About this role
Job title: Research Contracts Specialist
- Annual base salary from $126,306 - $140,543 (HEW Level 8) plus 17% employer’s superannuation contribution and annual leave loading (base salary will be commensurate with experience).
- Full-time, 12 month fixed-term contract.
- Flexible working arrangement and supportive team, based at Macquarie University, Wallumattagal campus, North Ryde.
The Research Awards team within central Research Services has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Research Contracts Specialist to join our dynamic and highly productive team on a full-time 12-month fixed term basis.
About the Role
This role is perfectly suited to someone with research post award experience and a strong understanding of the legal requirements underpinning university-related research. This role will manage a range of research contracts negotiations from Category 1 funded grants to industry funded projects and everything in between.
Your ability to apply your previous legal and/or research post award experience to new circumstances and contracts will see you excel in this role.
The Research Awards team fosters a positive team culture and we look forward to having you join our team!
Key Accountabilities of this role include:
- Draft, review and negotiate in a timely manner a range of research, research-related, consultancy and research commercialisation contracts, ensuring the terms are compliant with external investment rules (if applicable) and University policies and requirements.
- Provide contractual advice regarding research contracts and partnerships to researchers and professional services staff.
- Effectively manage a busy caseload of research and research related contracts from conception to execution.
- Take a pragmatic, commercially aware approach to managing contractual risks associated with research, research-related and commercialisation contracts.
- Perform due diligence, in consultation with the National Security and Defence Manager on external partners to ensure compliance with Commonwealth legislation relating to foreign interference and national security legislation.
- Liaise with external funding agencies, business partners, research collaborators and external peer networks to inform and enable best practice in research agreement negotiation and execution.
- Liaise with key internal stakeholders to enable efficient and streamlined contract management processes.