Administrator / Trainee Patent Secretary

Location

Cambridge (CB25)

Duration: Permanent

Hours: 9am until 5pm, flexible (Monday to Friday)

Salary

£24,000 to £26,000

Job Reference: 34697



Polytec are looking for an Administrator / Trainee Patent Secretary for our Cambridge based client. You should have some experience as an Administrator in a corporate environment and an eagerness to train as a Patent Secretary. Training will primarily take place in Cambridge but you will need to attend the London office one day a week during your initial training period for which expenses will be reimbursed. This is expected to be for approximately 8 weeks.

Responsibilities

• Produce letters, European Patent Office and UK Patent Office forms relatively unsupervised


• Deal with Fee Earners WIP and produce invoice requests and narratives with limited instruction


• Post and filing using Document Management System


• Receive deliveries, unpacking and redistributing as required


• Ordering stationery, paper, toner, cleaning materials and beverages


• Booking meeting rooms and setting up refreshments / lunch


• Organising rooms / desks


• Liaise with building maintenance and cleaning companies, reporting facilities issues


• Organising social events

Requirements

• One to two years' secretarial / administrative experience, ideally within professional services


• Good education with grades B/6 or higher


• Recognised secretarial qualification


• Able to produce work from dictations, emails and manuscript documents


• Competent user of MS Office, proficient in Word, PDF Docs, Outlook and Inprotech


• Minimum typing speed of 45 wpm


• Strong organisation and interpersonal skills


• Ability to respect and support others within the team/firm to achieve common goals


• Able to produce work to required standards, with excellent accuracy and attention to detail


• Flexible, adaptable approach


• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines

Please contact us as soon as possible for more details or apply below!



We will respond to successful applicants within a couple of days.