Fixed term appointment for 2 years, 37 hours per week
The University of Huddersfield has a growing portfolio of research and enterprise activity funded through wide range of contracting organisations, and we need to grow the team to help deliver this work effectively.
We wish to appoint a 2 year fixed term Contracts Manager to join the Research and Enterprise team, delivering a first class service to staff across the university.
You will work with senior colleagues, providing advice on a wide range of contracting issues including consultancy, research collaboration, contract research, European and other external grants.
Educated to degree level or equivalent, you will be able to demonstrate that you have excellent knowledge and experience of working with contracts and legal agreements, ideally in an academic context, relevant experience of change management and of establishing and improving appropriate work procedures.
You will possess first-rate negotiating skills with a strong customer focused ethos and the ability to form solid working relationships with a range of colleagues and external organisations.
If you are currently registered as a student at the University, please note that you may only apply for part-time jobs of 15 hours or less per week.
For more information, please download the recruitment pack.