Job Description

What the role is:Great ideas do not discriminate, and anyone can have them. Given the right protection and support, a great idea can become a powerful brand, a transformative technology, an innovative process or design, or even a song or story that moves one\'s soul. Housing Singapore\'s largest community of intellectual property (IP) experts, IPOS understands how important it is to protect ideas and creations for now and the future. We leverage our deep technical, legal and business expertise to help innovative enterprises grow, through their intangible assets, including IP, from Singapore, through Singapore. We catalyse the ideas of today, into the assets of tomorrow.What you will be working on:Responsibilities The International Engagement Department (IED) supports IPOS\' vision by establishing relationships with foreign IP stakeholders, including government agencies, institutions, creators, entrepreneurs, and others to position Singapore as a vibrant marketplace for IP transactions and commercialisation. Reporting to the Desk Head, you will be responsible for the following: \xe2\x80\xa2 Support the department in coordinating various aspects of events planning and execution. These include pre-event activities such as procurement, stakeholder coordination and setup, as well as post-event tasks like summarising event outcomes and feedback. \xe2\x80\xa2 Support the department in coordinating various aspects of overseas trips. These include pre-event planning such as booking of flights, accommodations and arrangements for the trip to post-events tasks such as reimbursements and billing. \xe2\x80\xa2 Collaborate with team members, business units and various stakeholders to ensure successful delivery of events and activities. These include facilitating clear communication and addressing stakeholder needs and concerns throughout the planning and execution process. \xe2\x80\xa2 Address any other administrative and operational requirements within the office, including general invoicing and billing matters, note taking and filing, to ensure smooth and efficient daily operation. \xe2\x80\xa2 Track and maintain deliverables of events and cooperation agreements and/or programmes with various partners. \xe2\x80\xa2 Other ad-hoc duties assigned to you.What we are looking for:Please write to us if you have/are: \xe2\x80\xa2 Enjoy working in a fast-paced and dynamic environment; \xe2\x80\xa2 Experience in managing multiple events concurrently; \xe2\x80\xa2 Ability to work collaboratively and build strong working relationships; \xe2\x80\xa2 Good in writing and able to communicate effectively; \xe2\x80\xa2 Able to commit for 11 months.About Intellectual Property Office of Singapore:The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) is the national authority that registers and is responsible for the administration of IP rights in Singapore. IPOS helps businesses use intangible assets (IA) and IP to grow and is committed to building Singapore into an international IA/IP hub. We help to catalyse a future driven by life-enhancing, commercially successful ideas created by businesses, professionals and everyday people. We help to turn today\'s ideas into tomorrow\'s assets. IPOS is a statutory board under the Ministry of Law.

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