Data Scientist – Chief Digital Office
 Organization: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
 Location: Nairobi, Kenya
 Application Deadline: 25 February
 
 Role Overview:

  •  Supports UNEP’s Digital Transformation agenda to advance solutions to climate change, nature loss, and pollution.
  •  Uses internal and external data to provide evidence-based decision support and strategic recommendations.
  •  Designs, builds, and deploys predictive models, AI/ML solutions, simulations, and data visualizations.
  •  Manages the full data analytics lifecycle: data sourcing, validation, modeling, deployment, monitoring, and impact assessment.
  •  Integrates data science products into mainstream software applications and organizational workflows.
  •  Collaborates with technical and functional teams to translate business needs into analytics solutions.
  •  Develops tools and processes to monitor model performance, data accuracy, and impact on key performance indicators.
  •  Contributes to innovation scanning, digital scaling, and strategic planning within UNEP.
  •  Promotes adoption of data products through stakeholder engagement and awareness-raising.

 
 Requirements:

  •  Advanced university degree (Master’s or equivalent) in data science, computer science, AI, or related field.
  •  Minimum 7 years of progressively responsible experience in data science.
  •  Proven experience using data to inform decisions, strategy, and execution.
  •  Experience managing small teams.

 

  •  Desirable: 
  •  experience in environmental or international multi-agency contexts; 
  •  AI/data publications; 
  •  experience with tools such as Python, R, Jupyter, Matlab, SPSS, SAS, Knime, or similar. 

 
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