User and Application Support Analyst FT_LT

User and Application Support Unit, Business Applications Division, Information and Communication Technology Department, Corporate Management and Transformation Sector

Contract Duration - 2 years (maximum cumulative length of 5 years) *

Duty Station: CH-Geneva

Final date to receive applications: 18-Nov-2026, 11:59:00 PM CET

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

Located within User and Application Support Unit of WIPO's Business Applications Division, which develops and manages IT solutions for core systems such as PCT, Madrid, and The Hague, the Unit acts as the primary contact for technical assistance. The Unit ensures application stability by focusing on timely incident resolution, end-user support, and release management coordination. Additionally, it plays a vital role in business continuity by administering highly complex, time‑critical operational schedules necessary for achieving the organization’s overarching goals.

The primary role of the incumbent is to ensure effective support, reliable operation, and continuous improvement of business applications and related services. The role provides advanced technical and functional support, leads the resolution of complex incidents and service requests, and collaborates closely with technical and business stakeholders to maintain service quality and operational continuity. The incumbent contributes to proactive incident management, systems and data analysis, process optimization, operational readiness, and knowledge sharing, with the objective of minimizing disruptions, improving service performance, and ensuring a high‑quality user experience.

The incumbent works under the supervision of the Head of the User and Application Support Unit.

The incumbent collaborates closely with internal stakeholders throughout the Organization, as well as with external partners such as vendors, service providers, and national and regional IP offices.

The incumbent will perform the following principal duties:

• a. Provide advanced technical and functional support for business systems and services by managing incidents, service requests, and problem records in the designated ticketing system, ensuring timely resolution in line with established SLAs, escalating critical issues when required, and maintaining effective communication with stakeholders throughout the incident lifecycle.
• b. Coordinate incident resolution and service delivery with development, infrastructure, and business teams, provide functional guidance and issue analysis to users, and perform root cause analysis for major or recurring incidents to support corrective and preventive actions.
• c. Monitor application performance, availability, and operational alerts, and take prompt and appropriate action to prevent or minimize service disruption.
• d. Execute and oversee daily operational tasks, scheduled jobs, and application support procedures; validate, implement, or support application fixes, configuration changes, and data corrections as required.
• e. Contribute to testing, release, deployment, and post‑release support activities for application enhancements and bug fixes, collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to ensure service stability, compliance, and user satisfaction.
• f. Identify trends, recurring issues, and opportunities to improve processes, applications, and services in order to enhance operational efficiency, service quality, and the user experience.
• g. Maintain and improve support documentation, knowledge articles, and standard operating procedures, while mentoring junior and newly onboarded team members on support processes, tools,…