Job id: 378076693
Reference: 260387
Location: Munich
Zipcode: 80469
* "The EPO of tomorrow is not the EPO of the past"
For over four decades its scientists, engineers, lawyers, and other professionals, have been committed to delivering European patents for inventors everywhere. The Office has become a benchmark for quality and a pillar of the European intellectual property system. Today, the European Patent Office is undergoing an important transformation which aims to ensure that the goals of our strategic plan 2023 are delivered, along with the commitment to excellence we are striving for.
Within the Directorate General Corporate Services, Human Resources functions are split between a Principal Directorate in charge of customer services and talent management, and a Principal Directorate in charge of the policy making, employment law and workforce planning. The Employment Law Directorate aims to provide management with prompt, personal and professional support. Its role is to give advice on employment law to Office management, personnel departments, contribute to leading projects and to represent the EPO in litigation and other administrative procedures (e.g. disciplinary and incompetence proceedings).
Maintaining the Directorate's high level of performance is paramount in the context of the strategic plan 2023. This is why the Employment Law Directorate is now recruiting additional qualified lawyers.
*António Campinos, President of the EPO.
Successful candidates will be expected to play an active role in the team and will be required to undertake varied responsibilities in all areas of legal work performed by the Employment Law Directorate:
Any other tasks and duties upon request, depending on business needs.
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Working at the EPO means working in a challenging yet highly rewarding environment. You will join a diverse, hard-working and united team, and collaborate daily with dedicated professionals from all over Europe.
In addition to a comprehensive and family-friendly benefits package, the EPO offers you the opportunity to acquire a deep understanding and valuable experience on a particularly broad range of legal issues. You will develop and grow through the vast range of employment law topics and projects you will be involved in.
It is intended to hold the interviews in weeks 5/6, in Munich.
* after deduction of EPO internal tax and before deduction of staff contributions to the social-security and pension schemes. The salary range depends on experience.
To foster gender diversity, EPO encourages applications from women.
The EPO is an equal opportunities employer and supports workforce diversity as a signatory to the Diversity Charter (Charta der Vielfalt) since 2010. All applications for vacant positions will be welcomed and considered on the professional merits of the applicant against the role profile for the position regardless of nationality, ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, parental responsibilities, age, religion or belief.
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