Contracts Manager

The opportunity

We are a small team of legal professionals who provide legal advice and support on a wide range of activities across UAL and its subsidiaries. Through our legal advice, we empower staff to achieve UAL’s strategic and operational goals in a way that reduces costs and risks to UAL’s students, staff and assets.

We are now seeking to recruit a Contracts Manager to support the University’s Legal Services Department deliver the University’s strategic and operational goals within a stimulating arts environment.

You will work in a team that handles a varied and interesting portfolio of legal work that includes commercial contracts, intellectual property, employment, governance, charity law as well as contentious matters.

You will provide operational and administrative contract support to the team on a diverse range of exciting and innovative activities that take place across university. You will work alongside the team’s other contracts managers to ensure that the contracting process for the university’s activities is effectively managed, that work is efficiently scheduled and timed and that relations with colleagues and third parties are sustained to the long-term benefit of the university.

This represents a fantastic opportunity to be part of a dynamic institution that offers a highly creative working environment that inspires staff to fulfil their full potential.  Every role at UAL plays an important part in shaping future creative professionals and impacts on the future of so many creative industries.

Your profile

You have experience in dealing with commercial contracts in the public/and/or private sector, a good understanding and working knowledge of IP and contract law principles, strong planning skills, are proactive in setting up and streamlining processes and able to adeptly manage multiple, sometimes overlapping, deadlines.

You are a highly organised and motivated individual who is competent in planning and working in an often-busy environment. You have excellent attention to detail, proficient written and verbal communication skills and work well with different professional and academic staff and third parties. 

You are educated at undergraduate degree level, with ideally a background in law. You are also keen to get experience and develop your knowledge of working across a diverse range of cutting-edge projects within the creative arts sector.

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) generates and inspires the creativity the world needs for a better future. Since 1842, our colleges have been defining creative education. With curiosity, imagination and intent we make work which creates lasting change for people and our planet. London is core to who we are, a place where we meet and share ideas with people from different backgrounds and cultures.

Our creative network influences learning, culture, industry and society on a global scale. Our academics and practitioners deliver creative education and inspire new ways of thinking through research and innovation. We work with students at every level from pre-degree and short courses to postgraduate and online learning, enabling them to build the careers they want. Together, we are a community of makers, thinkers, pioneers and storytellers redesigning the future.

As a University we are ranked second in the world for Art and Design. We are formed of 6 Colleges with unique histories and identities: Camberwell College of Arts, Central Saint Martins, Chelsea College of Arts, London College of Communication, London College of Fashion and Wimbledon College of Arts. UAL also has 4 Institutes, 5 Research Centres, 1 Pre-Degree School and 2 subsidiary companies delivering specialist activities.

Application process

We operate a fair and open anonymous selection process. Thus, you will need to create an account and submit an application through our job board. As part of this, you will need to provide a supporting statement/answer some competency questions to demonstrate your suitability. Our recruitment process involves: Application, Shortlisting, Interview and Assessment, Offer, Onboarding.

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