Contracts Manager

City St George’s, University of London is the University of business, practice and the professions and brings together the expertise and excellence of City, University of London and St George’s, University of London into one institution.

The combined university is one of the largest suppliers of the health workforce in the capital, as well as one of the largest higher education destinations for London students.

Combining a breadth of disciplines across health, business, law, creativity, communications, science and technology, we are creating a ‘health powerhouse’ for students, researchers, the NHS and partners in uniting a world-leading specialist health university. We are now one of the UK’s largest health educators, where staff and students have access to an expanded team of brilliant academic and professional services colleagues, combined resources and facilities and more interdisciplinary opportunities.

The merger creates opportunities to generate significant change in the world of healthcare including changes to treatment, population health monitoring, workforce development and leadership, policy, and advocacy.

Background

Research and Enterprise at City supports academic staff in all areas when applying for externally funded research and enterprise activities. You will be one of the Contract Managers working with colleagues in the Research and Enterprise to guide the contractual side of new and existing awards.

Responsibilities

You will provide in-house expertise for drafting, reviewing, and advising on contractual provisions and facilitating negotiations to colleagues in Research and Enterprise and academic staff across the university in pursuance of externally funded research and/or enterprise activities. You will work with other professionals across the university on issue related to research agreements, for example to ensure compliance with GDPR legislation.

Person Specification

You will have experience in contract preparation and negotiation for sponsored research funded by government, charities and industry. Ideally you will have a degree in law. You will be proactive, analytical and pragmatic in your approach with engaging interpersonal skills to build up and maintain effective working relationships with a wide range of colleagues within and beyond the university.

Additional Information

Closing date for applications: 26th August 2024 at 11:59pm

City St George’s offers a sector-leading salary, pension scheme and benefits including a comprehensive package of staff training and development.

City St George’s, University of London is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in all its activities, processes, and culture for our whole community, including staff, students and visitors.

We welcome applications regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, pregnancy, race and ethnic origin, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background.

City St George’s operates a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants.

At City St George’s, subject to agreement, relevant Professional Services roles may be undertaken in a hybrid way, involving a mixture of working on campus and at home each week.

Where a hybrid working arrangement can be accommodated, it is expected that colleagues will spend the majority (at least 60%) of their usual working time on campus each week. Specific details will be discussed and agreed with the successful candidate. A hybrid working arrangement will not detract from any comprehensive induction, that will include relevant on-site activities.

Regardless of where colleagues are working, City St George’s, University of London’s premises will be their primary and contractual place of work.

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