Job Description
Senior Contracts Officer (Legal)
Department
Research and Impact Services (RIS)
Salary
Starting from £47,389, rising to £56,535
Closing date
Sunday 08 February 2026
As a Senior Contracts Officer (Legal), you will join a small but well-established team of professionals supporting the University's research contract portfolio.
Your main focus will be to manage the contract process for a given Faculty, and to support the Head of Team in co-leading the team to ensure that the overall caseload is effectively allocated and managed; you will also deputise for the Head when required, and line manage and mentor junior members.
About the role
This role is pivotal in providing expert advice to academics and managing legal risks for the institution. To do this, you need to:
- hold a law degree or suitable relevant legal qualification (e.g., LLB, LLM, CPE, SQE, LPC, CILEX).
- be able to advise on and manage a range of research-related, commercial contract issues.
- have strong drafting and negotiating skills and be confident in managing legal risk.
- build effective working relationships and networks, internally and externally.
- manage a diverse workload and think strategically.
About you
We are looking for someone with proven experience in a busy (preferably in-house public sector) Contracts/Legal Team, ...