Community Outreach Office Director
What you'd do
The CEO Division oversees and coordinates Community Engagement Office activities to include community-based customer engagement and education. The CEO Director collaborates with Regional Office Directors and other OPE divisions to optimize engagement for the USPTO. The CEO Director reports the Community Engagement Office Division.
Major duties
The physical worksite for this position is located in Salt Lake City, UT and Bozeman, MT. Presence at the USPTO office in either location campus is required for this role, as it includes on site functions that must be performed in person. Position may be eligible for situational telework in accordance with agency policy/business unit discretion. The agency currently allows for 52 hours of telework per calendar year. The individual selected for this position will... You thrive at planning and executing engagement programs and activities that incentivize and protect more innovation for stakeholders such as individual inventors, corporations, start-ups, entrepreneurs and venture capital, among others, in their office area, including traditionally under-resourced communities. You are committed to assisting the agency in communicating and carrying out its strategic plan and goals and furthering the engagement objectives outlined by the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property. You enjoy developing partnerships with local organizations in the innovation ecosystem, institutions of higher education and/or research, and businesses to create tailored community-based programs that provide education regarding the patent systems and promoted the benefits of innovation and entrepreneurship. You have a strong desire to educating prospective innovators including individual inventors, small businesses, veterans, low-income populations, students, rural populations, and any geographic group of innovators that are underrepresented in patent and trademark filings, about all public and private resources available to potential patent and trademark applicants. You enjoy collaborating with regional office directors and other divisions to optimize engagement for the agency.
What you need to qualify
You must meet the United States Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) qualification requirements (including specialized experience and/or educational requirements) for the advertised position. You must meet all eligibility and qualifications requirements by the closing date of the job announcement. OPM Qualifications Standards are available at General Schedule Qualification Standards. Specialized Experience is experience that has equipped applicants with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, you must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14in the Federal service: For this position, the next lower grade level is a GS- 14. Specialized experience for this position includes: Experience planning and executing engagement activities that serve to educate prospective inventors and innovators about the purpose and value of protecting their intellectual property and the benefits of innovation and entrepreneurship; Experience developing partnerships with local organizations in the innovation ecosystem, institutions of higher education and/or research, and businesses to create tailored community-based programs that provide education regarding the patent and trademark systems and promote the benefits of innovation and entrepreneurship; AND Experience collaborating with other stakeholder groups in the innovation ecosystem and/or other federal agencies to design and deliver engagement programming for a regional or national audience. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
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