Research Contracts Manager

This role provides a new and exciting opportunity to support research contracting with industry for the Mathematical Physical and Life Sciences Division working closely with Business Partnership colleagues as well as supporting a high profile project for the Department of Engineering Sciences. As a senior member of the Research Services, Research Funding & contracts Team, the successful candidate will be responsible for managing and negotiating a large portfolio of research related contracts.

Reporting to a Research Contracts Lead the successful candidate will be a senior member of a team that facilitates research funding and collaboration by primarily drafting, reviewing and negotiating research related contracts (such agreements cover research funding, multi-party collaborations, sub-contracting arrangements, external consultancies, receiving / disclosing confidential information, materials and data transfer, and clinical trials/studies).

The research contracts function within the Research, Funding and Contracts team reviews, negotiates and drafts research contracts through the full lifecycle of research projects and across all academic disciplines in the University, working with researchers and administrative staff to facilitate ground-breaking research.

Are you a Research Contracts Manager passionate about facilitating ground-breaking research? Join our dynamic Research Funding and Contracts team at the University of Oxford and help support world-class research, education, and operations in a globally respected institution.

Location: 5 Worcester Street, Oxford, OX1 2BX; hybrid.

You are able to demonstrate that you have:

• A degree or equivalent.
• A proven track record of negotiating research/IP-related contracts with industry funders and other external partners in a university or similar research intensive environment, and providing related specialized advice on issues such as research management, costing and pricing of research, collaboration arrangements, compliance, project management, and the technology transfer process.
• Demonstrable knowledge of major issues in the public funding of research in the UK and in research funding and collaboration between UK universities and external parties.
• Excellent communication, client liaison and teamwork skills, including the ability to discuss ideas and seek advice from academic and administrative staff; communicate complex ideas with a clear, concise writing and presentational style; provide clear advice verbally; represent the University externally; exercise tact and discretion when dealing with confidential matters; and develop positive relationships both with the team's customers and with colleagues in Research Services
• Ability to prioritise and manage a very large and complex workload and to work calmly to deadlines and under pressure in a team context
• Flexible approach and the ability to address problems and generate solutions
• Ability to set your own work and priorities, plus that of others, within the wider institutional context, including the academic divisions, departments and the national context.
• Ability to be an excellent role model and set the highest standards, to promote a service ethos within the team, have a can-do attitude, help bring fresh thinking to tasks, achieve results with and through others, and inspire and motivate people.
• Excellent analytical skills and the ability to interpret and respond effectively to detailed written documentation.
• Sound IT skills.