San Diego, California
Posted: 03-Aug-24
Location: La Jolla, California
Salary: Open
Internal Number: 131403
UCSD Layoff from Career Appointment: Apply by 8/5/24 for consideration with preference for rehire. All layoff applicants should contact their Employment Advisor.
Special Selection Applicants: Apply by 8/16/24. Eligible Special Selection clients should contact their Disability Counselor for assistance.
- This position is open until filled. First Review Date 8/16/24.
DESCRIPTION
Founded in 1965, the Department of Psychology at UCSD is one of the premier experimental psychology departments in the country. Currently there are 34 faculty, 25 researchers and postdocs, 30 staff members, 1500 undergraduate students and 60 graduate students. The department has over 37 active federal contracts/grants and annual expenditures total over $10 million across federal, state, and gift funds.
This is a professional position at the experienced level of the Research Administrator series. The incumbent will be an experienced professional who knows how to apply theory and put it into practice with an in-depth understanding of the professional field; independently performs the full range of responsibilities within the function; possesses broad job knowledge; analyzes problems and issues of diverse scope, and determines solutions.
Under general supervision, uses 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; maintain contract and grant records in compliance with institutional research sponsor policies; work on proposals and awards of diverse scope where analysis of data requires thorough understanding of complex regulations; complete and approve transactions; work on complex proposals and awards that may involve multiple investigators and/or multiple sub awards; provide work direction department RA2s; work on complex NIH/NSF/other agencies proposals such as grants/contracts which require task budgets, option years, multiple investigators and multiple sub awards; manage human subjects protocols and payments for PIs; build rapport with PIs and provide excellent customer service for department.
Additional complexity/workload responsibilities: UCPath funding entries and salary transfers; academic salary, including summer salary; General Campus Compensation Plan (GCCP); Faculty Salary Exchange Program (FSEP), buyouts, and sabbaticals; faculty startup, gifts, and faculty-generated accounts; faculty with joint appointments in Rady School of Management; graduate student appointments/GSRs, including summer GSRs.
Occasional overtime and weekends may be required.
Please submit a cover letter along with a resume for a complete application.
QUALIFICATIONS
Experienced with all types of award mechanisms, including grants, contracts, subcontracts, and cooperative agreements. Thorough understanding of research administration guidelines of Federal and non-Federal sponsors supporting research and educational activities, preferably in a university environment.
Demonstrated experience in principles and practices of fund accounting, cost analysis and audit procedures. Demonstrated knowledge of generally accepted accounting, fiscal and reporting principles.
Demonstrated knowledge of Federal and non-federal agency requirements and regulations for sponsored research, from proposal preparation through close out, including but not limited to Cost Accounting Standards, OMBA 121, FDP policies, etc.
Thorough knowledge of OMB circulars such as Uniform Guidance, A-21, A110 and principles of cost accounting standards, including allowability, allocability, and reasonableness, state, local, sponsor and institutional regulations, policies, and guidelines.
Ability to manage significant volume of transactions. Ability to work in a fast paced environment with overlapping deadlines and short lead times and maintain a high level of attention to detail, and ability to work with a high degree of accuracy.
Ability to perform complex financial analysis and customized reporting. Experience using Oracle financial or other types of financial reporting applications.
Demonstrated competence in the use of spreadsheet and database software in financial analysis, fiscal management and financial reports. Ability to read and understand the UCSD general ledger produced by General Accounting to interpret into local reports, knowledge of University accounting and purchasing policies and procedures to support the Center's financial structure; knowledge and skill in the use of Oracle financial systems for inquiry and data entry information on purchase orders, travel, and UCPATH on-line subsystems (preferred). Ability to train
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