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- 4 x Patent Officer 3b roles working under different Patent Officer 2s. The roles vary in responsibility, but all trainees within DIPR are expected to post rotate during their training period in order to prepare them for promotion to Patent Officer 2 level.
- While each role will initially sit within a different area of DIPR, they will all have involvement in the following to varying degrees:
- The provision of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) advice across the Ministry of Defence (MOD);
- The setting of MODs Intellectual Property policy under the delegation held by the Head of DIPR;
- Patent drafting and exploitation.
Person specification
The successful candidates will be required to train to become qualified patent attorneys (a prerequisite for promotion to Patent Officer 2), which is a long and difficult, but rewarding process.
Training to become a qualified patent attorney is in addition to the demands of working in a busy team providing advice and support on a wide range of intellectual property rights matters across MOD and, occasionally, to other government departments. Full training is provided and the successful candidates will need to be highly organised and dedicated to their studies in order to meet the demands of working in this specialist team.
Responsibilities include:
1) Assisting the Senior Patent Officers in DIPRs Policy Team with all aspects of the setting and management of MODs IPR policy.
2) Providing IPR advice, as required, to areas of MOD under the supervision of a Patent Officer 2, including:
i) Advice on IPR matters relating to equipment procurement and support;
ii) Advice on IPR arrangements for equipment procurement, support and collaboration and sales MOU with other countries;
iii) Negotiations on IPR matters and drafting of IPR arrangements in support of (i) and (ii).
3) Advising other business areas of MOD on any and all IP related issues in accordance with the demands placed on DIPR.
4) Drafting and prosecuting patent applications of behalf of Her Majestys Government, and involvement with exploitation of MOD-owned inventions.
5) Advising other government departments on any and all IP related issues in accordance with demands placed on DIPR.
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Technical skills
We’ll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- IPR5, Technical Knowledge (Awareness)
Benefits
£9,315 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.
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- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.
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Selection process details
Candidates will be required to complete the Civil Service Verbal Test and the Civil Service Judgement Test before proceeding to completion of a full application that will be used to sift the applicants for interview. Interviews are expected to be the week commencing 4th September 2023.
As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came in to effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical.
The role currently being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : Emma Gardner
- Email : emma.gardner336@mod.gov.uk
- Telephone : 0300 157 2909
Recruitment team
- Email : DBSCivPers-ResourcingTeam1@mod.gov.uk
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