United Nations Human Settlements Programme AI for Knowledge Initiative Lead (Consultant) Jobs in Kenya

United Nations Human Settlements Programme AI for Knowledge Initiative Lead (Consultant) Jobs in Kenya; The consultant will be reporting to the Programme Management Officer, and he/she will be responsible for the following tasks: Lead the establishment of the UN-Habitat AI for Knowledge Initiative - Team Coordination: Create and dynamically update workplans for each team member.

- Team Training: Assess strength and skill gaps and facilitate training and mentorship initiatives.

- Partnerships: Develop initiative partners from UN-Habitat, the UN System, and the private sector.


- Advocacy: Broadcast success metrics, case studies, and impact reports to amplify reach. Lead the development of the UN-Habitat AI for Knowledge Action Plan - AI Frameworks: Create AI maturity, prioritisation, M&E, risk and resource assessments.

- AI Benchmark: Map and benchmark AI guidance, bodies, and initiatives in UN-Habitat / UN System.


- Exploration Phase: Design, initiate, and evaluate exploration capacity building and project portfolio.

- Transformation Phase: Design and initiate transformation capacity building and project portfolio. Lead the development of the UN-Habitat AI for Knowledge Hub - Core Infrastructure: Define use cases, and design and build the core Azure infrastructure.


- 2026 New Urban Agenda Report: Design and lead development of tailored project solutions. - World Cities 2026: Design and lead development of tailored project solutions.


- Housing Library: Design and lead development of tailored project solutions.

- SDG11 Report: Design and lead development of tailored project solutions.

- WUF13 Reports: Design and lead development of tailored project solutions.

- Best Practices Database: Design and lead development of tailored project solutions.

- Scale Infrastructure: Scale the core Azure infrastructure to service the entire

agency.


- AI & Machine Learning: Engineer features, fine-tune, evaluate, and distil GenAI and ML models.


- Version Control: Manage Git repo and create CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps.

- Data Security: Manage and audit security compliance in line with UN and industry best practices. - Documentation: Develop accessible documentation and architecture diagrams


Qualifications/special skills

Advanced university degree (master's degree or equivalent) in Computer Science, Data Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Information Systems, Information Technology, Statistics, Business Analytics, Data Analytics or any other related science course.

A first-level university degree in combination with two (2) additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree Generative AI and Machine Learning experience is required. Azure, Python, and SQL experience is required. Data pipeline development experience is required. International Development experience is desirable.

Languages

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this position, fluency in English (both oral and written) is required.

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; United Nations Human Settlements Programme AI for Knowledge Initiative Lead (Consultant) Jobs in Kenya

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