Research Contracts Manager

TPP Recruitment; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent UK university is searching for a Research Contracts Manager to facilitate high-impact academic research. The role involves drafting, reviewing, and negotiating research agreements while collaborating with various partners including industry sponsors and academic institutions. Candidates must have a proven track record in research contract negotiations and demonstrate strong communication and customer relationship skills. This full-time position is based in London and offers a competitive salary along with a generous benefits package.

Benefits

41 days off per year

Competitive pension

Specialist development opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven understanding and meaningful experience of research contract negotiations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to prioritize workload effectively.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality research contract advice to staff.
• Prepare draft research agreements for projects.
• Review and negotiate research agreements efficiently.
• Maintain accurate computerised records.

Skills

Research contract negotiation

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Customer relationship skills

Job description

A leading UK higher education institution is seeking a Research Contracts Manager to support a world-class science faculty known for pioneering research across the physical, mathematical and life sciences. As a Research Contracts Manager, you will play a key part in enabling high-impact academic research by drafting, reviewing, negotiating and approving a broad range of research agreements. You will collaborate with a wide spectrum of partners including major industry sponsors, innovative start-ups, charitable organisations, government bodies and international academic institutions.

Working closely with internal academic and professional services colleagues, you ll advise on contractual matters relating to externally-funded research and ensure agreements protect the institution s charitable status, future research freedom, publication rights and appropriate handling of intellectual property.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a Research Contracts Manager who enjoys working in an ambitious research environment and wants to support projects with genuine global impact.

This is a full time, open-ended contract (permanent) based in London, working 3 days on site, less over the holiday periods.

The Role:

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

What's on offer:

• 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)
• Competative pension

What we are looking for:

• An experienced and effective Research 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.

If you have the above experience, please submit just your CV today and a member of our team here at TPP will be in touch with you to discuss everything further. Due to the number of applications we receive, we unfortunately can't reply to each applicant in detail, but everyone will be notified of the outcome of their application.

Closing date: 19th January

We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with the application process to work for you.