Contracts Advisor

University of Exeter - Office of the Senior Vice-President, Legal and Cases

This two-year fixed term post is available immediately and is secondment cover until 25 May 2028.

This role offers the opportunity for hybrid working – some time on campus and some from home.

The Role

We are looking for a Contracts Advisor to work within Legal and Casesand alongside other members of the University’s Professional Services team to provide effective contractual negotiation and administrative function, covering a range of activities primarily relating to the University’s externally funded research activities.

We wish to recruit someone who is experienced with contracts and contractual negotiations, organised and enthusiastic with an eye for detail to work within to a busy team working on commercial, research and education matters. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work independently within a supportive team.

The University of Exeter

We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 200 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 and QS World University Ranking 2024). We combine world-class teaching with world-class research, achieving a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework Award 2023, underpinned by Gold ratings for Student Experience and Student Outcomes.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment

We are committed to ensuring reasonable adjustments are available for interviews and workplaces.

Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our working community.

We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and welcome applications from service people.

Benefits

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

• Hybrid contract
• 41 days leave per year
• options for flexible working
• Membership of the USS pension scheme
• numerous discounts at leading retailers
• onsite gyms on all of our campus’ and a cycle to work scheme
• sector leading policies around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26 weeks full pay), paternity leave (up to six weeks full pay) and a new Fertility Treatment Policy
• stunning campus environments in Exeter and Cornwall, in the beautiful South West of England

For further information, please contact Paul Biddle, email m.p.biddle@ex.ac.uk.