Roster - Emerging Technology Consultant

The Consultant on Emerging Technology will support implementation on developing countries in leveraging innovative technologies under the direction of the Future Networks and Spectrum Management Division within the Digital Networks and Environment Department. The role involves supporting global capacity building needs in emerging technologies such as AI, IoT, Cloud, 5G, and others, contributing to policy development, capacity development workshops, and technical documentation.

Responsibilities

• Support and contribute to activities related to the work of the division on Emerging Technologies.
• Review, assess and facilitate the development of Emerging Technologies policy and strategy documents.
• Conduct emerging technologies capacity development workshops and trainings on key topics such as Artificial Intelligence, Cloud, IoT, Metaverse, 5G, addressing the skill gaps through training programmes, data and research.
• Design, contribute and develop technical documentation, including reports, surveys, scenarios-based exercises, and technical presentations.
• Engage regularly to provide support in the implementation of the delivery plan.
• Undertake a comprehensive analysis of both quantitative and qualitative AI strategies to inform strategic decision-making and policy development for member states and international partners.
• Develop comprehensive reports and presentations that synthesize data analysis to generate actionable recommendations.
• Conduct ongoing monitoring and evaluation of emergent technologies initiatives, employing data-driven metrics to assess the effectiveness of implemented strategies and practices.
• Formulate recommendations for improvement based on analysis.

Requirements

• University degree in telecommunication, computer science and data science or a related field OR education from a reputed college of advanced education, with a diploma of equivalent standard to that of a university degree in one of the fields above.
• An advanced degree would be an advantage.
• At least one (1) year of experience in the field relevant to the Special Service Agreement (SSA).
• Work experience in the field and experience in implementing emerging technologies and AI related projects or coordinate projects and related activities in developing countries would be an advantage.
• Project and programme management experience would be an advantage.
• Knowledge of English at advanced level.
• Knowledge of another official language of the Union (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish) would be an advantage.

Skills

• Emerging Technologies Implementation
• Artificial Intelligence Projects
• Project Management
• Programme Management
• Capacity Building
• Policy Development
• Technical Documentation Production
• Telecommunications
• Computer Science
• Data Science
• AI
• IoT
• Cloud Computing
• 5G

Languages

English