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 get in touch!