UNESCO
Education • Non-profit • Social Impact
UNESCO is a specialized agency of the United Nations aimed at promoting international collaboration in the fields of education, culture, natural sciences, and social sciences. It works to foster peace, development, and sustainable practices through educational programs and cultural initiatives. UNESCO advocates for equal access to education and cultural preservation around the world, leveraging its partnerships with various entities, including governments and institutions, to achieve its goals.
1001 - 5000 employees
Founded 1945
📚 Education
🤝 Non-profit
🌍 Social Impact
Consultant - AI and Gender
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March 22
UNESCO
Education • Non-profit • Social Impact
UNESCO is a specialized agency of the United Nations aimed at promoting international collaboration in the fields of education, culture, natural sciences, and social sciences. It works to foster peace, development, and sustainable practices through educational programs and cultural initiatives. UNESCO advocates for equal access to education and cultural preservation around the world, leveraging its partnerships with various entities, including governments and institutions, to achieve its goals.
1001 - 5000 employees
Founded 1945
📚 Education
🤝 Non-profit
🌍 Social Impact
📋 Description
• Develop an “Outlook Study” on Gender and Artificial Intelligence, with a deadline of October 2025. • Prepare materials for capacity-building workshops (presentations, guides, and supplementary materials). • Support the inclusion of a gender perspective in the Meta-Analysis of RAMs report, needing a cross-cutting analysis of all completed RAM reports. • Coordinate and lead the inclusion and modification of the gender perspective in UNESCO’s Readiness Assessment Methodology (RAM), ensuring alignment with the Recommendation on the Ethics of AI. • Coordinate and oversee other documents or papers produced by the W4EAI platform. • Provide ongoing technical support on issues related to gender and artificial intelligence. • Collaborate on organising the upcoming international conference of the Women4Ethical AI (W4EAI) platform. • Contributing to the ongoing work of the Ethics of AI Unit.
🎯 Requirements
• University degree in the governance of artificial intelligence, ethical and social implications of artificial intelligence or digital technologies, law and technology, computer science, data science, computational social science, or other related fields. • A minimum of five years of professional experience on the ethical, legal, social and governance issues of artificial intelligence and related digital technologies at the national and/or international level. A PhD can count as work experience. • Demonstrated experience in drafting policy-oriented reports, toolkits, or frameworks for policymakers and other stakeholders. • Very good understanding of artificial intelligence's ethical, legal, social and governance issues and related digital technologies. • Proven expertise in research on gender and AI ethics or related topics. • Excellent knowledge about the dynamics of governance of AI, including policies, legislative and regulatory frameworks, institutional mechanisms, organisational structures and processes, and initiatives by different stakeholders in this field. • Proven ability to conduct high-quality policy research, synthesise complex information, and produce clear, concise, and impactful reports or toolkits. • Excellent organisational and project management skills, with the ability to handle multiple interrelated deliverables within tight deadlines. • Excellent knowledge of English (spoken and written).
🏖️ Benefits
• The consultant may work remotely and shall attend missions in person related to the project implementation.
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