Responsibilities:

Directly supervises up to 6 employees.

Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws.

Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems . What we Require Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree in research administration, public administration, science, or related field strongly preferred.

Minimum of 10 years of experience in research administration at a research institute, academic medical center, or university, with at least 3 years in a people management role.

In-depth knowledge of federal and foundation funding mechanisms, particularly NIH and other health- and science-focused agencies.

Proven experience in pre-award grant administration, proposal development, and submission management.

Familiarity with research submission/administration systems such as Cayuse, or equivalent platforms.

Deep understanding of the research environment, particularly in biomedical or life sciences.

Familiarity with collaborative and international proposal requirements.

Continuous Process Improvement experience is preferred.

Certified Research Administrator (CRA) or similar credential preferred.

Computer skills required: Microsoft Office; Project Management Software, AI tools such as ChatGPT . What We Can Offer

The expected pay range for this position is $135,000 to $170,000 per annum.  Salk Institute provides pay ranges representing its good faith estimate of what the institute reasonably expects to pay for a position. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal equity, geographic location, and external market pay for comparable jobs.

Benefits

Salk Institute offers competitivebenefits, including medical, dental, vision, retirement, paid time off, tuition reimbursement, patient advocacy services, and transit/parking program.

Salk Values

The Salk Community, both scientists and administrators, worked together to define values that we believe support Salk’s pursuit of excellence. To be truly the best scientific institution requires not only incredible discoveries, but a common understanding of how we should work together to enable those discoveries.

The acronym“I CARE”provides a simple way to remember each of the values and reminds each of us of the importance of what we do each day.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The Salk Institute for Biological Studies is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to providing equal access to opportunities for students, employees, applicants for employment and other visitors. Salk has also adopted and maintains a policy to encourage professional and respectful workplace behavior and prevent discriminatory and harassing conduct in our workplace.

Accordingly, the Institute prohibits harassment and discrimination in employment on the basis of, and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to, actual or perceived race (race is inclusive of traits associated with race, including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles. Protective hairstyles include, but not limited to, such hairstyles as braids, and twists), color, religion, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, marital status, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), reproductive health decision making, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, veteran and/or military status (disabled veteran, veteran of the Vietnam era, other covered veteran status), political affiliation, and any other status protected by state or federal law.

Discrimination is prohibited with any intersectionality of the above-mentioned characteristics, including: Any combination of characteristics.

A perception that the person has any of the characteristics or any combination of those characteristics.

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