Narinder Kaur Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

Managing a team of 4. Lead with recruitment and training of new staff and responsible for yearly PDRs addressing training and individual development, handling difficult/sensitive situations and the responsibility of reviewing and signing contracts. Organise the delivery of metrics and discuss and manage workload levels in the team, ensuring cover during sick and annual leave. Deliver College training workshops on industry research funding and consultancy. Deputise for Director of Research & Consultancy. Oversee research related policies and regulatory advice within the context of the Contracts Team’s remit for material and data transfer, as well as other relevant regulations, including but not limited to, clinical trial regulations and medical devices.

Focus on industry funding and enforcing College policy & procedures across all contract management operations to ensure compliance with regulatory standards & current legislation (GDPR). Negotiate research, consultancy, material transfer, data sharing & confidentiality contracts. Present to peers & senior academics on College & funder regulations & processes. Maximise overhead recovery & royalty returns. Collaborating with King's Health Partners regarding clinical trials/studies.Devise research & consultancy budgetsDrafting agreements & developing in-house templatesCoordinate & lead meetings with senior academics & commercial funders to negotiate contract terms & manage action points for each participantProcess mapping to streamline the directorate’s processes working closely with partner NHS Trusts & external consultantsSupervise & train staff

Duties of the Senior Contracts Associate as well as managing a team of 4.

Negotiate research contracts funded by the government leading on InnovateUK and tender submissions. Review and recommend the acceptability of contracts, paying due regard to IPR, publication, indirect costs recovery. Maximise overhead recovery and advise on intellectual property matters. Mentoring and training staff.

London Area, United Kingdom

Responsible for Research Council & Charity research applications with a focus on providing advice and guidance to the academic community on funder compliance, and formulating budgets using the full economic costing (fEC) methodology. Familiar with a variety of online submission processes, particularly the use of Je-S. Draft and negotiate multi-party consortium agreements. Train and mentor peers on the research application process and led on NIH audits.

Administered research projects from inception through to completion, managing over 200 live grants at one time, with the largest valued at £18m. Forecast budgets and prepared financial statements for funders and first point of contact for preparing for and working with internal and external auditors. Reconciled overheads and worked with the senior leadership team to recover outstanding payments. Drafted letters of agreements & subcontracts.

Administration and financial management of grants ranging from £5,000 to £6 million with a focus on European Commission projects. Advise academics about financial regulations and budgetary requirements. Completing financial statements to funders and preparing for internal and external audits.