Midlands State University (MSU)
DUE: 31 OCT 2024
Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced persons for the following posts:
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT OFFICER (X1)
Qualifications and Experience
- A relevant Bachelor’s degree.
- A Master’s degree in Intellectual Property or equivalent.
- A techno-legal background is an added advantage.
- At least three (3) years of working experience and a track record in innovations and Intellectual Property (IP) management.
- The candidate must possess good leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills at all levels within and outside the University.
- Ability to collaboratively translate the IP management objectives into a set of instruments, and to implement, evaluate, and review the resulting activities.
- A thorough understanding and appreciation of the IP issues arising in the context of academic research and particular software development methodologies, open-source licensing strategy, and software patentability among others.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Managing disclosures, non-disclosures and IP database.
- Guiding in the drafting of IP documents and reviewing the documents.
- Registering of IPR with relevant bodies.
- Using legal and scientific knowledge or working with legal and business development officers to negotiate and draft agreements as well as to ensure that contractual obligations are met.
- Works closely with the Technology Transfer Officer (TTO).
- Manage the coordination of IP agreements and IP transfer between MSU and its various affiliated projects.
- Assisting innovators and TTO in coordinating and managing IP across projects from diverse funding sources.
- Conducting IP audit, training and advisory services.
- Serve as a point of communication with faculty, staff, students, external attorneys, paralegals, managers, administrators, and researchers at companies, universities, and non-profit organizations for IPR related issues.
- Carry out any other duties as assigned by the Innovation Manager.
TO APPLY
Applicants must submit certified copies of certificates, transcripts, national identification and Curriculum Vitae giving full personal particulars including full names, date of birth, qualifications, experience, present salary, date of availability, contact details, names and addresses of three referees addressed to the Deputy Registrar – Human Resource
The application pack should be sent as a single merged pdf file to email address: [email protected]
The subject line should be labelled with the post being applied for.
Closing date for applications is Thursday, 31 October 2024. Note that only short- listed candidates will be communicated to.