UNDP works in about 170 countries and territories, helping to eradicate poverty, reduce inequalities and exclusion, and build resilience so countries can sustain progress. As the UN’s development agency, UNDP plays a critical role in helping countries achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
The Istanbul International Center for Private Sector in Development (ICPSD) is the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) global organization mandated to leverage the role of the private sector in development. The IICPSD was established in Istanbul, Türkiye based on the Partnership Framework Agreement signed between the Government of the Republic of Türkiye and the United Nations Development Program in March 2011. The center is one of the six global thematic policy centers of UNDP, supports the private sector and foundations to become transformative partners in development through research, advocacy, facilitation of public-private dialogue and brokering partnerships. ICPSD leads UNDP’s global work on private sector and foundations and supports UNDP’s offices all around the world.
Duties and Responsibilities:
The Fellow will assist in the following duties and responsibilities:
Duties and responsibilities:
Support Frontier Tech Leaders Training component:
Plan and prepare materials for learning collaboratives on Machine Learning Bootcamp & government officials training in French;
Conduct learning collaborative sessions on topics covering Machine Learning Bootcamp & government officials training in French;
Host office hours for learners’ questions and inquiries;
Teaching and assistance to students individually or in small groups;
Facilitate communications and discussions among learners;
Monitor and report each learner’s progress;
Cultivate a positive, organized learning atmosphere.
Support Frontier Tech Leaders Community component in Djibouti
Support Program Support Fellow of Djibouti implementation in organizing community events and engaging participants to the Programme;
Facilitate communications and discussions within the community;
Provide support to local chapter activities in Djibouti.
Development and implementation of digital solutions for SDGs with utilizing AI/ML/DL/NLP:
Support capstone projects, hackathons and project formulation and deployment throughout the Program;
Develop ML and DL models applying supervised and unsupervised techniques on structured and unstructured Big Data;
Build and deploy AI/ML/DL models using the relevant techniques;
Design and implement data quality procedures to support data quality management activities for data pipelines;
Research and experiment with customized software using the relevant techniques for the data such as NLP and GIS
Other:
Provide as needed support to the Technical Specialist as required for, amongst others, participating in meetings, conferences, providing administrative support, drafting meeting minutes and performing other functions and duties.
Required Skills and Experience:
Education:
Candidates must meet one of the following educational requirements:
currently enrolled in a postgraduate program (such as a Master’s program or higher);
have graduated with a university degree or equivalent studies, shown below:
Field of study: Computer Science, Statistics, Data Science, Mathematics or equivalent.
IT skills:
Strong proficiency in Python;
Strong understanding of Machine Learning, Deep Learning and Natural Language Processing;
Completion of AI/DL/ML certification from Coursera (i.e. Stanford University Machine Learning Specialization by Andrew Ng) is an asset;
Knowledge of open-source software library such as TensorFlow, Scikit-Learn, Pandas, and NLTK is an asset;
Familiarity with the Software Development tools including Git and GitHub.
Language skills:
Fluency in French and English with excellent reading and writing skills is required.
