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 Licence Administrator

Based at Wallingford, Oxfordshire

The Research Contracts & Licensing Team sits within the Research & Innovation Services Section based at its Wallingford site. The Team provides a data licensing service, both in and out of the organisation supporting CEH’s Science Areas, wider academic research and commercial exploitation. Dealing with in excess of 700 enquiries a year, the Team also manages a growing roster of licence agreements, from receipt of initial enquiry, through drafting and issuing of licences, receipt of income, calculating CEH’s royalty obligations and on to licence renewal.   

Main duties

• Taking, progressing and monitoring orders.
• Preparing estimates and quotations for customers.
• Drawing up standard contracts and negotiating around standard terms.
• Working with the Environmental Information Data Centre and the Informatics Liaison Network to provide data to customers.
• Processing invoices.
• Maintaining customer and licensing records.
• Working with the Finance team to deliver monthly and quarterly income statements.
• Ensuring timely and accurate payments of royalties. 
• Supporting the three other members of the Team as necessary in negotiations with data suppliers and customers.

Skills Required

• Excellent communication skills (written and oral).
• Good attention to detail.
• Good interpersonal skills with the ability to work as part of a team.
• Proven negotiation skills
• Excellent level of numerical ability and computer skills, including the use of Excel for the presentation of financial returns.
• Excellent organisational skills, able to work independently and manage own time.
• The ability to maintain office systems for managing data licensing activities, including agreement renewal.
• Experience within a licensing or contracts environment, to include a working knowledge of contract & copyright law, would be advantageous.
• An understanding of data licensing would be helpful.

Applications are handled by the UK Shared Business Services. To apply, please visit their job board at http://www.topcareer.jobs/ searching for IRC126813.

Salary: £19,937 - £23,640
Band:  7
Contract Type: Open-ended (permanent)
Hours:  Full Time (37 hours)
Closing Date: 7 February 2014
Interview Date: 5 March 2014
Reference: IRC126813