Costing and Contracts Manager

Department: Research Services
Salary: £52,549 – £58,595 per annum (Grade 6)
Reference: 1547
Location: Department W, 81 Mile End Road
Date posted: 15 March 2024
Closing date: 1 April 2024

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Overview

About the Role

We have a full-time vacancy for a suitable candidate to join our Joint Research Management Office.

The post holder will be a member of the Costing and Contracts team working closely with the Head of Costing and Contracts and the Heads of Services within JRMO for a wide range of contractual negotiations. The Research & Innovation Costing and Contracts Manager (RICCM) will take a leading role in the delivery of an effective and efficient service for the management of research costing and contracts for QMUL’s three faculties and Bart’s Health NHS Trust. The RICCM will provide expert guidance on the management on research costing and contracts for academic and professional service staff across QMUL and Bart’s Health NHS Trust. They will be responsible for drafting, negotiating and authorising signature of research contracts, with agreed service levels determined by the Head of Costing and Contracts. The post reports to the Head of Costing and Contracts.

About You

The ideal candidate will have a strong legal or financial background. They must have excellent communication, organisation and time-management skills and demonstrate a strong team-work ethic. This role demands the holder to work on their own initiative and can manage several projects at once. Previous experience in a similar environment would be advantageous.

About the Joint Research Management Office (JRMO)

The Joint Research Management Office (JRMO) supports researchers across Queen Mary, University of London and Bart’s Health NHS Trust.

Our highly trained team is on hand to support a diverse range of research activities, from getting a project off the ground to ensuring its smooth running and future development. The team members understand where their work fits into the strategic plans and goals of the organisations.

Our services include:

• Accurate project costing
• Tender/application preparation and advice
• Assisting with the approvals process
• Ongoing financial management of grants and awards
• Consultancy and research contracts
• Assistance with ethics applications.
• Assistance with Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency applications

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities including an on-site nursery at the Mile End campus.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

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