Commercial Research (Pre-Contract) Operations Coordinator

The role

At the University of Bristol, we need and seek a highly organised Operations Coordinator to join our newly established Commercial Research (Pre-Contract) team. You’ll play a pivotal role in the smooth functioning of our small team, ensuring we work effectively across a diverse portfolio of research projects, providing a high quality, streamlined and consistent service to our internal and external customers.

The team helps to ensure our groundbreaking commercial research projects deliver valuable benefits for the University, its staff and students, our partners, and the wider world. We focus on the first phases of good contracting practice, “Pre-Contract Negotiation”, and are responsible for laying the foundations for a smooth and efficient contract journey. Working with academic research teams, financial and legal experts, and others, we drive forward each proposed project from outline plan to proposal, and negotiate an “agreed” position to be captured in a formal contract by our legal team.

We have a wide and varied portfolio of projects, supporting research:

• funded by industrial partners (from large global corporates to local spin out companies), as well as commissioned research offered via government procurement platforms subject to competitive tendering.
• across the whole University (our latest collaborations span sectors including energy, pharmaceuticals, finance, space, veterinary technologies, and education).

What will you be doing?

Reporting to the Head of Team, you will be responsible for managing process improvement, administration, and operational procedures, and will contribute to the strategic and operational development of the team. Acting as the main point of contact for team operational aspects, you will also manage and organise team communications, training, and knowledge management activity and represent the team at events.

You will work across different internal areas, often with competing priorities, helping colleagues to work together transparently, as “One Team” to achieve the best “overall” outcomes for UoB and our partners.

You should apply if

• Experience of collating, analysing and interpreting data and using this information to prepare reports for different audiences.
• A Proven Track Record of identifying and successfully implementing process improvements by being innovative, resilient and solution focused.
• Advanced Organisational Skills to deal with competing priorities in a face paced environment, whilst maintaining attention to detail.
• Excellent Administration and Knowledge Management Skills and are passionate about supporting research and identifying new opportunities.
• Outstanding interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships with key stakeholders and offer exceptional customer service.

These are our ideal requirements, but we know some people are less likely to apply for the role unless they are 100% qualified. The University promotes a supportive and empowering culture, please apply if you meet the majority of these competencies.

Additional information

For informal queries about the role, please contact Jennifer Arosio on jennifer.arosio@bristol.ac.uk 

This advert will close at 23:59 GMT on Wednesday 29th May 2024.

Our strategy and mission

We recently launched our strategy to 2030 tying together our mission, vision and values. 

The University of Bristol aims to be a place where everyone feels able to be themselves and do their best in an inclusive working environment where all colleagues can thrive and reach their full potential. We want to attract, develop, & retain individuals with different experiences, backgrounds and perspectives – particularly people of colour, LGBT+ & disabled people - because diversity of people and ideas remains integral to our excellence as a global civic institution.

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