Contracts Manager

Imperial College London; Greater London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

41 days off a year

Job summary

Imperial College London seeks an experienced Contracts Manager to enable world-leading academic research by handling research-related contracts.

You will draft, review and negotiate terms with funders, industry partners and collaborators, ensuring value for money and compliance with policy. You will work with Partnerships, Research Office and Imperial College Innovations Limited to deliver high-quality, timely agreements.

Qualifications

• Experience negotiating research contracts, ideally in higher education.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Autonomous worker who also thrives in a collaborative team.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality research contract advice to academic and administrative staff.
• Prepare draft research agreements in discussion with staff, aligning with project needs.
• Review and negotiate research agreements with sponsors to secure favourable terms.
• Facilitate pre-contractual processes within university administration.
• Maintain computerised records and ensure management information is accurate.

Skills

Contract negotiation

Contract drafting

Legal review

Stakeholder management

Communication

Job description

You will be joining a science-based institution with the greatest concentration of high-impact research of any major UK university. The Faculty Engineering, consistently rated among the best in the world, is made up of 10 academic departments and is committed to increasing its research activity.

As a Contracts Manager for Imperial, you will be enabling world-leading academic research by reviewing, drafting, negotiating and gaining approval of a broad spectrum of research-related contracts.

We work with blue chip and FTSE 100 companies, start-ups and entrepreneurs, UK/international government departments, academic collaborators, and charities. We interact closely with various internal teams (including Partnerships, the Research Office, and Imperial College Innovations Limited).

Together with our colleagues, we seek to safeguard the university's charitable position, the academic community's need to pursue further research and publish results, and ensure value for money and appropriate access to intellectual property rights for our sponsors.

We seek to safeguard the university's charitable position and the academic community's need to pursue further research and publish results whilst ensuring value for money and appropriate access to intellectual property rights for our sponsors.

The position will provide advice on all matters relating to terms and conditions of externally funded research projects and related agreements

• Provide high-quality research contract advice to Imperial academic and administrative staff across a variety of funders and collaborators.
• Prepare draft research agreements in discussion with academic and departmental staff, taking into consideration specific project requirements.
• Review research agreements and efficiently negotiate with range of sponsors to achieve the best possible contractual terms within Imperial's policies.
• Be familiar with university administration processes to facilitate pre-contractual arrangements.
• Maintain the computerised records, ensuring that management information is accurate and up-to-date.

We are looking for an experienced and effective Contracts Manager with proven understanding and meaningful experience of research contract negotiations. You will possess knowledge of the unique issues of research contracts from the demonstrable experience you will have gained, ideally in the Higher Education Sector or within a similar context.

Our colleagues expect us to demonstrate excellent communication skills (written and verbal) and have the ability to articulate complex issues clearly and concisely to a wide range of people of varying levels of knowledge and expertise.

You will thrive in a fast-paced environment and feel comfortable effectively prioritising your workload in order to ensure the timely delivery across multiple projects.

You will work well both autonomously and as part of a dynamic team.

You will share our passion for providing a quality service; possess excellent attention to detail, and act with tact and diplomacy. You will understand the need and practice of customer focus and customer relationship skills.

• The opportunity to specialise in research funding opportunities in the University sector
• The opportunity to develop specialised knowledge in research contracts for scientific research
• The opportunity to continue your career at a world-leading institution
• Sector-leading salary and remuneration package (including 41 days off a year)