Senior Advisor Copyright and Licensing

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE
- Interesting work protecting standards content and enabling new ways to access standards
- Collaborative, flexible and friendly team at Standards New Zealand
- Wellington based permanent role
- Salary range: $95,103-$115,585 Tēnei tūranga - About the role:
Standards New Zealand is the national Standards body in New Zealand and a business unit within Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment. We facilitate the creation of standards which help govern the performance that products and services in New Zealand should live up to. We work in all sectors of the economy to ensure New Zealand has the future focused standards it needs, to have a quality, safe and prosperous future. We work closely with government, industry and stakeholder groups and are working in exciting areas such as health, primary industries, climate change, digital innovation, renewable energy and protecting our safety, security and well-being. Find out more here Home : Standards New Zealand

The intellectual property (IP), particularly copyright, in standards is an extremely important and valuable asset to Standards New Zealand. Our approach to copyright and licensing is to protect the integrity of the standard information and also enable access. We are exploring innovative ways to license content and consider how our IP can work for us and we have a number of exciting ventures under way where we have opportunities to commercialise our IP.

**About the role**:
The Senior Advisor Copyright and Licensing will have and promote a high regard to the value and legitimate use of standards with the intention of protecting and promoting standards and standards products. You will be responsible for managing copyright enquiries and working effectively with the wider team on new product development and managing any IP risks. This involves looking for innovative ways to license content and think about how IP can work for us to enable access to standards.

We offer a flexible working environment, talk to us about what that looks like for you.
Ngā pukenga me ngā wheako e hiahiatia ana - Skills and experience required:

- Facilitating and managing enquiries for access to the intellectual property held by the New Zealand Crown in New Zealand Standards and in standards developed by other standards organisations with which New Zealand has a copyright agreement
- Operate within the framework provided by Copyright Act 1994, as amended by the Standards and Accreditation Act 2015, and other government policies in relation to access to intellectual property.
- Process and respond to requests for advice and information on copyright and licensing, calculating license fees when required.
- Licensing third parties to copy or use the standards documents in whole or in part under copyright licence agreements
- Updating and amending existing licensing agreements as required
- Supporting copyright agreements with the other national and international standards bodies.
- Understand the terms and conditions of use of all international contracts and regularly educate the Standards New Zealand team to enable them to perform their roles effectively.
- Assist with commercial contract preparation and reviews.
- Build and maintain effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders

**Ideally, you will have a range of skills that will include**:

- Demonstrated expertise and experience in handling matters relating to intellectual property, Crown copyright, monitoring compliance and dealing with non-compliance, including by prosecution
- Demonstrated competence at working with Microsoft suite and managing enquiries in a timely manner
- Strong copy writing and editing skills, and ability to focus on key details
- Ability to work to deadlines and manage multiple projects efficiently and to prioritise competing commitments.
- Demonstrated ability to quickly assimilate new information and areas of work
- Good communication skills
- able to share knowledge clearly and work well in a team environment
- Preferably a law degree with a component of intellectual property law, or a tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline would be considered Ētahi kōrero mō MBIE - About MBIE:
MBIE's goal is to create a resilient and high-performing economy that delivers real and ongoing quality of life for all New Zealanders.
We do this by working with others to create an environment that supports businesses to be more productive and internationally competitive, enables all New Zealanders to participate in the economy through improved job opportunities and by working to ensure quality housing is more affordable.
People are at the heart of our mahi, our way of working is guided by our values which shape our behaviours.
- Mahi Tahi - Better Together
- Māia - Bold and brave
- Pae Kahurangi - Build our Future
- Pono Me Te Tika - Own It

Our aspirations are echoed in our Māori identity - Hīkina Whakatutuki