Associate Research Officer

Contract

This is a P-1 contract. This kind of contract is known as Professional and Director staff. It is normally internationally recruited only. It's a staff contract. It usually requires 1 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 71,929 USD and 99,406 USD.

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1. Organizational Context

a. Organizational Setting

The post is located in the WIPO Japan Office (WJO) in Tokyo. This Office is responsible for effective delivery of WIPO's products and services to Intellectual Property (IP). The WJO is part of a network of External Offices (EOs) that add clear value, efficiency and effectiveness to the delivery of strategic goals of the Organization in a coordinated and complementary way with WIPO Headquarters (HQ). The WJO's core missions are 1) Promotion of IP and innovation, 2) Promotion of WIPO's services, 3) Bridge between WIPO and Japanese government, industry, university and court, and 4) Dissemination of Japan's IP experiences.

b. Purpose Statement

The incumbent is responsible for many of WJO's projects under the Funds-In-Trust Japan Industrial Property Global (FIT/Japan IP Global), such as drafting IP Advantage cases, creating videos to showcase successful stories of utilizing IP, management of short-term fellowship program, conducting research projects on various IP topics, SME-support initiatives and so on.

c. Reporting Lines

The incumbent works under the supervision of the Counsellor of the WJO.

2. Duties and Responsibilities

The incumbent will perform the following principal duties:

a. In connection with the IP Advantage database, research, draft, update, and edit case studies on the successful use of IP, and make necessary arrangements in coordination with WIPO HQ;

b. Create audio-visual materials for public dissemination and visualization of case studies, and make necessary arrangements in coordination with WIPO HQ;

c. Organize meetings such as symposiums including for knowledge-sharing by liaising with speakers and WIPO HQ as necessary;

d. Organize short-term fellowship program by liaising with international fellows and accepting institutions;

e. Implement other projects under the Japan Funds-in-Trust as well as activities for the promotion of IP systems and WIPO's services;

f. Liaise with contractors as necessary to implement projects mentioned in (a)-(e);

g. Perform other related duties as required.

3. Requirements

Education (Essential)

First-level university degree.

Experience (Essential)

At least one year of relevant professional work experience.

Experience (Desirable)

Experience in editing educational materials.

Professional experience in covering short articles for journals.

Language (Essential)

Excellent knowledge of written and spoken Japanese and English.

Job Related Competencies (Essential)

Project coordination and implementation skills.

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and ability to maintain effective partnerships and working relations in a multi-cultural environment with sensitivity and respect for diversity.

Competent user of Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint) and the Internet.

Job Related Competencies (Desirable)

Knowledge of intellectual property, financial administration.

4. Organizational Competencies

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.

5. Information

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 September 2023 rate of 49.3%

P1

Annual salary

$37,460

Post adjustment

$18,468

Total Salary

$55,928

Currency USD

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

Additional Information

* Initial period of one year, 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.

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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.