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UN Women: Gender and Artificial Intelligence Expert (Retainer), Home Based, International Consultant

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

7+ years exp

UN Women is dedicated to promoting gender equality and women's empowerment across the globe. The Gender and Artificial Intelligence Expert will provide multi-channel support for capacity building, advisory services, and custom AI tool development to ensure that AI practices are gender-responsive and aligned with human rights.

AssociationNon Profit

Responsibilities

Capacity building and training (UN Women, UN system, COs, and partners)

Gender-responsive AI capacity-building tool development, including bootcamp customization, and delivery

Tailored gender-responsive AI training

Gender-responsive AI workshop customization and delivery for movement building linked to UN Women areas of thematic focus, as defined in Strategic Note

Develop and coordinate implementation of tailored curriculum for gender-responsive AI upskilling to leave no one behind, according to programming requirements

Advisory and technical assistance (workflows, knowledge management, AI adoption, AI in programmes)

One-on-one or team advisory calls/clinics with UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific thematic teams, Country Offices or Programme Presences

Custom AI tooling (GPTs) for programmes and operations

Provide flexible, on-demand needs assessment and design of customized GPTs accordingly to standardize, scale and safeguard workstreams across UN Women’s thematic and operational workstreams

Provide technical input to RO and COs for their engagement in regional and country-level platforms, including, and as appropriate, UN 2.0 Week global showcases (Agile AI School; Custom GPTs in Action), ITU AI for Good, UNSD “No-code Custom AI Tools” webinars, UN Innovation Group knowledge exchange

Knowledge sharing & showcases (UN 2.0, UNSD, Innovation Group)

Support RO and COs to contribute to policy and strategy development on gender-responsive AI in diverse contexts with multiple stakeholders ranging from governments, private sector, within the UN system, within the identified thematic focus areas in RO SN and/or CO SN

Research and develop knowledge products to inform and influence use of and access to gender-responsive AI and AI targeted upskilling to leave no one behind, in partnership with diverse stakeholders

Qualification

Gender-responsive AICapacity buildingPolicy analysisComputer scienceData scienceTraining facilitationNetworking skillsStakeholder engagementCommunicationCreative problem solving

Required

Master's degree in computer science or data science (with gender and development experience), or other relevant disciplines. A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree

Minimum of 7 years of progressively responsible, practical experience in computer science or data science

Experience in gender equality and women's empowerment in development contexts

Experience in organizing and delivering capacity development initiatives, such as workshops, trainings, or technical one-on-one sessions on gender and AI

Experience conducting research and writing briefs and strategies on AI and gender

Proven experience developing tailored GPTs to standardize, scale and safeguard workstreams

Demonstrated experience providing gender-responsive AI governance, policy analysis and policy advisory support to UN entities, governments, regional institutions or intergovernmental bodies, particularly in the Asia and Pacific region

Experience in policy and programmatic work using AI as a tool to improve efficiency and effectiveness is strong asset

Experience working with UN agencies, bilateral and multilateral donors, private sector actors, and philanthropic institutions is an asset

Experience working within the UN system or other international organizations engaged in gender-responsive AI is an asset

Knowledge of UN Women's thematic areas is an asset

Fluency in English is required