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Salary and benefits

Salary

As an Examiner of Patents your starting salary will be $63,814. The Examiner of Patents salary range is $63,814 to $89,340. Currently the employer contribution to the default superannuation fund (PSSAP) is 15.4%.

Salary progression is based on annual increments, but includes the opportunity for advancement at certain points if you display satisfactory progress in the expanding aspects of the job. Progression to the upper salary levels requires you to accept patent applications without supervision and is subject to a further performance assessment.

Having achieved the authority to accept applications, examiners who are assessed as fully effective in all aspects of patent examination duties are able to advance to the top of the examiner pay scale. Progression to the top paypoint is subject to meeting the required performance standards as outlined in the Collective Agreement.

Opportunities also exist for promotion to supervisory and management positions within patent examination and other areas of IP Australia.

Benefits

IP Australia aims to provide a work environment that is satisfying and assists our employees to balance their work and personal life.

Our terms and conditions of employment are very competitive and include:

  • encouraged ongoing professional development;
  • flexible working hours (available after successful completion of the training program);
  • four weeks annual recreation leave;
  • up to four weeks personal leave;
  • a range of family-friendly policies;
  • opportunities for working from home or in an out-posted environment;
  • cost-effective, on-site staff parking, allocated on a ballot basis;
  • salary packaging options; and
  • shutdown between Christmas and New Years Day.

IP Australia is a smoke free environment. For further information click here.