Associate Training Officer

Contract

This is a P-2 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 2 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 106,558 USD and 144,732 USD.

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1. Organizational Context

1. Organizational Setting

The post is located in the Distance Learning Program of the WIPO Academy. The WIPO Academy plays a central role in WIPO's activities to enhance the capacity of countries to use the intellectual property (IP) system and adopts an interdisciplinary approach to IP education focusing on its links with trade, innovation, health, applied sciences, information technology and creative industries. The portfolio of courses on IP caters to different target audiences: inventors and creators, business managers and IP professionals, policy makers and government officials of IP institutions, diplomats, students and teachers of IP and the civil society.

2. Purpose Statement

The WIPO Distance Learning (DL) Program provides easy access to updated and relevant IP knowledge in all fields of IP. To achieve this, it runs each year an average of 330 general and advanced training courses for the benefit of more than 100,000 persons worldwide. The courses cover the basics of IP rights in support of innovation and creativity (history, definitions, applicable processes and scope of protection), their economic rationale, international sources of IP law, and the international protection of IP and landmark judicial cases. This includes in the areas of IP, the global IP services offered by WIPO to innovators current developments and best practices in strategic management of IP rights, and address SME's, youth, and women through specific programs. The courses are offered in several languages including Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish, and Portuguese, and customized to more national and local languages.

3. Reporting Lines

This position reports to the Head of the Distance Learning Program, and is under the overall supervision of the Executive Director of the WIPO Academy, Regional and National Development Sector.

4. Work Relations

The post is located in the Distance Learning Program, WIPO Academy (RNDS). The Associate Training Officer supports the development, integration and implementation of youth IP-creativity-inventiveness training projects designed to address the needs of youth organization in developing countries, least-developed countries and countries in transition in particular in the Arab region. The program supports WIPO’s mission to ensure a world where IP is a catalyst for innovation, and creativity for the benefit of everyone.

2. Duties and Responsibilities

The incumbent will perform the following principal duties:

a. Implement the WIPO Academy IP, Creativity, and Inventiveness (IP4Youth and Teachers) through blended/hybrid/distance learning courses and projects in line with WIPO’s MTSP;

b. Manage and update the WIPO Academy online hub for Member States on IP, Creativity and Youth gathering best practices, identifying academic subject areas, and requirements; link age-appropriate resources for common use by Member States; and provide recommendations to improve global youth IP services;

c. Run the translation and implementation of a new initiative for exchanges between youth creativity experts and IP professionals; and develop annual community activities for youth and education/curricula setters in WIPO Member States;

d. Organize and implement youth innovation camps associated with the Theory Invention (TRIZ); organize events such as the WIPO Academy round tables on IP, Creativity and Youth; IP Youth Ambassador development courses and network, award and follow-up;

e. Support the design and implementation of customized mentoring programs for youth and teachers including selection of IP Youth and Teacher Ambassadors;

f. Apply quality control of translations; follow-up on content development, system upgrades, and reviews of the WIPO Academy IP4Youth&Teachers tools;

g. Research and identify linguistically diverse applications and expertise on innovative use of WIPO Academy’s youth related courses; and implement follow-up actions and procurement of contractual modalities for engagement of relevant experts;

h. Prepare draft contributions to the Academy’s reports, work plans and newsletters related to youth and teachers;

i. Organize and assist in workshops and internal meetings, and events related to youth and teachers;

j. Liaise with internal teams, international organizations (e.g. UNITAR, ITC Academy, UNESCO) and external partners from the private and public sectors;

k. Identify, collect and analyze quantitative and qualitative findings data for reporting purposes;

l. Perform other duties as required.

3. Requirements

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Education (Essential)

First-level university degree in development, languages, education, operations, international relations, or related field.

Experience (Essential)

At least three years of professional experience in the area of training with certification standards for youth and young adults preferably using on-line and blended methods.

Experience should include classroom teaching of primary and secondary school ages preferably in life-skills.

Experience should include IP eLearning working in multicultural and multilingual environment.

Hands-on experience in multi-stakeholder capacity building of various target audiences including SME’s, women and youth.

Language (Essential)

Excellent knowledge of English or French with good knowledge of the other.

Excellent knowledge of Arabic.

Language (Desirable)

Knowledge of other languages.

Job Related Competencies (Essential)

Ability to adapt existing youth training content to culturally, linguistically diverse communities.

Demonstrable capacity coordinating projects with various government stake holders, IPOs, technical teams, subject matter experts.

Demonstrable skills in planning, delivery, evaluating, handling all operational support capacity including in technical assistance/cooperation, capacity building or development.

Highly organized with strong sense of ownership, attention to detail.

Ability to handle multiple priorities in energizing environment.

Demonstrable experience developing, implementing process improvements.

Experience working with technical and substantive teams.

Excellent stakeholder management skills.

Strong competency evaluating new e-Learning delivery technologies, implementing updates adapting to technologies ensuring that best practices duly supported for developing countries.

Analytical and problem solving skills.

Ability to work on own initiative as well as team member.

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

Strong sense of customer-orientation with ability to listen to clients and see bigger picture.

Competent user of Microsoft Office applications, ability to work with databases and information management systems (such as Moodle, Survey Monkey, Articulate Storyline) and adapt quickly to new software.

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

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 March 2023 rate of 81.8%.

P2

Annual salary

$49,254

Post adjustment

$40,290

Total Salary

$89,544

Currency USD

Salaries and allowances are paid in Swiss francs at the official rate of exchange of the United Nations.

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

Additional Information

Temporary appointments are renewable, subject to continuing needs, availability of budget and satisfactory performance with a maximum cumulative length of two years.

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.