Head of Research & Innovation Contracts

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 now one of the largest higher education destinations for London students, combining a breadth of disciplines across health, business, policy, law, creativity, communications, science and technology. Our students are at the heart of everything that we do, and we are committed to supporting them to pursue their career and personal ambitions.

Our research is engaged, at the frontier of practice and has a positive impact on the world around us.

Background

Research & Innovation Services (RIS) provides a professional support service for research and innovation activities at City St George’s. We operate a business partnering model to work with and support our six academic Schools located across our Clerkenwell, Tooting and Moorgate campuses.

RIS is comprised of seven teams, covering the areas of pre-award, post-award, research & innovation contracts, business engagement & knowledge exchange, intellectual property & commercialisation, entrepreneurship and clinical research support.

Responsibilities

The Head of Research and Innovation Contracts is responsible for leading the Research and Innovation Contracts team, who provide a specialist contracts service to City St George’s researchers and external partners.

The postholder will ensure that contracts are drafted, reviewed, negotiated and completed efficiently, adopting a pragmatic approach to protect the University’s position. Service provision is key to the role, and the postholder will be responsible for delivering professional, customer focussed support to researchers and external partners.

Person Specification

The successful candidate will have substantial experience of drafting, reviewing and negotiating a wide range of research and innovation contracts, together with experience of team leadership and management.

They will have a track record of influencing and building productive relationships and partnerships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, and experience of providing excellent customer service. They will be highly organised and will possess strong problem solving and decision-making skills and a high level of initiative.

Additional Information

Closing date for applications: 15 February 2025 at 11:59 p.m

The selection process will involve a written test, an interview and a presentation. Further details will be confirmed at the interview stage.

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.

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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