Legal Contracts Manager
New Yesterday
Location: Central London (hybrid or fully remote considered)
Interested in this role You can find all the relevant information in the description below.
Salary: £32.88 - £35.62 p/h + holiday
Start Date: ASAP
Contract: Temporary, 2 to 3 Months
Hours: Part-time, 21 hours over 3 days per week
About the Role
Our client, a leading institution in the higher education and research sector, is seeking an experienced Legal Contracts Manager to provide temporary cover within their Business Development / Research & Innovation Services function.
This is an excellent opportunity for a legal contracts specialist with higher education sector experience to support a busy team responsible for enabling research collaborations, funding agreements, and commercial partnerships.
Responsibilities:
- Drafting, reviewing, advising on, and negotiating a wide range of agreements, including NDAs, CDAs, MTAs, and other research‑related contracts.
- Ensuring contracts are turned around efficiently and uploaded to internal systems in a timely manner.
- Managing multiple contracts concurrently with strong workflow prioritisation.
- Providing informed advice to colleagues on relevant regulatory, legislative, contractual, and compliance requirements.
- Supporting intellectual property discussions, drafting contractual clauses, and contributing to negotiation strategies.
- Collaborating with colleagues across research, commercial, and academic teams.
Requirements:
- A law degree (preferred) or equivalent professional experience in Contract Law.
- Hands‑on experience in business or commercial law, ideally within research‑intensive environments.
- A strong understanding of contract drafting, negotiation, and IP considerations.
- Direct experience working within the university or higher‑education sector (essential for this assignment).
- Excellent judgement, attention to detail, and stakeholder‑management skills.
- Confidence handling a varied contract portfolio and competing deadlines.
Right to work checks and qualification verification will be required.
How to Apply
If you have experience as a Legal Contracts Manager or Research Contracts Specialist within the university sector and are available at short notice, we would love to hear from you.
Please apply ASAP and submit your CV in Word format.
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- Location:
- Covent Garden
- Salary:
- £32.88
- Job Type:
- PartTime
- Category:
- Management And Consultancy
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