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a.    Organizational Setting

The post is located in the Solutions Design and Delivery Section (SDDS) of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Department.

The mandate of the ICT Department is to support the Organization’s strategic goals by ensuring the transformation of its information and communication technology systems and structures, with a focus on service excellence, quality, efficiency, and integration.

The Department is responsible for the IT infrastructure and operations management; Enterprise architecture governance; Business solutions design and delivery; and the ICT portfolio and program management.

The Section will have centralized ownership of multiple software applications and manage a diverse portfolio of ICT projects, as well as having responsibility for the continuous improvement of related IT platforms and systems.  In addition, the Section will be responsible for the technical activities that facilitate the objectives behind the IP Portal.

b.    Purpose Statement

The main role of the incumbent is to perform the design, development, implementation, and management of the enterprise data platform solutions.

c.    Reporting Lines

The incumbent works under the supervision of the Head, of the Solutions Design and Delivery Section.

d.    Work Relations

The incumbent liaises with relevant internal business and technical stakeholders across the Organization and works as well with external stakeholders such as onsite or remote consultants from our IT Long Term Agreements.

The incumbent will perform the following principal duties:

a.   Drive stakeholders to identify gaps and propose solutions to address them by defining business and systems requirements for new information technologies in the areas of BI, analytics, and data warehousing.

b.   Provide leadership and expertise in implementing enterprise data platforms taking into consideration security, availability and scalability.

c.   Lead the definition roadmap in design, build, test, and deploy end-to-end data warehouse platforms.

d.   Design end-to-end integration architecture and processes for data platforms, including data migration and data flow from the relevant source systems.

e.   Design technical specifications for segmentation and analytics requirements.

f.    Identify the necessary security and audit controls, and have a deep understanding of relational and dimensional data modeling as it crosses all areas of the enterprise.

g.   Provide expertise in digital transformation activities including the adoption of emerging technologies and disciplines such as big data, machine learning, data science and data analytics.

h.   Define, implement and assure a secure and performant to-be operations framework for the enterprise data warehouse.

i.    Provide technical expertise and participate in the implementation the data management and governance Capital Master Plan (CMP) project.

j.    Perform other related duties as required.

Education (Essential)

Advanced university degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Systems or a related field. A relevant first-level university degree plus two years of relevant experience in addition to the experience requested below may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree.

Education (Desirable)

Certification in business intelligence and or data warehousing (e.g., CBIP).

ITIL foundation and basic project management certification, e.g. Agile, PRINCE2, PMP, etc.

Experience (Essential)

At least seven years’ relevant professional experience in regulated industries, preferably Financial or Information Technology, or related to Intellectual Property.

Significant professional experience in implementing complex data warehouse systems and data architectures with direct business impact, of which at least two years in working on database technology used for business intelligence and/or analytics.

Experience with project management, programming and scripting languages.

Experience in working on leading RDBMS platforms (PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server, etc.) with very large datasets.

Experience with cloud-based data warehouse solutions.

Experience (Desirable)

Experience with DevSecOps, AWS and CI/CD is highly desirable.

Language (Essential)

Excellent knowledge of English.

Language (Desirable)

Knowledge of other UN languages.

Job Related Competencies (Essential)

Knowledge in data warehouse implementation, best practices, and methodologies.

Proficiency in relational databases, data modelling, data analysis, and data governance.

Knowledge of applicable data privacy practices and laws.

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; ability to work in a team with both business and technical audiences at different levels and in a multicultural environment with sensitivity and respect for diversity.

Integrity in dealing with confidential and sensitive data.

Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with demonstrated talent for identifying, scrutinizing, improving, and streamlining complex technology processes.

Excellent time management and work organization skills.

Job Related Competencies (Desirable)

Knowledge in data mining and analytics.

1.    Communicating effectively.

2.    Showing team spirit.

3.    Demonstrating integrity.

4.    Valuing diversity.

5.    Producing results.

6.    Showing service orientation.

7.    Seeing the big picture.

8.    Seeking change and innovation.

9.    Developing yourself and others.

Mobility:  WIPO staff members are international civil servants subject to the authority of the Director General and may be assigned to any activities, office or duty station of the Organization.  Accordingly, the selected candidate may be required to move from time to time to new functions and/or to another duty station.

Annual salary:

Total annual salary consists of a net annual salary (net of taxes and before medical insurance and pension fund deductions) in US dollars and a post adjustment.  Please note that this estimate is for information only.  The post adjustment multiplier (cost of living allowance) is variable and subject to change (increase or decrease) without notice.  The figures quoted below are based on the June 2023 rate of 82.2%

Please refer to WIPO’s Staff Regulation and Rules for detailed information concerning salaries, benefits and allowances.

Additional Information

* Initial period of two years, renewable, subject to satisfactory performance.  No fixed-term appointment or any extension hereof shall carry with it any expectancy of, nor imply any right to, (further) extensions or conversion to a permanent appointment.

This vacancy announcement may be used to fill other posts at the same grade with similar functions in accordance with Staff Rule 4.9.5.

Applications from qualified women as well as from qualified nationals of unrepresented Member States of WIPO and underrepresented geographical regions are encouraged. Please click on the following links for the list of unrepresented Member States and the list of underrepresented regions and the WIPO Member States in these regions.

The Organization reserves the right to make an appointment at a grade lower than that advertised.

By completing an application, candidates understand that any willful misrepresentation made on this web site, or on any other documents submitted to WIPO during the application, may result in disqualification from the recruitment process, or termination of employment with WIPO at a later date, if that employment resulted from such willful misrepresentations.

In the event that your candidature is shortlisted, you will be required to provide, in advance, a scanned copy of an identification and of the degree(s)/diploma(s)/certificate(s) required for this position. WIPO only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU) / United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed through the link: http://www.whed.net/. Some professional certificates may not appear in the WHED and these will be reviewed individually.

Additional testing/interviewing may be used as a form of screening.  Initial appointment is subject to satisfactory professional references.

Additional background checks may be required.