IP Administrator (Patent & Trade Mark)
Manchester, Greater Manchester
About Us
We are Wilson Gunn, a leading firm of patent and trade mark attorneys. With offices in Manchester, Birmingham, Chesterfield, Liverpool and London, our clients range from aspiring start-ups and SMEs through to multinational corporations and internationally renowned brands.
We are now looking for an IP Administrator to join our head office in Manchester on a permanent, full-time basis, working 35 hours a week.
The Benefits- Competitive salary DOE (increasing after probation period)
- Christmas bonus
- Auto enrolment pension scheme (after three months)
- The opportunity to become a qualified IP paralegal
- 25 days’ holiday, increasing to 30 with service
- Holiday buy/sell scheme (after 12 months)
- Full support and training
- Ride2work scheme (after probation period)
If you are an experienced IP Administrator looking to advance your career in one of the country’s leading IP firms, we want to hear from you.
Championing learning and development, we give our employees the support they need to fulfil their potential. We pride ourselves on our track record of delivering results for our clients, and you will be pivotal in that process, offering support to our team of attorneys whilst developing and growing your skill set.
We work flexibly and offer a mix of home and office-based working.
The Role
As an IP Administrator, you will provide administrative support to our patent and trade mark attorneys.
Focusing on completing tasks to a high standard within set deadlines, you will:
- Prepare, file and process new patent, trade mark and design applications
- Manage fee earners’ deadlines and workloads to help maximise their efficiency
- Prepare correspondence and invoices to clients
- Review official correspondence and prepare reports to clients
- Review incoming emails, saving to electronic files and noting any instructions and/or deadlines
- Produce documents, including standard documentation, occasional copy typing and transcribing audio
- Work with our Equinox IP management system
- Assist other members of the administrative team when required
About You
To join us as an IP Administrator, you will need:
- At least one year’s experience as an IP Administrator, Formalities Clerk, Legal Secretary, or an equivalent role
- Experience of typing up copy and audio, and ideally a typing speed of 50+ wpm
- A high level of IT literacy, including MS Office
- At a minimum, GCSEs (or equivalent) at grade 4-5/C or above in English and Maths
- An outstanding eye for detail and the ability to work under pressure and to deadlines
- The ability to use your initiative and work independently to assist the fee earning team
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent organisational skills
- The ability to work as part of a team
- A willingness to learn
Other organisations may call this role Legal Secretary, Legal Assistant, Legal Team Secretary, Legal Support Assistant, IP Legal Secretary, Patent Legal Secretary, Legal PA, or Legal Administrator.
We are also open to considering a candidate with no experience in the world of IP or a secretarial role, on a trainee basis. Office/administrative experience would be preferred.
Webrecruit and Wilson Gunn are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.
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