Assistant Contracts Officer

3 months ago


Sheffield, United Kingdom University of Sheffield Full time

Are you looking for an opportunity to be responsible for negotiating contracts? We are looking for someone to join our team who:

- Is pragmatic, logical and proactive;
- Delivers a customer-focussed approach;
- Has excellent attention to detail;
- Is able to communicate in a straight-forward way;
- Is inquisitive and keen to learn; and
- Is able to manage changing priorities

This is an exciting opportunity to develop skills in providing legal support and contract negotiation. We will provide guidance and training to enable you to convert your existing relevant experience to work within the Contracts Team on agreements support a wide range of projects. You will assist the Contracts Officer in the preparation, review and amendment of a range of contracts including confidentiality agreements, material transfer agreements and collaborative research agreements. In doing so, you will negotiate terms with external organisations ensuring that the University's interests are represented and legal requirements are met.

There are 18 members of the Contracts Team, and it is friendly and supportive environment. We collectively learn from any issues that arise, challenging ourselves to make sure that our services are flexible and remain fit-for-purpose in an environment where research projects have everchanging priorities. There are development opportunities offered by the University and we are committed to collaborative and effective working relationships with colleagues across academic and professional services departments. The Contracts Team is within Research, Partnerships & Innovation that supports academic researchers and postgraduate research students to fund and undertake high quality research and to use the outputs of this research for social and economic benefit.

You will have good professional development opportunities, and CPD opportunities to develop experience with issues in contracts. You will work approximately 50% on campus and 50% remotely with flexibility over when, where and how to achieve the required outputs, in discussion with your manager.

We’re one of the best not-for-profit organisations to work for in the UK. The University’s Total Reward Package includes a competitive salary, a generous Pension Scheme and annual leave entitlement, as well as access to a range of learning and development courses to support your personal and professional development.

We build teams of people from different heritages and lifestyles from across the world, whose talent and contributions complement each other to greatest effect. We believe diversity in all its forms delivers greater impact through research, teaching and student experience.



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