At FB Rice we are known for our great workplace culture and the quality of our work. We make this a priority and pride ourselves in providing excellent customer service to the diverse range of interesting clients with which we work. We offer a range of excellent employee benefits as well as opportunities for flexible working arrangements.
Recognised as Australia’s market leader by various national and international awards, we are a national firm with an international practice. With offices in Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Sydney we pride ourselves on having a local touch with global reach. We recruit the best people, ensuring that excellence is achieved by having technical experts with great communication skills.
There is now an opportunity to join our Melbourne Engineering team as an Experienced Patent Assistant.
*Applications from Sydney and Brisbane are also welcome!
Your responsibilities will include:
- Managing complex case related administration
- Working with the IP Australia and IP Office of New Zealand on-line databases
- Working with our database and template system (including Inprotech)
- Timely and highly organised file management
- Proof reading
- Administrative tasks including filling, scanning, invoicing, organising diaries and making appointments for attorneys
- Drafting correspondence
Your Training and Skills
To be successful in this role it is a requirement that you have:
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Strong organisational and time management skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Self-confidence, and an ability to exercise your initiative
- An ability to work in a team and independently
- A respect for established processes and procedures
- A solid knowledge of MS Office and ideally Inprotech
Culture and Benefits
Become a part of our inclusive and people-driven culture. At FB Rice you will be guided in a continuous learning environment, enabling you to grow and progress throughout your career.
Our team is key to providing the best patent and trade mark services in Australia to our clients, therefore our focus has always been to develop a business that is a great place to work. We offer a range of excellent employee benefits such as:
- Hybrid working policy that encourages flexible working arrangements
- Reward and recognition program that recognises individual and team performance
- A Social Club which provides a wide range of activities throughout the year
- Health and Wellbeing program including access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Paid Parental leave
- Subsidised Classpass (exercise and wellbeing program) membership
Working at FB Rice
You will be joining a long-established and successful top tier intellectual property firm acknowledged for its client experience and expertise through a number of industry awards. FB Rice represents an extensive range of loyal local and international clients; with offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane.
As a privately-owned partnership that is committed to seeing the firm remain wholly owned by its partners, we are able to offer a variety of staff benefits as demonstrated above.
How to Apply
Please submit your cover letter and CV by clicking "Apply Now".
To be eligible for this position you must be fluent in English and have an ongoing right to work in Australia.
All expressions of interest are strictly confidential.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
FB Rice recognises the importance of a diverse and inclusive workplace and encourages any interested candidates with the above-mentioned technical background and professional skills to apply. Please read our Inclusion and Diversity Statement on the FB Rice website at fbrice.com.au/careers.