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Posted: 19-May-23
Location: La Jolla, California
Salary: Open
Internal Number: 120565
UCSD Layoff from Career Appointment: Apply by 12/13/2022 for consideration with preference for rehire. All layoff applicants should contact their Employment Advisor.
Special Selection Applicants: Apply by 12/22/2022 Eligible Special Selection clients should contact their Disability Counselor for assistance.
Placement within the salary range is determined by internal equity, relevant qualifications, and collective bargaining agreements (when applicable).
This position can be fully remote, in-person, or a hybrid (remote and in-person). The on-site location is 9500 Gilman Drive, San Diego, CA 92093.
DESCRIPTION
The Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science is dedicated to creating and promoting public health innovations to advance equity, justice, and wellbeing for all and has more than 80 primary salaried faculty, 20 secondary faculty, 250+ personnel, 225 postgraduate students, and over 650 undergraduate majors. The School includes activities in the public health disciplines of biostatistics and bioinformatics, epidemiology, global health, health policy, health behavior, health equity, public mental health, environmental and climate health, and preventive medicine.
The School has strong collaborative research programs facilitated by Research Centers of Excellence focused on wireless and population health systems, health promotion and equity, women's health, and tobacco control, and has extensive collaborations with the School of Medicine, Jacobs School of Engineering, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Moores Cancer Center, Design Lab, Qualcomm Institute, ACTRI, HDSI, Skaggs School of Pharmacy, and with other partners across the UC San Diego campus. Partnerships with the community and health agencies are fundamental to the School.
The School houses five recharge cores providing services to UC San Diego and external customers. Research in the School includes ~$125M total awarded grants and contracts. The School has and administers two PhD programs (public health and biostatistics), a Master of Public Health professional degree program, a MS in Biostatistics, the only Health Sciences undergraduate program (BSPH), a Master of Applied Science in Leadership of Healthcare Organizations run in conjunction with UC San Diego Extension, and a Preventive Medicine Residency program
Under the general supervision of the School's Fiscal Operations Supervisor, the incumbent is responsible for strategic fiscal planning, analysis, budgeting and management for complex research grants and contracts, self-supporting activities, educational programs, gift, and other funds for the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health. This position provides high level analysis and pre and post award fiscal management for a full range of fund sources to include federal, state / county, non-profit, foundation, gift, for-profit, clinical, university funds, etc. across a diverse portfolio that includes grants, contracts, clinical trials, endowments, and other revenues. The incumbent works with Principal Investigators (PIs) and Program Directors (PDs) with multiple fund sources and more complex awards to coordinate research/project/program funding and balance available resources. Collaborates with the PI/PD in order to meet all programmatic and staffing commitments.
The incumbent independently resolves variances, identifies problems, formulates solutions and/or makes recommendations in accordance with School, university, and agency regulations. They work closely with the PI and/or PI designee on all funding issues and serve as a resource for PIs and program staff on agency and university regulations and guidelines. Incumbent provides consultative services to School administrators, faculty, and non-faculty academics. The incumbent may also be engaged in the negotiation and management of service agreements, clinical trials, or other contracts. They serve as a liaison with the Office of Contracts & Grants Administration (OCGA), Office of Sponsored Projects Finance (SPF), Health Sciences Sponsored Project Pre Award Office (HS SPPO), funding agencies, and other partners. The incumbent also contributes to training or mentoring to School employees working with various sources of funding, including pre- and post-award management, project reporting, and close-outs. Supports effort reporting compliance and Departmental Security Administrator (DSA) functions.
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 and maintains contract and grant records in compliance with institutional research sponsor policies. Works on proposals and awards of
