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General
Description of assignment title
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Junior Expert

Assignment country
Lebanon

Expected start date
22/01/2024

Sustainable Development Goal
8. Decent work and economic growth

Volunteer category
National UN Youth Volunteer

Host entity
ESCWA

Type
Onsite

Duration
3 months
(with possibility of extension)

Number of assignments
1

Duty stations
Beirut

Details
Mission and objectives
The Economic Commission for Western Asia (ECWA) was established on 9 August 1973 pursuant to Economic and Social Council’s resolution 1818 (LV). Its purpose was to stimulate economic activity in member countries, strengthen cooperation between them promote development.

ESCWA’s objectives are to support economic and social development in member countries, to promote interaction and cooperation between member countries, to encourage the exchange of experience, best practice and lessons learned, to achieve regional integration and ensure interaction between Western Asia and other regions, and to raise global awareness of the circumstances and needs of member countries.

ESCWA provides a framework for the formulation and harmonization of sectoral policies for member countries, a platform for congress and coordination, a home for expertise and knowledge, and an information observatory.

ESCWA activities are coordinated with the divisions and main offices of the Headquarters of the United Nations, specialized agencies, and international and regional organizations, including the League of Arab States and its subsidiary bodies, and the Gulf Cooperation Council.

Context
The candidate will contribution to the implementation of a tool that will feature the following functionalities:

1. Scraping static online data
2. Disaggregate the jobs of the future into sectors, subsectors, regions, years of experience, salary, occupation, primary skills, secondary skills over time. This can be presented as a dynamic feature for end users.
3. Dynamic Disaggregate traditional jobs in the same manner as point 1.
4. Monitor the change of traditional skills and see how skills are changing for the same job due to automation/ technology. In other words, check the evolution of the skill sets of a given job.
5. Forecast the growth of certain skills, jobs, sectors, career paths and regions overtime. Under the trend analysis tab, a forecast option could be included.
6. Provide evidence of the skills mismatch between demanded jobs and school attainments.
7. Comparative analysis between nations/subnational regional/sub regional, etc.
8. Possibility of adding new data sources.
9. Operate seamlessly with continuously updated live data.
10. Provide reports and export data according to job classification categories.

Task description
Under the supervision of the Information Systems Assistant, the UN Volunteer is responsible to perform the following functions:

1- Conduct various annotation workshops/trainings to prepare datasets for ESCWA’s job monitor. This is very crucial as the quality of the annotated data determines the quality of the NER. This is a long process that needs time and close follow up.
2- Assist in data analysis (regular expression searches, data aggregations and reporting of KPIs) as well as structuring of raw data for their use as inputs to our ML models.
3- Conduct data analysis specific to the jobs in the Arab region, skills, gender, disabilities, SDGs.
4- Build an Arab taxonomy for skills.
5- Assist in other automation projects if needed.

Eligibility criteria
Age
18 – 26

Nationality
Candidate must be a national or legal resident of the country of assignment.

Requirements
Required experience
2 years of experience in Machine Learning, Data Science, Data Engineering, or related area is required.

Area(s) of expertise
Administration, Information technology

Driving license
–

Languages
English, Level: Fluent, Required
Arabic, Level: Fluent, Desirable

Required education level
Bachelor degree or equivalent in mathematics, computer science, computer engineering or related field.

Competencies and values
• Creativity
• Judgement and decision-making
• Planning and organizing
• Professionalism
• Self-management

Other information
Living conditions and remarks
For national assignments:

As this is a national UN Volunteer assignment, the UN Volunteer will be responsible for arranging his/her own housing and other living essentials. This position is based in Beirut, Lebanon. National UN Volunteers are part of the malicious insurance plan. National UN Volunteers are expected to be culturally sensitive and adjust to the prevailing culture and traditions.

Conditions of Service for national UN Volunteers :

The contract lasts for the period indicated above with possibility of extensions subject to availability of funding, operational necessity and satisfactory performance. However, there is no expectation of renewal of the assignment.
The applicable Volunteer Living Allowance is provided monthly to cover housing, utilities and normal cost of living expenses. Life, health and permanent disability insurance are included (health insurance for up to 3 dependents – except for UN Community Volunteers), as well as final repatriation (if applicable). You can check full entitlements at https://app.unv.org/calculator .

Furthermore, in non-family duty stations that belong to hardship categories D or E, as classified by the ICSC, a Well-Being Differential (WBD) will be provided monthly.

Inclusivity statement
United Nations Volunteers is an equal opportunity programme that welcomes applications from qualified professionals. We are committed to achieving diversity in terms of gender, care protected characteristics. As part of their adherence to the values of UNV, all UN Volunteers commit themselves to combat any form of discrimination, and to promoting respect for human rights and individual dignity, without distinction of a person’s race, sex, gender identity, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, age, language, social origin or other status.

Note on Covid-19 vaccination requirements
Selected candidates for certain occupational groups may be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) in line with the applicable host entity policy