Intellectual Property Paralegal & Department Administrator

Consortium of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Voluntary and Community Organisations Limited; Hatfield; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - GBP 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pharmaceutical company in the UK is seeking an Intellectual Property Paralegal & Department Administrator. This position involves managing patent and trademark formalities, providing paralegal support to various teams, and collaborating with legal counsel. The ideal candidate has experience in patent formalities and fluency in English. This role offers a competitive salary, a hybrid working model, and excellent benefits, including a salary sacrifice car scheme and well-being programs.

Benefits

Hybrid working

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Learning and development opportunities

Well-being & mental health awareness programmes

Free onsite parking

Subsidised onsite restaurant

Discretionary Bonus

Qualifications

• Experience in patent formalities is required.
• Fluency in English is necessary for communication.
• Knowledge of the commercial role of IP in the pharmaceutical industry is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Complete administrative requirements for patents and trademarks.
• Provide paralegal support to various teams.
• Collaborate with internal and external legal counsel.

Skills

Fluent in English

Patent formalities experience

Knowledge of IP in pharmaceuticals

Education

CIPA qualified patent paralegal/administrator

Job description

Intellectual Property Paralegal & Department Administrator - Permanent Position

Highlighted points for this job

Administrative support for managing patent and trademark formalities.

Paralegal IP support for regional IP, research, and commercial teams.

Competitive salary and benefits including hybrid working, car scheme, and learning opportunities.

Based out of EMEA Knowledge Centre in EU Headquarters.

Requirement for relevant patent formalities experience and fluency in English.

The Company

Eisai is a leading research based pharmaceutical organisation with an extensive portfolio across the Oncology, Neurology and Pain therapy areas. By joining Eisai, you will be working for an organisation with a human healthcare philosophy, which means that we put the patient first in everything we do.

Your new role

The EMEA Legal & Intellectual Property Department provide high quality Legal and IP support to Eisai’s commercial, medical, research, regulatory and administrative activities in both the Eisai EMEA Region and globally. This is to ensure compliant operations and IP protection for Eisai’s current and future brands.

The purpose of the role is to provide administrative support to the whole department including the management of patent and trademark formalities. Responsibilities include to:

• Complete formal administrative requirements for filing and maintaining patents and trademarks, including docketing, grant and annuity procedures.
• Provide paralegal IP support to regional IP, research and commercial teams.
• Obtain and maintain the department’s members’ professional memberships and subscriptions, financial administration and the signing and legalisation of documents.
• Collaborate with internal and external legal/patent counsel and external providers.

What are we looking for?

• Fluent in the English language (oral and written).
• Relevant patent formalities experience gained either in a broad-based intellectual property or patent attorneys’ professional practice or from working in-house in a life sciences business.
• Ideally a CIPA qualified patent paralegal / administrator
• Knowledge of commercial role of IP in pharmaceutical industry or willingness to learn.

What we offer in return

Eisai offers a competitive salary and excellent wider benefits package that includes,

• Hybrid working (Depending on role)
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Electric charging points for Electric/Hybrid vehicles
• Discretionary Bonus
• Free onsite parking
• Subsidised onsite restaurant and coffee shop
• Learning and development opportunities
• Well-being & mental health awareness programmes
• Multi-faith prayer room

You will also be based out of our excellent EMEA Knowledge Centre (EKC) facility, which is our EU Headquarters, and offers an inclusive, and collaborative working environment.

What you need to do next

If you are interested in this position, please click ‘apply now’ at the top of this advert. Upon submitting your application, you will be asked to complete your profile and upload a copy of your CV along with any additional information to support your application. If you have any questions, please contact us on [e-mail]

Eisai Recruitment Statement
Diverse perspectives and experiences are critical to our success, and we welcome applications from all people from all backgrounds with the experience and skills needed to perform this role. We look forward to receiving your application.

Eisai EMEA EDI Commitment Statement
We believe that diverse and inclusive teams promote wellbeing, learning and innovation, helping Eisai serve our patients, their families, our employees, and society. Our commitment is:

• to embrace and celebrate our differences, respecting and valuing each other.
• to include equity, diversity, and inclusion practices in all that we do so everyone has a full sense of belonging.
• to value individual talent where every employee can be themselves and thrive in an environment of openness, trust, and integrity

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