The Intellectual Property Office (IPO)
Overview
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) is the official government body responsible for intellectual property (IP) rights in the United Kingdom.
These rights include: Patents, Designs, Trade marks and Copyright
The IPO is the United Kingdom’s principal government authority on intellectual property (IP) with responsibility for patents, trademarks, designs and copyright. We are an Executive Agency of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT). As part of DSIT we are responsible for the role of IP rights in supporting and promoting innovation, helping to protect, define and reward creativity.
Working Hours & Leave
A standard working day is 7 hours and 24 minutes the working week is 37 hours excluding lunch breaks. We offer a flexible working system. You can work between 5am and 10pm and there are no core hours.
Full-time employees will receive 25 days annual leave moving to 30 days in annual increments (1 day per year) over 5 years of reckonable service. You will also get 8 days public leave and 1-day privilege leave.
Inclusive Recruitment Schemes and Initiatives
- Disability Confident interview scheme (DCS)
- A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative
- Redeployment Interview Scheme (RIS)
- Fair and open Prison Leaver Scheme
- STEM Returners
Culture
Our cultural foundations are built on:
- Principles not rules – recognising we all work differently allowing autonomy and decision making within guiding principles
- Inclusion for all – where we have the confidence and support to bring our whole selves into work.
- Trust in each other and assuming good intentions – to build adult relationships
Benefits Of Working With Us
Benefits of working with us:
- A flexible working scheme which has no core hours and excellent opportunities for home, part-time and term-time working
- Family friendly policies including maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks full pay, followed by 13 weeks statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, and paternity leave of 3 weeks full pay
- A very generous pension scheme, with low employee contributions
- Eligibility for special and office-wide bonus payments, as well as performance related pay
- Subsidised childcare and salary sacrifice scheme
- Excellent development opportunities
- Opportunities for secondments, both internal and external
- Opportunities to join many civil-service clubs such as the Sports and Social Association, Motoring Club (CSMA), which provide numerous discounts to members
When working at our Newport office the following benefits are also available:
- Free car parking on site or close by
- Use of facilities that we share with ONS. These include an on-site gymnasium, branch of Costa Coffee, shop, restaurant, cash point and hairdressers
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The Intellectual Property Office (IPO)
Head Office
Bristol, UK
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