Senior contracts executive, Legal

Closing date: 18th September 2024

Salary range: £31,000 - £38,000

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc’s Contracts department is looking for a new resourceful and motivated Senior Contracts Executive to join the busy and supportive team.

This is a great opportunity for an ambitious Contracts Executive looking for their next career move. You’ll be involved in creating a variety of different types of agreements for authors, editors and series editors, across the Bloomsbury Group in the UK, USA and India with a focus on titles across the Academic, Professional and Special Interest divisions.

Responsibilities

The role involves:

• Wording on offer letters and drafting
• Reviewing and negotiating contracts for content provided across all divisions
• Working closely with Editorial staff to answer queries and provide contractual supports
• Liaising and cooperating with departments across the company including Royalties, Rights and Legal
• Maintaining an accurate record of contracts progress in an efficient manner
• Working efficiently and collaborate with the other Senior Contracts Executive
• Provide guidance as needed to the Contracts Executives
• Supervising the Contracts Assistants
• Covering the Contracts Manager’s role in the Contracts Manager’s absence

Knowledge, skills and experience

• Knowledge of Biblio
• A confident and effective communicator in written and verbal media;
• Excellent in meeting deadlines and communication of potential delays
• Experience of drafting and reviewing contracts and addenda
• Foundational knowledge of standard contractual and publishing terms
• Good understanding of contract law
• Ability to work independently and provide support for Group Contracts Director and Contracts Managers.
• Able to challenge the internal stakeholders to ensure that group polices are followed

Additional information

The role is a full-time and permanent position.

The role is based at our London office 50 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3DP on a hybrid working pattern of 2 days office based (Mondays and Wednesdays) / 3 days home based (or fully office based if preferred).

Benefits

As well as a fantastic opportunity to join a global award-winning organisation, Bloomsbury offers the following competitive benefits package:

Working Pattern

• Hybrid working pattern of: 2 days office based / 3 days home based (or fully office based if preferred)

Holidays

• 25 days holiday
• 3.5 days Christmas company holiday

Other Benefits

• Two paid Personal Wellness Days
• Flexible Fridays – take Friday afternoon off by working an additional 3 hours and 30 minutes earlier in the week
• Work Anywhere Fortnight - For two weeks of any calendar year. The minimum period for Working Anywhere is one week, the maximum period is two weeks.
• Season Ticket Loan
• Share Save Scheme
• AXA Healthcare Plan (Private Medical Insurance)
• Peppy Health App
• In-house Doctor
• Eye Care Voucher Scheme

Company culture – Employee Voice Meetings, Staff Networks (Bloom (BAME), Accessibility, Mental Health, Pride, and Parents, Guardians and Carers, Multi-Faith) and 21 Mental Health First Aiders trained across the UK offices, Publishing Events and access to free Publishing Resources.

To apply

• Please apply with a CV and covering letter addressed to Human Resources (Word or PDF format only) by pressing 'Apply' detailing how you meet the requirements outlined above for this role by Wednesday 18th September 2024.

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Bloomsbury reserve the right to close the role early if we exceed the required number of applications.

Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK – Bloomsbury Publishing do not sponsor visa applications.

Bloomsbury is a place where anyone of any background, race, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, gender identity, age, ability, or socio-economic status can thrive, feel comfortable, and be heard and accepted. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We are willing to make any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please flag to the recruitment team if required.

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