Data Scientist

vor 4 Wochen

Geneve, Schweiz United Nations Vollzeit

This post is located in the Monitoring, Evaluation, Risk Management and Statistical Verification Section, Central Planning and Coordination Service (CPCS), Division of Conference Management (DCM), Department for General Assembly and Conference Management, Geneva. The incumbent will report to the Chief of Section and the gData 2.0 Project Manager.

**Responsibilities**:
Within delegated authority, the Data Scientist will be responsible for the following duties:

- Works with stakeholders throughout the organization to identify opportunities for leveraging data to drive business solutions.
- Mines and analyzes data from organization databases to drive optimization and improvement of programme development, advocacy and business strategies.
- Assesses the effectiveness and accuracy of new data sources and data gathering techniques.
- Uses predictive modeling to increase and optimize entity experiences, benefit realization and other business outcomes.
- Develops organization A/B testing framework and test model quality.
- Coordinates with different functional teams to implement models and monitor outcomes
- Designs and coordinates the development of processes and tools to monitor and analyze model performance and data accuracy.
- Provides guidance and support to team members and contractors on methodologies and best practices pertaining to conference management data and statistical methodologies and on software testing and data verification approaches.
- Develops interactive web data visualization decision support solutions primarily in Power BI, based on knowledge and understanding of existing business processes and practices in the Conference Management workflow.
- Assists in the review of data integrity within DCM databases, identifies areas where data integrity is an issue and reviews an analyses business processes with the aim to improving data for statistical purposes.
- Performs other duties as assigned.

Competencies
PROFESSIONALISM:
PLANNING AND ORGANIZING:
Develops clear goals that are consistent with agreed strategies; identifies priority activities and assignments; adjusts priorities as required; allocates appropriate amount of time and resources for completing work; foresees risks and allows for contingencies when planning; monitors and adjusts plans and actions as necessary; uses time efficiently.

CLIENT ORIENTATION:
Considers all those to whom services are provided to be “clients” and seeks to see things from clients’ point of view; establishes and maintains productive partnerships with clients by gaining their trust and respect; identifies clients’ needs and matches them to appropriate solutions; monitors ongoing developments inside and outside the clients’ environment to keep informed and anticipate problems; keeps clients informed of progress or setbacks in projects; meets timeline for delivery of products or services to client.

Education
Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in data science, computer science, information management, statistics, public administration, public information, management or a related field. A first-level university degree in combination with qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Work Experience
A minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in data science, data analytics, applied mathematics, information management or related area is required.

Experience of data Science tools such as Jupyter, Matlab, Knime, SPSS, SAS, or similar Statistical Programming Languages such as R, Python, Javascript or related is desirable.

Experience with PowerBI and SQL is desirable.

Experience in conference management monitoring and reporting is desirable.

Languages
English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Office at Geneva. For this post advertised, fluency in English is required; knowledge of French is desirable. Knowledge of another UN official language is an advantage.

Assessment

Special Notice
- While this temporary assignment may provide the successful applicant with an opportunity to gain new work experience, the selection for this position is for a limited period and has no bearing on the future incumbency of the post.
- Retirees above the mandatory age of separation who wish to be considered for the current temporary job opening must indicate the reason for their last separation as "retirement." Such retirees shall not be employed by the Organization, unless (a) the operational requirements of the Organization cannot be met by staff members who are qualified and available to perform the required functions; and (b) the proposed employment would not adversely affect the career development or redeployment opportunities of other staff members and represents both a cost-effective and operationally sound solution to meet the needs of the service.

United Nations Considerations

Due regard will be paid to the importance of recruiting the staff on as wide a

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