Contracting Officer: University of Huddersfield

Permanent
18.5 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 good contracting
support to help us deliver this.

We wish to appoint a part time contracting officer to join the Research , Innovation and Knowledge Exchange team, delivering a first class service to staff across the university.

The purpose of the role is to work with colleagues across RIKE and within Schools to facilitate research and knowledge exchange activity by providing an efficient contractual support service to the University research community, primarily through the expert and timely drafting and negotiation of research contracts and proactive management of their workflow.

You will work with the Contracts Manager, 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. You should have 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.