Back to search results

Chief Examiner - Foundation Certificate and Final Diploma

The Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys

Location: London
Salary: See advert
Hours: Part Time
Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract
Placed On: 30th January 2023
Closes: 6th February 2023

The patent attorney profession is regulated in the UK by the Intellectual Property Regulator (IPReg). The main entry route to the profession is by examination, which is overseen by the Patent Examination Board (PEB). There are two levels of examinations: Foundation Certificate and Final Diploma.

The PEB has a vacancy for:

  • Chief Examiner - Foundation Certificate and Final Diploma

Background

The PEB is overseen by a Governance Board (the PEB GB), with patent attorney and lay membership. Also, the PEB has an Examination Committee and examiner meetings for each Certificate and Diploma paper. Each paper is managed by a Principal Examiner. Principal Examiners for the Final Diploma examinations lead a team of marking examiners.

The Chief Examiner is responsible for:

  • chairing the Examination Committee
  • ensuring that question papers and mark schemes have been written and quality assured in accordance with PEB procedures;
  • supervising and appraising Principal Examiners
  • as required, chairing examiner meetings (in addition to the Examination Committee) and
  • raising any issues related to the conduct of an examination series with the PEB GB.

Most of the work is carried out in one’s own time. Normally, meeting attendance is via Zoom. The exact times of these meetings are arranged by doodle poll to suit attendees.

Skills and experience required for the role of Chief Examiner

Essential

  • Experience of working in a regulated profession(s)
  • Experience of professional assessment and examinations
  • Experience of leading a team of professionals
  • Ability to meet deadlines
  • Good written, presentation and oral skills

Desirable

  • Current or previous membership of and/or registration with a regulated profession, for example legal, healthcare, scientific, education or business services professions
  • Understanding of current intellectual property education and training

Remuneration (2022 rates)

Supervision fees

Final Diploma £2066
Foundation Certificate £1033
Principal Examiner supervision £75 per examiner

Meeting attendance £270 per day (pro rata where half day).

Term of appointment: Three years in the first instance, with the possibility of renewal for a further three years

How to apply

If you are interested in applying, please send your CV and a short letter that explains how you meet the role requirements.

Please submit your application to peb@cipa.org.uk by 5pm on Monday 6 February 2023. Please also use this address if you would like to arrange an initial discussion about the role or to ask for further information.

Thank you for your interest in this role.

We value your feedback on the quality of our adverts. If you have a comment to make about the overall quality of this advert, or its categorisation then please send us your feedback
Advert information

Type / Role:

Subject Area(s):

Location(s):

Job tools
 

PhD Alert Created

Job Alert Created

Your PhD alert has been successfully created for this search.

Your job alert has been successfully created for this search.

Ok Ok

PhD Alert Created

Job Alert Created

Your PhD alert has been successfully created for this search.

Your job alert has been successfully created for this search.

Manage your job alerts Manage your job alerts

Account Verification Missing

In order to create multiple job alerts, you must first verify your email address to complete your account creation

Request verification email Request verification email

jobs.ac.uk Account Required

In order to create multiple alerts, you must create a jobs.ac.uk jobseeker account

Create Account Create Account

Alert Creation Failed

Unfortunately, your account is currently blocked. Please login to unblock your account.

Email Address Blocked

We received a delivery failure message when attempting to send you an email and therefore your email address has been blocked. You will not receive job alerts until your email address is unblocked. To do so, please choose from one of the two options below.

Max Alerts Reached

A maximum of 5 Job Alerts can be created against your account. Please remove an existing alert in order to create this new Job Alert

Manage your job alerts Manage your job alerts

Creation Failed

Unfortunately, your alert was not created at this time. Please try again.

Ok Ok

Create PhD Alert

Create Job Alert

When you create this PhD alert we will email you a selection of PhDs matching your criteria.When you create this job alert we will email you a selection of jobs matching your criteria. Our Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy apply to this service. Any personal data you provide in setting up this alert is processed in accordance with our Privacy Notice

Create PhD Alert

Create Job Alert

When you create this PhD alert we will email you a selection of PhDs matching your criteria.When you create this job alert we will email you a selection of jobs matching your criteria. Our Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy apply to this service. Any personal data you provide in setting up this alert is processed in accordance with our Privacy Notice

 
 
More jobs like this
Join in and follow us

Browser Upgrade Recommended

jobs.ac.uk has been optimised for the latest browsers.

For the best user experience, we recommend viewing jobs.ac.uk on one of the following:

Google Chrome Firefox Microsoft Edge