Research Contracts Associate/legal Advisor
3 months ago
Research Contracts Associate/Legal Advisor
About Queen's University
Queen’s University is the Canadian research intensive university with a transformative student learning experience. Here the employment experience is as diverse as it is interesting. We have opportunities in multiple areas of globally recognized research, faculty administration, engineering & construction, athletics & recreation, power generation, corporate shared services, and many more.
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Job Summary
Reporting to the Director, Legal Counsel, the Research Contracts Associate/Legal Advisor provides leadership in the development and negotiation of contract relationships and agreements between academic researchers and research sponsors. The Research Contracts Associate/Legal Advisor is responsible for reviewing, negotiating, preparing and providing oversight for substantive research contracts, research agreements and/ or other research related agreements (such as non-disclosure, software licensing, data usage, data/material transfer, equipment transfer agreements) in Canadian and international settings for the University. Responsibilities include risk assessment, identification, negotiation and protection of the legal and financial rights and obligations of the University, its faculty members and graduate students. The Research Contracts Associate/Legal Advisor acts as a liaison between faculty researchers and the various sponsors of research agreements, such as governments, corporations, not-for-profit organizations, affiliated institutions and other universities. This position has a particular emphasis on negotiating industry-sponsored research agreements as well as clinical trial agreements, both industry-led and Investigator-initiated.
**Job Description**:
**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**:
- Ensure University policies and procedures are adhered to with particular attention to assessing risk associated with terms proposed by the sponsor and specific to ownership of intellectual property, publication restrictions, insurance protection, deliverables, budget and terms of payment, and indirect cost recovery. Working with Risk Management resources, develop procedures to ensure adherence to University Risk Management policies.
- Provide knowledgeable advice and assistance to the Director and faculty researchers (including project teams, research groups, centres, and institutes) regarding appropriate terms of contract and proposals for contract research, on contract interpretation, negotiations and strategies for risk mitigation and management.
- Communicate regularly with faculty researchers to seek their input and to keep them apprised of negotiations.
- Coordinate with the University commercialization managers to ensure contract terms are legally compatible with licensing strategies for pre-existing intellectual property.
- Negotiate with Canadian government authorities, solely or in collaboration with other universities, to obtain mutually acceptable contract instruments to fund university research. Negotiate contracts and subcontracts with U.S. government funding agencies, seeking guidance as appropriate from Legal Counsel (Research Contracts) to ensure compliance with U.S. legislative requirements and regulations imposed on Canadian recipients of contract support.
- Manage on-going issues and/ or changes related to amendments and retain responsibility for the file during the project life-cycle.
- Work with the Director and other team members to ensure the timely review and approval of all research contracts and related agreements, in accordance with the VP Research Portfolio performance plan and service objectives.
- Engage in outreach to improve research contract review processes and outcomes for the stakeholders. Provide support to Legal Counsel (Research Contracts) in the planning and delivery of workshops to facilitate dialogue and provide training to Department Heads, faculty researchers, staff and Hospital-based Research Institutes to increase understanding of needs and requirements for research contracts/ agreements. Organize workshop logistics as needed.
- Support and lead, when appropriate, the goals of the Research Contracts team including identifying special policy initiatives or projects, renewing or developing template agreements, tracking and monitoring key performance indicators (KPIs), benchmarking and recommending initiatives to improve work process efficiencies as well as timeliness of service, all the while maintaining the robustness of agreements negotiated on behalf of the University.
- Engage in activities of a professional development nature, including joining local and national organizations concerned with contract research management, intellectual property and technology licensing, and attending meetings, seminars and conferences where appropriate, to maintain detailed knowledge of relevant legislation, policies and sponsoring agency programs and requirements.
- Coordinate and collaborate with other
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