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Research and Innovation Division

Research & Innovation Contracts Manager

Salary from £40,229 to £48,456 pa inclusive with potential to progress to £52,095 pa inclusive of London allowance

LSE is a leading social science institution with some of the greatest global impact. Our researchers are world-leading thinkers on critical issues, and our mission is the betterment of society.

LSE Research & Innovation’s mission is to help develop and sustain an environment that makes LSE the best place to do excellent and impactful research. The R&I Contracts Manager will play an important role in supporting the ambitions of the new LSE 2030 Research for the World Strategy, contributing to an effective, efficient and expert contracts service.

The R&I Contracts Manager will be a key member of the growing research and innovation contracts team joining at an exciting time in the team’s formation and development. The R&I Contracts Manager will be responsible for contract negotiation and management, legal guidance and policy support in a research and innovation contract management environment that is currently not systematised. They will provide excellent service, managing contractual tasks through to completion covering standard and complex research, innovation and commercial projects. This includes supporting research and commercial contract administration, operations, negotiations and drafting, advising on risk mitigation strategies, and responding to specific contracts or related issues.

The R&I Contracts Manager will understand and be committed to delivering quality customer care and service, with the willingness and ability to provide contracts support to a high standard applying a flexible approach to provide an efficient service.

The R&I Contracts Manager benefits from the LSE blended working policy and may spend part-time working remotely and part-time in our fully refurbished hybrid office on our central London campus.

To apply for this post, please go to www.jobs.lse.ac.uk. If you have any technical queries with applying on the online system, please use the “contact us” links at the bottom of the LSE Jobs page. Should you have any queries about the role, please email the Senior Research & Innovation Contracts Manager, Mark Bull, using M.Bull1@lse.ac.uk The closing date for receipt of applications is Friday 5 July 2024 (23.59 UK time). Regrettably, we are unable to accept any late applications.