"Grants Manager"

Job Details

Posted: 26-Oct-25

Location: San Francisco, California

Type: Full-time

Categories: Staff/Administrative

Internal Number: 86615BR

Reporting to the Associate Dean of Administration and Finance, the Grants Manager will oversee the awards portfolio of the School of Nursing faculty in four academic departments and an Organized Research Unit (ORU). The position will manage a team of 7.00 FTE research administrators collectively responsible for a portfolio of 170+ awards totaling approximately $22M of state, federal, and private sponsored grants and intramural research awards for approximately 80 PI's/faculty.

The Grants Manager will assist the Associate Dean of Administration and Finance in the creation and maintenance of a robust research administration team focused on financial integrity, customer service, and compliance. The position will be a strategic partner to our Associate Dean of Research in support of analysis of our research enterprise for strategic initiatives and developing viable funding streams to support research activities.

Primary duties include but are not limited to:

• Overseeing the management of research awards and traineeships, including meeting sponsors' requirements on reporting and closeout activities, analyzing research funding trends and sources, forecasting and planning.
• Managing personnel actions for the Grants Management team including recruitment, training and mentoring, performance evaluations, management and discipline.
• Overseeing pre-award proposal initiatives that are not under the purview of the campus Research Management Services unit.
• Implementing policy compliance measures, developing workflows that are efficient and ensure internal controls, developing long-range strategies to solve current complex issues, providing guidance and expertise to effect needed changes in a way that optimizes resource utilization and minimizes risk.

Receives assignments in the form of objectives and determines how to use resources to meet schedules and goals. Reviews and approves recommendations for functional programs. Provides guidance to subordinates to achieve goals in accordance with established policies. Erroneous decisions or failure to achieve goals results in additional costs and personnel. Manages operations of contracts and grants office and professional staff.

The final salary and offer components are subject to additional approvals based on UC policy.

Your placement within the salary range is dependent on a number of factors including your work experience and internal equity within this position classification at UCSF. For positions that are represented by a labor union, placement within the salary range will be guided by the rules in the collective bargaining agreement.

The salary range for this position is $150,900 - $226,300 (Annual Rate).

To learn more about the benefits of working at UCSF, including total compensation, please visit: https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/compensation-and-benefits/index.html