Patent Secretary

Sacco Mann are working in partnership with an innovative, highly successful IP practice who are seeking a skilled Patent Secretary to join their London team.

The Role

You will be instrumental to this successful business in providing full secretarial, PA and administrative support to a handful of Fee Earners.

What's in it for You?

Competitive Package: A market leading financial package.

Career Development: Access to professional development opportunities and clear progression pathway.

Hybrid working: 2 days in the office and 3 days working from home.

Autonomy & Support: Take charge of your own workload whilst enjoying the backing of a collaborative and knowledgeable team.

Work-Life Balance: A healthy approach with regular wellbeing events within a friendly and sociable environment.

Key Responsibilities

Reporting to the Team Leader, an overview of your day-to-day duties include:

Legal Support - Preparing official forms for UK, EU and international patent applications, papers/bundles for oral proceedings, standard reporting letters without instruction. You will also, monitor and act on prompt schedules and amend documents.

Secretarial Support - You will be a primary point of contact for Fee Earners and manage all aspects of their diaries, covering travel arrangements and organising meetings (in person and virtually).

General Support - This includes holiday cover for colleagues, liaising with other departments, project work, preparing invoices, file management, invoicing and monitoring e-workspaces.

About You

You'll possess demonstrable experience working within a similar patent role, be this secretarial or administrative.

Be au fait with Microsoft Office, Epoline, Inprotech and SharePoint.

Pragmatic, solution focused and proactive with the ability to work calmly under pressure.

An excellent communicator, both verbally and in writing.

Seamlessly manage your own workload, consistently meeting tight deadlines.

If you would like to discuss this excellent Patent Secretary opportunity in more detail, please contact Tim Brown on 0113 467 9798 / [email protected]

If this role isn't quite right for you, we are instructed on an array of IP support roles across the UK, so please don't hesitate to get in touch. We'd love to hear from you!