Overview

• Develop, review, analyze, negotiate, administer and manage (a) national and international education related agreements required for undergraduate, graduate, and professional students in the health sciences as well as medical, dental, and pharmacy residents and fellows, to train at healthcare facilities and other institutions where student/resident training takes place; and (b) a variety of other types of contracts on behalf of colleges/schools/programs within the health sciences, including purchases, sales, research affiliations and the like.
• Works toward pursuing and maintaining high-quality relationships between University and external healthcare facilities.
• Maintains and updates template agreements housed in University's Standard Contracts Library.
• Ensures programs follow affiliation agreement database protocol; provides direction and written summary of the affiliation agreement process.
• Provides input and guidance to the manager of the affiliation agreement database for resolution of database issues as they are encountered.
• Performs legal research for compliance-related issues and as otherwise requested by Academic Health Sciences Counsel. Assists with other projects as developed and assigned by the
  Academic Health Sciences Counsel.

Duties and Responsibilities

• 30% - Performs contract development, review, analysis, and negotiation of education related agreements and other types of contracts on behalf of colleges/schools/programs/departments within the University's Office of Academic Clinical Affairs (all campuses).
• 20% - Negotiates contracts with lawyers and/or representatives of external healthcare facilities.  Works toward pursuing and maintaining high-quality relationships between the University and external healthcare facilities.
• 15% - Advises and provides guidance to representatives of University's Academic Health Center colleges/schools/programs/departments with respect to contracts and contract-related matters, including potential liability and regulatory matters.
• 10% - Identifies and approaches external healthcare facilities with which University would benefit by engaging in master educational affiliation agreements; generates and maintains such master affiliation agreements.
• 10% - Serves as the University's Office of Academic Clinical Affairs primary liaison/point of entry with regard to contract matters.  Assists with other projects as developed and assigned by Office of Academic Clinical Affairs Counsel.
• 5% - Ensures contract compliance with University programs' accreditation requirements; University policies, procedures, and practices; and applicable state and federal laws/regulations, amending and updating contracts as necessary. Consults with program representatives to resolve issues of noncompliance.  Performs legal research for compliance-related issues and as otherwise requested by Academic Health Center Counsel.
• 5% - Maintains and updates template agreements housed in the University's Standard Contracts Library.
• 5% - Ensures programs follow affiliation agreement database protocol; provides direction and written summary of the affiliation agreement process.  Provides input and guidance to the manager of the affiliation agreement database for resolution of database issues as they are encountered.

Hybrid Role

Required and Preferred Qualifications

• Associateâ™s or higher degree or paralegal certification from an ABA-approved institution or the Minnesota Paralegal Association plus Four or more yearsâ™ experience as a paralegal. Or a combination of related education and work experience to equal at least six (6) years. 
• Demonstrated experience drafting, reviewing and editing legal documents
• Experience in contract negotiation
• Knowledge of legal concepts, terminology, principles and procedures
• Demonstrated outstanding analytical skills and detail orientation
• Demonstrated excellent written and oral communication skills
• Computer, word processing and database expertise
• Project management experience and ability to independently manage and prioritize workload
• Demonstrated highest level of integrity and professionalism
• Demonstrated excellent interpersonal and cross-cultural competencies
• Experience in having worked collegiality in a diverse environment

About University of Minnesota Twin Cities

The University of Minnesota, founded in the belief that all people are enriched by understanding, is dedicated to the advancement of learning and the search for truth; to the sharing of this knowledge through education for a diverse community; and to the application of this knowledge to benefit the people of the state, the nation, and the world.

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