Registry and Legal Unit Traineeship 2019

Community Plant Variety Office

The Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO), located in Angers (France), invites applications for a traineeship of 12 months.

Detailed information about the CPVO can be found at http://www.cpvo.europa.eu/.

Profile / Duties

The Legal Unit of the CPVO deals with all the legal aspects involved in the plant variety rights protection system and in the running of the CPVO. The Registry deals with applications and titles for Community plant variety rights. The trainee will participate in the work of the Registry and the Legal Unit of the Office. The primary tasks will be to provide support to the activities of the Registry of plant variety rights. His/her additional tasks may include, among others, providing assistance in conducting legal searches, attending Office committees’ meetings, drafting decisions, reviewing contracts, providing support in the preparation of seminars and presentations on plant variety and Intellectual Property related issues. Please note that applications can be sent to the Office in any of the official EU languages; knowledge of multiple EU languages is considered an asset.

General Conditions

To be considered eligible, applicants must satisfy the following requirements on the closing date for the submission of applications:

• Be a national of an EU Member State;
• Enjoy full rights as a citizen;
• Have a university degree of at least 3 years of study (minimum a bachelor) linked to law;
• Have a thorough knowledge of one of the languages of the European Union and satisfactory knowledge of another official language of the EU.

Qualifications

• Candidates must have a degree in law and a post-graduate Master degree in Intellectual Property Law;
• Candidates have to be at ease in a multicultural environment where the main working language is English; 
• Candidates must have excellent IT skills necessary to perform successfully;
• They must have very good communication skills in English, both written and oral, and good communication skills in any of the following languages: German, Spanish or French.
• They must be able to work autonomously and pay attention to details.
• Previous work experience in the domain of intellectual property law would be an asset.

Professional Experience

None required

Additional Requirements

None

Contractual Conditions

The successful candidate will be offered a traineeship of 12 months (not renewable).

Start date:  1st October 2019

Recruitment procedure

 For applications to be valid, candidates must be made through the CPVO electronic recruitment portal which can be found on the CPVO web site: http://www.cpvo.europa.eu/main/en/home/about-the-cpvo/vacancies.

 Incomplete applications, and applications not sent via this tool, will automatically be excluded from the selection procedure.