HR Business and Data Analyst

Contract

This is a P-3 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 5 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 140,713 USD and 184,253 USD.

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This post is a limited-term fixed-term post.

1. Organizational Context

a. Organizational Setting

The position is located in the HR Data and Technology Unit of the Human Resources Operations Service, Human Resources Management Department. The HR Data and Technology Unit leads the digital transformation efforts of HRMD by leveraging the power of data and technology to deliver people-centric solutions that enable informed decisions, effective business processes that meet the HR-related needs of business, and facilitates the coordination, implementation and maintenance of HR-related data and IT-solutions.

b. Purpose Statement

The Business Analyst is expected to develop effective reporting tools for HR data and analytics on talent management, to support redesigning and digitalization of HR-related business processes and to lead and coordinate the development of HR-related data and IT solutions, in close cooperation with the business owners and WIPO’s IT system delivery teams.

c. Reporting Lines

The Business Analyst reports to the Manager, HR Data and Technology Unit.

d. Work Relations

S/he works closely with colleagues from the Talent Management Service and HR Operations as well as other stakeholders across the Organization, especially with WIPO’s IT system delivery teams.

2. Duties and Responsibilities

The incumbent will perform the following principal duties:

a. Contribute to the development of a strategic vision and roadmap for people analytics to provide HRMD and business leaders with greater access and visibility to human capital data and analytics.

b. Build awareness of analytics solutions and best practices to foster the creation of a data-driven culture, related competencies and data literacy across HRMD.

c. Identify needs in relation to data collections, analyze talent management data, develop models, identify trends, generate insights and apply story-telling approaches, that contribute to the organizations capacity to make data-driven decisions on HR-related matters.

d. Design, prototype, test and implement effective reporting and data-visualization tools in close cooperation with WIPO’s IT system delivery teams, that provide HRMD, WIPO business leaders and external stakeholders with the necessary insights on human capital data and analytics.

e. Coordinate the development, production, automation, maintenance and delivery of regular people metrics and reports, to monitor KPIs and dashboards to help influence and drive strategy and take informed decisions.

f. Analyze and document current HR-related business processes, IT solutions and user journeys, propose improvements and optimizations for streamlining those and identify indicators to measure benefits.

g. Propose and implement suitable tools and techniques including further automation of employee and manager self-service processes to enhance employee experience.

h. Identify and analyze evolving business needs, gather and document user requirements for HR-related IT tools, work in close cooperation with WIPO’s IT system delivery teams on drafting related technical specifications, prototyping, user testing and implementation of necessary changes to HR-related IT solutions to ensure that tools are built and enhanced according to business needs.

i. Perform other duties as required.

3. Requirements

Education (Essential)

First-level university degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Management, Statistics, Mathematics or related field. Any other first-level university degree complemented by relevant experience may be considered.

Experience (Essential)

At least six years of relevant professional work experience, of which at least two years in working with HR data, in the business intelligence and/or people analytics fields.

Experience in analyzing a wide range of HR metrics and/or talent data, developing data models, identifying trends and generating insights.

Experience in analyzing and improving HR-IT systems and processes, in particular, in supporting an HR function in its digital transformation.

Experience in developing dashboards using data visualization tools such as Tableau or Power BI.

Experience (Desirable)

Experience with agile project methodologies.

Experience in using tools to document Use Case Diagrams, Data and Process Flow Diagrams etc.

Language (Essential)

Excellent knowledge of written and spoken English.

Language (Desirable)

Knowledge of other UN official languages, particularly French.

Job Related Competencies (Essential)

Solid HR domain knowledge and excellent understanding of challenges and opportunities related to application of people analytics.

Ability to analyze a wide range of HR data, to develop data models, identify trends, generate insights, and apply story-telling approaches.

Critical thinking to balance complex situations and think with a combination of set-in-stone processes and outside-the-box thinking.

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

Demonstrated ability to handle confidential and sensitive information in an appropriate manner.

Job Related Competencies (Desirable)

Knowledge of data science languages such as R, Python, SPARK, MATLAB etc..

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 April 2024 rate of 84.8%

P3

Annual salary

$62,692

Post adjustment

$53,163

Total Salary

$115,855

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

* Initial fixed-term appointment of two years, renewable subject to satisfactory performance and other applicable conditions. The selected candidate’s appointment will be subject to an overall term of five years in this position, with no possibility of renewal beyond that term. S/he may, however, apply and be considered for other positions at WIPO.

This is not applicable to WIPO staff members on fixed-term, continuing or permanent appointments, who were recruited following a competition under Staff Regulation 4.10 (“Appointment Boards”).

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.