[Hiring] AI Engineer Consultant @AGORA

Role Description

The UNICEF Data & Analytics (D&A) Education team is developing a data portal that brings together information from different regional and global learning assessments in one place. The minimum viable product (MVP) for the portal covers:

• Regional and global assessments at the foundational learning level for reading/numeracy outcomes at Grade 4 and below.
• Programs such as TIMSS, PIRLS, EGRA/EGMA, the MICS Foundational Learning Skills (FLS) module, LLECE, AMPL, and ICAN/ICAR.

Bringing these assessments together is not straightforward. Each programme documents its metadata and results differently across:

• International reports
• Technical annexes
• Almanac spreadsheets
• Microdata with no common structure, naming, or coding.

For the portal to hold them side by side, this heterogeneous material must be transformed into harmonized tables that UNICEF's International Data Warehouse (IDW) can ingest. The purpose of this assignment is to establish how that transformation can be done reproducibly and at scale, and to build the underlying data model, extraction pipeline, and reference datasets that the MVP portal draws on.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Management, Data Science, or Public Policy.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience working with data structures, analysis, building pipelines.
• Experience with Azure DevOps, Docker, Github, R, and Python.
• Experience working with household survey data or large-scale national/international assessment datasets (e.g., MICS, DHS).

Desirables

• Prior experience working with UNICEF or other UNICEF/UN data collection systems.

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• UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence.

Application Process

Qualified candidates are invited to submit the following documents via the online recruitment portal, TMS (Talent Management System):

• An up-to-date TMS profile and curriculum vitae (CV).
• Cover letter.
• A separate financial proposal (only acceptable in the format of the linked template).
• A detailed technical proposal (Add if applicable).

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