Trainee Patent Attorneys in Defence Intellectual

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 298255**Salary**:

- £34,500- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Other- Patent Officer 3b**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- MOD - Head Office & Corporate Services - Defence Intellectual Property Rights**Type of role**:

- Commercial
- Engineering
- Legal Services
- Science**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Part-time, Compressed Hours**Number of jobs available**:

- 4Contents

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Location
- Stoke Gifford, South West England, BS34 8JHAbout the job

**Job summary**:

- Trainee patent attorneys working within Defence Intellectual Property Rights (DIPR).**Job description**:

- 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 MOD’s Intellectual Property policy under the delegation held by the Head of DIPR;
- Patent drafting and exploitation.

**Person specification**:
Responsibilities include:
1) Assisting the Senior Patent Officers in DIPR’s Policy Team with all aspects of the setting and management of MOD’s 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.

5) Advising other government departments on any and all IP related issues in accordance with demands placed on DIPR.

**Qualifications**:
**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Communicating and Influencing
- Making Effective Decisions
- Developing Self and Others
- Leadership
- Working Together
- Seeing the Big Picture

**Technical skills**:
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

- IPR5, Technical Knowledge (Awareness)

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £34,500, Ministry of Defence contributes £9,315 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.- 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**:

- This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Ability, Experience and Technical skills.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.

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Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.**Security**:
- See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).- People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.**Nationality requirements**:
This job is broadly open to the following groups:

- UK nationals
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in