Legal Support Officer: Imperial College London
Imperial College London is looking to appoint a Legal Support Officer to work within its Enterprise Division. The mission of the Enterprise Division is to offer the most advanced education and research, collaborate with other organisations, and apply our work to industry. Today, we have a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem: a home for businesses, researchers and the next generation of innovators. In this role, you will play a pivotal part…
- Reference PRO00522
- Date posted 13 May 2021
- Closing date 3 June 2021
Location: South Kensington and White City Campus
Position type: Full time, permanent
Salary: £38,614 – £47,373 plus benefits
Job summary
Imperial College London is looking to appoint a Legal Support Officer to work within its Enterprise Division.
The mission of the Enterprise Division is to offer the most advanced education and research, collaborate with other organisations, and apply our work to industry. Today, we have a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem: a home for businesses, researchers and the next generation of innovators. In this role, you will play a pivotal part in supporting the delivery of this mission by guiding the protection and successful commercialisation of Imperial’s discoveries which could have a transformative impact on society.
Duties and responsibilities
An integral member of Imperial’s Enterprise, you will provide support to the commercialisation In-House Lawyers who provide legal advice on intellectual property protection, licensing and company creation in the development of research technologies, progressing their path to commercialisation and market adoption. You will also provide negotiation support and legal drafting of commercialisation agreements. The scope of activity is potentially broad and will include liaising with key internal and external stakeholders across all Faculty areas within the College. You will report directly to the one of the In-House Lawyers. You will manage your workload of multiple concurrent projects to support licensing, start-up and other exit strategy activities
Essential requirements
- A degree in Law or equivalent qualification or relevant work experience (sufficient to provide the technical skill and knowledge required for the role)
- Experience in technology commercialisation and commercialisation-related agreements, ideally, but not necessarily, in the Higher Education Sector or a similar context
- Solid knowledge of contracting issues relating to the licencing and commercialisation of intellectual property rights (patents, copyright, trade secrets, trademarks) both in the UK and internationally.
- An understanding of research and product innovation and technology commercialisation processes, cultures and environments.
You will also need to have a good understanding of:
- The academic environment, particularly university funding and technology commercialisation, preferably gained through experience of working within HEI or industry
- Research and product innovation and technology commercialisation processes, cultures and environment
Key to your success will be your collaborative approach, with strong listening and communication skills, and ability to establish rapport and credibility by building and maintaining excellent working relationships, both internally and externally, with commercial colleagues, counterparties, senior academics, industry clients and partners.
Further information
This is a full-time, open-ended position.
The location of this job is the South Kensington or White City campus.
As well as offering a competitive salary, Imperial provides a package of attractive terms and conditions of service, along with many optional benefits, which we hope you will take advantage of. The College’s standard holiday entitlement is 25 days (pro rata for part-time staff). In addition to the standard public and bank holidays, College closes for extra days around Christmas and Easter.
For more information or if you wish to informally discuss this role, contact Mark Fox, mark.fox@imperial.ac.uk.
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About Imperial College London
Imperial College London is the UK’s only university focussed entirely on science, engineering, medicine and business and we are consistently rated in the top 10 universities in the world.
You will find our main London campus in South Kensington, with our hospital campuses located nearby in West and North London. We also have Silwood Park in Berkshire and state-of-the-art facilities in development at our major new campus in White City.
We work in a multidisciplinary and diverse community for education, research, translation and commercialisation, harnessing science and innovation to tackle the big global challenges our complex world faces.
It’s our mission to achieve enduring excellence in all that we do for the benefit of society – and we are looking for the most talented people to help us get there.
Additional information
Please note that job descriptions cannot be exhaustive and the post-holder may be required to undertake other duties, which are broadly in line with the above key responsibilities.
All Imperial employees are expected to follow the 7 principles of Imperial Expectations:
- Champion a positive approach to change and opportunity
- Communicate regularly and effectively within, and across, teams
- Consider the thoughts and expectations of others
- Deliver positive outcomes
- Encourage inclusive participation and eliminate discrimination
- Develop and grow skills and expertise
- Work in a planned and managed way
In addition to the above, employees are required to observe and comply with all College policies and regulations.
We are committed to equality of opportunity, to eliminating discrimination and to creating an inclusive working environment for all. We therefore encourage candidates to apply irrespective of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion and belief, gender identity, sex, or sexual orientation. We are an Athena SWAN Silver Award winner, a Disability Confident Leader and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.
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