The Department of Urology seeks to provide all patients with the best urological care. Our team strives to provide patients with comprehensive care and the latest discoveries in education and research, leading to innovative techniques and minimally invasive procedures.

Your Role on the Team

This role will provide project operations support for existing NIH and PCORI projects related to kidney stone disease. The projects involve working with investigators from within UCI and across the U.S. at other medical centers. Additionally, the role will provide grant writing and submission support to external sponsors for research, with a focus on NIH and PCORI funding. This role will also provide support to a team of interdisciplinary researchers, including facilitating team communication, organizing the submission process, and providing writing, editing, project planning, and budget development support for grant proposals.

What It Takes to be Successful

Required:

• Advanced knowledge of the grant submission process and key practices, regulations, and policies related to grants.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Excellent project management and organizational skills.
• Advanced degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training

Preferred:

• Doctorate in related area and/or equivalent experience training preferred
• At least three years of grant-related experience
• Experience working in an academic or research setting

Total Rewards

In addition to the salary range listed below, we offer a wealth of benefits to make working at UCI even more rewarding. These benefits may include medical insurance, sick and vacation time, retirement savings plans, and access to a number of discounts and perks. Please utilize the links listed here to learn more about our compensation practices and benefits.

Conditions of Employment:

The University of California, Irvine (UCI) seeks to provide a safe and healthy environment for the entire UCI community. As part of this commitment, all applicants who accept an offer of employment must comply with the following conditions of employment:

• Background Check and Live Scan
• Employment Misconduct*
• Legal Right to work in the United States
• Vaccination Policies
• Smoking and Tobacco Policy
• Drug Free Environment

*Misconduct Disclosure Requirement: 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.

The following additional conditions may apply, some of which are dependent upon business unit or job specific requirements.

• California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act
• E-Verify
• Pre-Placement Health Evaluation

Details of each policy may be reviewed by visiting the following page - https://hr.uci.edu/new-hire/conditions-of-employment.php

Consideration for Work Authorization Sponsorship

Must be able to provide proof of work authorization