Intellectual Property Management Officer || Midlands State University (MSU)

DUE: 21 MAY 2025

RESEARCH AND INNOVATION OFFICE

Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced persons for the following posts:

POST1.   INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT OFFICER (X1)

Qualifications

1. A Bachelor’s degree in Law, Intellectual Property, Business Administration, Science, Engineering, or a related field.
2. At least two years (2) of working experience in a research and Innovation environment.
3. Master’s degree in Intellectual Property, Business, or Technology Management is an advantage.
4.    The Candidate must have knowledge of IP Laws and regulations, patent filing, technology transfer and licencing and contract management.

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 nonprofit organizations for IPR related issues.
• Carry out any other duties as assigned by the Innovation Manager.

NB: Midlands State University is an equal opportunities employer.  In the interest of promoting gender parity, female candidates are encouraged to apply.

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 21 May  2025. Note that only short- listed candidates will be communicated to