Commercial Contract Officer

The National Composites Centre

Bristol based with Hybrid working

Salary: £43,985 to £54,083 per annum (experience dependent)

Sponsorship:  We are unable to consider sponsorship for this position.

About the role:

Exciting opportunity to join our Commercial team in a Commercial Contracts Officer position. You will be supporting our ‘SME Sector Team’ who focus on the provision of research and other services to small to medium sized enterprises. 

You’ll support the provision of commercial support services across the NCC in the areas identified below. The role holder is expected to work collaboratively with the Head of Commercial and with the relevant Sector Teams, using their judgement to identify high risk items and escalate as appropriate.

You’ll also be responsible for ensuring the exposure to contractual risk is appropriately managed within relevant individual Sector Teams. 

Team Specific Activities:

1) Sector Teams: Developing sector specific ‘Commercial Road-Maps’ to ensure the commercial risk is appropriately managed

• Developing relevant enabling tools, processes, training materials and communication plans to support the implementation of the road-map within the Sector Team
• Supporting the Sector Teams in the review and negotiation of contractual terms relating to individual projects

2) Acting as the NCC’s Commercial Team’s ‘Capability Lead’ for specific commercial processes. Examples of relevant processes include but are not limited to;

• Export control, including compliance with relevant UK Export regulations, license applications, ITAR compliance
• Subsidy Control regulatory compliance
• Anti-Bribery and Corruption and ‘Know-your-customer’ policy compliance

What you’ll be doing:

Your focus will be on understanding and managing the commercial risk associated with NCC customer-facing contracts. You will have particular focus on Commercial research projects and collaborative research projects, including creating or reviewing and approving Grant Offer Letters, Collaboration Agreements and other relevant commercial agreements. You will:

• Support the development and implementation of the NCC Commercial Strategy as the NCC evolves over the foreseeable future.
• For topics in which you are the Capability Lead, ensure relevant policies are documented, communicated and trained to the appropriate individuals within the business.
• Support the development of pragmatic solutions to a range of NCC Commercial Issues that may arise on a case-by-case basis.
• Act as Commercial Business Partner to selected Sector Teams.
• Developing a Commercial road-map for the selected Sector Teams
• Understanding the commercial risk profile of the Sector Team based on the strategic development plan for that team.
• Working with the Sector Team, implement relevant controls and processes that support an appropriate balance between commercial risk and opportunity.
• Supporting Project Managers on a case-by-case basis to understand and manage the commercial risk associated with individual projects

So, what are we looking for in your application?

We like to see diverse applications and welcome people from different industries.  Specific experience we will look for in your CV would include;

• Prior experience in a related role working to a mid to senior level with a focus on contract management.
• Experience in negotiating or drafting contracts in a corporate environment.
• Demonstrated capability to make pragmatic risk-based judgements which appropriately balance customer and project short-term needs with organisation-level strategic objectives.
• Practical experience of working in multi-disciplinary team delivering project-based outcomes.
• Developing and documenting policy and procedure documents

In terms of personal skills, we look for people who are proactive, curious and balance risk management while working at pace.

What do we offer in return?

Hybrid and flexible working patterns as standard, annual salary reviews, company paid private medical insurance, up to 12.5% employer pension contribution, great people, honorary staff status at the University of Bristol. With a genuine focus on wellbeing, EDI and learning and development this is a chance to build your career in a thriving R&D facility with a bright future.

Unsure if you should apply?  Got a quick question you wanted to check beforehand?  Please feel free to reach out to the recruitment team – [email protected]

Why the NCC?

We see our success in yours. The future of composites manufacturing relies on the NCC, and we rely on the right individuals to make it happen, whether they’re engineers or not!

Diverse challenges – the NCC works in over 16 industry sectors and with a wide variety of customers, from private ventures to the global tier 1 companies, providing variety to your experience.

Innovation – a world-leading research and development centre, the work we do brings novel and innovative solutions to industry, with the future firmly in mind. So we need innovating thinking not just in Engineering, but across all support functions.

Development in composites, and you – if the scope of exciting work isn’t enough to sway you, our ethos of continued learning and development and flexible working patterns will.