Duties and Responsibilities
The incumbent will perform the following principal duties:

a. Manage the receipt, docketing, analysis and processing of correspondences and notifications to the International Bureau from PCT Contracting States and Offices and Authorities in accordance with various provisions of the PCT Treaty, Regulations, and Administrative Instructions, with a view to ensuring the timely and proper publication of the notified information in the Official Notices in compliance with the applicable PCT provisions;

b. Draft, edit, revise and finalize items and texts for publication in the weekly Official Notices, in the languages of both English and French;

c. Manage the drafting, review and approval process for the contents of the Official Notices in both English and French; communicate with Offices of Contracting States and International Authorities to provide advice and/or seek clarifications in relation to the notified information, when necessary; oversee the publication of the Official Notices on WIPO’s website in various means; assist the Head of the Unit distributing the published Official Notices to relevant colleagues;

d. Research and propose measures for improving the presentation and publication of contents in the Official Notices;

e. Review, proofread and further edit PCT legal and legal-related texts as previously prepared, edited and updated within the Unit to ensure accuracy, clarity, cohesion and conformity with editorial standards and the Organization’s policies and practices, particularly the Patent Cooperation Treaty, Regulations under the PCT, PCT Administrative Instructions, PCT Receiving Office Guidelines and PCT International Search and Preliminary Examination Guidelines, in the languages of both English and French;

f. Oversee the preparation, consultation, editing and publication of the above PCT legal and legal-related texts in all other languages in which they exist; verify consistency between the versions in different languages;

g. Edit other legal-related texts relating to the PCT in English and French; contribute to the preparation and provision of PCT information materials managed by the Section;

h. Respond to internal queries on editorial practice and contribute to the establishment of editorial procedures and guidelines;

i. Assist the Head of the Unit in performing any general tasks under the responsibility of the PCT Legal Publication Unit; prepare quarterly reports on the work of the Section;

j. Keep abreast of best practices and developments, and propose improvements including on the overall publication of the Official Notices, and identify ways to streamline processes;

k. Foster a culture of providing high quality customer-focused services with the target audience in mind; and

l. Perform other related duties as required.