negotiations of the terms and conditions in contracts with different state counties. Act as a liaison with sponsors, the UC Davis Health System's Business Contracts Office, and the UC Davis Office of Research. Communicate regularly with these offices to ensure that proposals are moving forward within targeted timelines. Maintain contacts with appropriate program officers at funding agencies to keep abreast of changes, or anticipated changes, in funding mechanisms and grant proposal requirements.

2. Communications Specialist/Event Planner
   

Produce, manage and coordinate events and communications. Manage events logistics. Design invitations, programs, and other materials. Produce newsletters and marketing materials.

3. Special Projects & Purchasing
   

Responsible for procurement functions.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business administration or accounting or at least 2 years of equivalent experience/training.
• Experience in research administration in an academic setting.
• Experience reading and evaluating program budgets.
• Demonstrated experience in the development of proposals including identification of costs, benefits, opportunities, and risks.
• Demonstrated knowledge of contracts and grants transactions and applicable financial systems.
• Demonstrated knowledge of and ability to interpret and apply sponsor, institutional and departmental policies. Knowledge of current compliance regulations in all areas of research administration.
• Ability to perform complex financial analysis and customized reporting.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills required to prepare reports, project plans, and presentations, including to sponsors and the public in general.
• Strong computer skills with software such as Microsoft Word, Microsoft Power Point, Adobe InDesign, Web page software, Adobe Illustrator, Constant Contact, EndNote, etc.
• Excellent organizational skills to determine workload priorities to enable timely completion of tasks. Ability to work effectively and independently under pressure with a minimum of direction. Ability to multi-task and set priorities on different projects.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience negotiating terms and conditions in contracts.
• Thorough knowledge of contracts and grants transactions and applicable financial systems.
• Thorough knowledge of and ability to interpret and apply sponsor, institutional and departmental policies. Knowledge of current compliance regulations in all areas of research administration.
• Knowledge of UC Path, Kuali, FIS DS, and Cognos.

Special Requirements

• Occasional need to work overtime and/or alternate shifts, weekends, variable hours.
• Must be able to travel and work in both UC Davis and UC Davis Sacramento campuses.
• This position may be subject to a criminal background investigation, drug screen, Live Scan fingerprinting, medical evaluation clearance, and functional capacity assessment.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging
At UC Davis, we're solving life's most urgent challenges to bring a fuller, healthier, and more resilient world within reach. We grow from every challenge we take on and we don't just maintain - we improve.
We recognize that creating an inclusive and intellectually vibrant organization means understanding and valuing both our individual differences and our common ground. The most comprehensive solutions come from the most diverse minds and you belong here.
As you consider joining UC Davis, please explore our Principles of Community, our Clinical Strategic Plan and strategic vision for research and education, and our latest efforts to outgrow the expected.
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer advancing inclusive excellence. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories covered by the UC nondiscrimination policy.

Final Filing Date
6/5/2022
Salary Range
$23.65 to $47.50 (salary grade 20)
Budgeted up to $28.73/ hour
Salary Frequency
Hourly
Appointment Type
Career
Number of Positions
1
Percentage of Time
100%
Shift Hour
Monday to Friday 8am-5pm
Location
Imaging Research Center
City
Sacramento
Union Representation
No
Benefits Eligible
Yes


To apply, visit https://careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psp/ucdavis/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_APP_SCHJOB.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_JBPST&Action=U&FOCUS=Applicant&SiteId=7&JobOpeningId=35185&PostingSeq=1

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer advancing inclusive excellence. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories covered by the UC nondiscrimination policy.





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