IP Contracts Manager

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StoryFutures
Location:  Egham
Salary:  £47,719 to £56,529 per annum pro rata - including London Allowance
Part time
Post Type:  Part Time
Closing Date:  23.59 hours GMT on Sunday 07 January 2024
Reference:  1023-465-R

Fixed Term (4 years), Part-Time (4 days / week)

Would you like to work at the intersection of where IP meets innovation in creative industries? Would you like to help manage IP negotiations and agreements, technology transfers and a wide variety of research contracts as part of the creation of the UK’s largest ever investment in creative industries R&D? Would you like to work with cutting-edge innovation and R&D programmes that enables world-leading researchers and creative industries partners to collaborate in new ways? Are you able to think flexibly, build relationships and partnerships that can lead to mutually beneficial IP agreements? 

Applications are invited for the post of the StoryFutures IP and Research Contracts Manager. The role will have a high level of responsibility for efficient and effective management of the University’s creative industries’ research income and intellectual property. The role will work in the set up and running of a new National Lab R&D Lab for creative industries – a £51.1m infrastructure investment from UKRI led by Royal Holloway and working with partners including Pinewood, BT, disguise, University of Surrey and Abertay University. 

You should have strong experience of contract and intellectual property law, excellent communications and interpersonal skills as well as an ability to think outside the box. We are looking for someone with an eye for detail, who can manage a negotiations and rights across a different workstreams and contribute to an ethos of collaboration and inclusion in our working culture. The ideal candidate will have experience of working in an R&D context and negotiating IP arrangements between universities and the creative sector and/or within and across the creative sector. The post holder will need to have some familiarity with UK Research & Innovation research funding systems, but more importantly will bring a willingness to learn new systems and to adapt and apply a range of templates, methods and approaches their professional background. 

The post holder will have a key responsibility to work across StoryFutures projects, not limited to the National Lab, whilst the role will involve working especially closely with staff at Universities and creative industries partners alike.

 This is a vital role in working across the University’s Research and Innovation team and the StoryFutures unit in driving an entrepreneurial and industry-engaged approach to creative industries R&D.   You will report to the Head of Research Contracts in Research & Innovation, working predominantly on StoryFutures projects with the direction and support of the Director and Director of Operations in StoryFutures. 

This is a part-time (4 days/week) post, available from 01 December. This post is based in Egham, Surrey but with the expectation of some remote working, as agreed. The successful applicant will spend significant time liaising with industry partners across the UK. An attractive relocation package is available. 

For an informal discussion about the post, please contact [email protected]    

The RHUL Recruitment Team can be contacted with queries by email at: [email protected] .

Please quote the reference: 1023-465 - R

Closing Date: 23:59, 7 January 2024

Interview Date: To be confirmed

Applicants should download interview instructions from the Royal Holloway recruitment website. Shortlisted candidates will be required to undertake a test of their skills in working through contracts in a systematic and detailed manner. 

Please note that it will not be possible for the University to issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for successful candidates as this role does not fall into one of the standard occupational codes deemed eligible for sponsorship by UK Visas and Immigration. Successful candidates will therefore need to be eligible to work in the UK or have limited leave to remain in the UK and associated right to work for the duration of their employment with the University, in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006. 

The university has adopted hybrid working for some roles therefore some remote working may be possible for this role.

Royal Holloway is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI), and encourages applications from all people regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, parental status, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or trans status or history. More information on our structures and initiatives around EDI, including information on staff diversity networks, can be found on our Equality and Diversity Intranet page .