Senior Research Analyst

General Information

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Work Location: Los Angeles, USA Onsite or Remote Fully Remote Work Schedule Monday-Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm Posted Date 03/27/2025 Salary Range: $68800 - 141000 Annually Employment Type 2 - Staff: Career Duration Indefinite Job # 23553

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

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The Department of Medicine is seeking a highly skilled Senior Research Analyst to lead the planning, development, and execution of operations that support the mission and goals of its programs and projects. This role involves strategic planning, coordination, communication, supervision, training, financial oversight, and grant writing. The Senior Research Analyst will manage and execute all program and project activities while collaborating with internal teams and external partners in a high-volume, fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate will possess strong communication skills, the ability to supervise staff effectively, and a deep understanding of UCLA, state, and federal regulations to ensure compliance.

Annual range: $68,800-$141,000

Job Qualifications

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Required:

• Ability to work independently and also have interpersonal skills to work with teams.
• Exceptional writing skills to produce wide range of documents and deliverables.
• Experience communicating effectively and professionally and working with a variety of internal and external partners, including UCLA administrators, outside funders, policy makers and community representatives.
• Strong organizational skills to successfully work on and track complex programs involving short deadlines and multiple tasks, in coordination with multiple teams to achieve program/project mission and goals. 
• Working knowledge of program/project development, evaluation, creating datasets, financial management and reporting, research principles including CITI training, grant writing and proposal submission, University procedures and policies, program/project related federal and state regulations.  
• Ability to seek out and learn new policies, procedures, and software to advance the mission of the program/project.
•  Ability to train new program/project managers and other staff within and external to the unit. 

Preferred:

• Bachelor’s Degree or 4-5 years of experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Master’s degree or 2-3 years of experience.

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional 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; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer. Apply