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Posted: 28-Mar-24
Location: Ithaca, New York
Type: Full-time
Salary: Open
Intellectual Property and Governance Assistant
About the Center for Technology Licensing
The Center for Technology Licensing (CTL) is Cornell University's technology transfer office. We manage Cornell technologies from Cornell's Ithaca campus, Weill Cornell Medical Colleges, Cornell Tech and the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva.
The Opportunity
Are you passionate about the intersection of academia, innovation, and legal compliance? Cornell's Center for Technology Licensing is seeking a diligent and proactive Intellectual Property and Governance Assistant (IPGA) to play a pivotal role in ensuring the university's adherence to complex and evolving governmental legal requirements for reporting inventions. This role is integral to the life cycle management of intellectual properties and inventions, fostering an environment where academic innovations thrive within legal frameworks.
Key Responsibilities:
Database Management and Compliance: Maintain specialized databases to track the life cycle of inventions, ensuring accurate recording of new disclosures and compliance with governmental reporting requirements.
Documentation and Reporting: Prepare and submit documentation for governmental agencies, monitor due dates, generate confirmatory licenses, and ensure proper use of government support clauses in applications and patents.
Collaboration and Communication: Work closely with various departmental staff, Business Development and Licensing Officers (BDOs), and external partners to facilitate effective communication of deadlines, requirements, and changes in reporting standards.
Annuity and Maintenance Oversight: Oversee annuity payments, ensuring their proper implementation and recording, and maintain accuracy in the Annuity Management System (AMS).
Continuous Improvement: Stay informed of changes in reporting requirements, suggest process improvements, and conduct audits for data accuracy.
Are you a self-motivated and detail oriented administrative professional that is ready to make a significant impact in the world of academic innovation and compliance? We encourage you to apply and share your resume and a cover letter that details why you are a great why you are a great match to take this unique Intellectual Property and Governance Assistant role.
What We Need
All candidates must include a resume and cover letter for full consideration.
- Associate's Degree with 2-4 years of relevant professional experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Demonstrated initiative in identifying problems, researching and developing proposed solutions, and communicating with management, as appropriate.
- Outstanding organizational and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to follow up and manage a process through to completion and to meet deadlines.
- Strong written and oral communication skills. Must be able to communicate effectively with various constituents including faculty, staff, external patent counsel, joint owners, government contacts, and licensees.
- Excellent computer skills, including knowledge of spreadsheets, word processing, and relational databases.
- Able to handle multiple tasks, changing priorities and prioritization of tasks in a high-volume, data-intensive environment.
- Work well with a team.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality.
- Experience in and/or demonstrated commitment to supporting diversity, equity, access, inclusion, and wellbeing.
- Ability to cultivate and develop inclusive and equitable working relationships with students, faculty, staff, and community members.
If you have all those things, great! We have a few more things that we would prefer you to have, but it's ok if you don't.
- Experience using iEdison.
- Valid NYS Notary Public Certification.
- Foreign patent knowledge.
- Familiarity with patent websites.
Rewards and Benefits
No visa sponsorship or relocation assistance is available for this position.
University Job Title:
Administrative Asst IV
Job Family:
Administration
Level:
D
Pay Rate Type:
Hourly
Pay Range:
$24.78 - $28.80
Remote Option Availability:
Hybrid Remote
Company:
Endowed
Contact Name:
Brad Stock
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Noted pay ranges reflect the potential pay opportunity for each job profile. The hiring rate of pay for the successful candidate will be determined considering the following criteria:
Prior relevant work or industry experience
Education level to the extent education is relevant to the position
Unique applicable skills
Academic Discipline (faculty pay ranges reflects 9-month annual salary)
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EEO Statement:
Diversity and Inclusion are a part of Cornell University's heritage. We are a recognized employer and educator valuing AA/EEO, and we do not tolerate discrimination based on any protected characteristic, including race, ethnic or national origin, citizenship and immigration status, color, sex/gender, pregnancy or pregnancy-related conditions, age, creed, religion, actual or perceived disability (including persons associated with such a person), arrest and/or conviction record, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender expression and/or identity, an individual's genetic information, domestic violence victim status, familial status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. We also recognize a lawful preference in employment practices for Native Americans living on or near Indian reservations in accordance with applicable law.
Cornell University embraces diversity and seeks candidates who will contribute to a climate that supports students, faculty, and staff to all identities and backgrounds. We encourage individuals from underrepresented and/or marginalized identities to apply.
2024-03-26