Job Reference
138_23_DIR_TT_TTO
Position
Technology transfer junior officer on IPR
Closing Date
Friday, 31 March, 2023
Reference: 138_23_DIR_TT_TTO
Job title: Technology transfer junior officer on IPR
About BSC
The Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) is the leading supercomputing center in Spain. It houses MareNostrum, one of the most powerful supercomputers in Europe, and is a hosting member of the PRACE European distributed supercomputing infrastructure. The mission of BSC is to research, develop and manage information technologies in order to facilitate scientific progress. BSC combines HPC service provision and R&D into both computer and computational science (life, earth and engineering sciences) under one roof, and currently has over 770 staff from 55 countries.
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We are particularly interested for this role in the strengths and lived experiences of women and underrepresented groups to help us avoid perpetuating biases and oversights in science and IT research.
Look at the BSC experience:
BSC-CNS YouTube Channel
Let's stay connected with BSC Folks!
We are particularly interested for this role in the strengths and lived experiences of women and underrepresented groups to help us avoid perpetuating biases and oversights in science and IT research.
Context And Mission
Reporting to BSC’s Technology Transfer Manager, the TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER IPR junior officer will support activities mainly focused on keeping BSC’s IPR portfolio registers and BSC spin-off portfolio updated. In addition to IPR management tasks, identifying, registering, protecting and facilitating the exploitation of BSC’s research results, he or she will also help with activities which reinforce BSC’s positioning in HPC innovation ecosystem by promoting the use of BSC’s portfolio of technologies to society and market.
Key Duties
- Key Duties
• Help with the registration of BSC project results
• Help to maintain updated the BSC portfolio of technologies
• Help with the registration of BSC spin off documentation•
Responsibilities
1. Provide help on protecting BSC research project results in the most appropriate way
a. Provide help on Identifying BSC research results
b. Provide help on registering BSC research results via Intellectual Property Disclosure Form
c. Provide help on protecting BSC research results in the most appropriate way
2. Provide help on maintaining updated BSC portfolio of technologies
3. Provide help registering BSC spin off documentation
Requirements
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Education
- Business or Law degree preferred (applicants with a science or engineering degree will also be considered)
- Knowledge on innovation, IPR management or similar a plus
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Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience
- Work experience is not essential but candidates who have knowledge on the following areas, will be at an advantage:
● Computer and Computational Sciences
● Start-ups creation
- Work experience is not essential but candidates who have knowledge on the following areas, will be at an advantage:
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Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience
- Good written and verbal communication skills
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Competences
- Fluency in English, Spanish and Catalan essential
Conditions
- The position will be located at BSC within the Directors Department
- We offer a full-time contract, a good working environment, a highly stimulating environment with state-of-the-art infrastructure, flexible working hours, extensive training plan, restaurant tickets, private health insurance, support to the relocation procedures
- Duration: Open-ended contract due to technical and scientific activities linked to the project and budget duration
- Salary: we offer a competitive salary commensurate with the qualifications and experience of the candidate and according to the cost of living in Barcelona
- Starting date: 01/04/2023
Applications procedure and process
All applications must be made through BSC website and contain:
A full CV in English including contact details
A Cover Letter with a statement of interest in English, including two contacts for further references - Applications without this document will not be considered
In accordance with the OTM-R principles, a gender-balanced recruitment panel is formed for every vacancy at the beginning of the process. After reviewing the content of the applications, the panel will start the interviews, with at least one technical and one administrative interview. A profile questionnaire as well as a technical exercise may be required during the process.
The panel will make a final decision and all candidates who had contacts with them will receive a feedback with details on the acceptance or rejection of their profile.
At BSC we are seeking continuous improvement in our recruitment processes, for any suggestions or feedback/complaints about our Recruitment Processes, please contact recruitment [at] bsc [dot] es.
For more information follow this link
In accordance with the OTM-R principles, a gender-balanced recruitment panel is formed for every vacancy at the beginning of the process. After reviewing the content of the applications, the panel will start the interviews, with at least one technical and one administrative interview. A profile questionnaire as well as a technical exercise may be required during the process.
The panel will make a final decision and all candidates who had contacts with them will receive a feedback with details on the acceptance or rejection of their profile.
At BSC we are seeking continuous improvement in our recruitment processes, for any suggestions or feedback/complaints about our Recruitment Processes, please contact recruitment [at] bsc [dot] es.
For more information follow this link
Deadline
The vacancy will remain open until suitable candidate has been hired. Applications will be regularly reviewed and potential candidates will be contacted.
OTM-R principles for selection processes
BSC-CNS is committed to the principles of the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers of the European Commission and the Open, Transparent and Merit-based Recruitment principles (OTM-R). This is applied for any potential candidate in all our processes, for example by creating gender-balanced recruitment planels and recognizing career breaks etc.
BSC-CNS is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or any other basis protected by applicable state or local law.
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BSC-CNS is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or any other basis protected by applicable state or local law.
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