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Data Science/Machine Learning (DS/ML) Consultant, Office of Innovation, Solutions, 12 months, Stockholm, Sweden (Remote) # 593542

Location
Various, Sweden
Deadline
June 14, 2026 (3 days left)
Organization
UN Children's Fund
Posted
June 5, 2026
HQInnovation

Job Description

UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.

At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.

UNICEF is a place where careers are built. We offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.

Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.

How can you make a difference?  

Sitting in Solution’s Emerging Innovation team, this consultant will have a belief that DS/ML can be a powerful tool to help UNICEF rapidly accelerate positive results for children. The successful consultant will have a strong desire to guide and inform early-stage DS/ML projects developed for, and implemented in, UNICEF program countries. Understanding the complexities between theory and practice and what it takes to make future ideas work in different contexts will be a characteristic of the consultant, as well as a conviction for pioneering and promoting responsible and ethical DS/ML practices.
Scope of Work:
The purpose of this assignment is to provide technical support and guidance to the DS/ML related work at OOI as well as across UNICEF through engagements at HQ, Regional and Country level.
Key responsibilities will be:
•Providing DS/ML technical guidance, support and mentorship to:
oVenture Fund supported team seed and growth cohort projects and companies.
oUNICEF’s Office of Innovation and other UNICEF teams, divisions, and offices
•Supporting the technical exploration, development and rollout of early-stage DS/ML initiatives, models and prototypes, within UNICEF with an aim to accelerate results for children.
•Working with internal and external stakeholders to support the understanding, adoption and scale of DS/ML initiatives across UNICEF.
•Facilitating project engagements between internal and external technical experts in support of strategic Office of Innovation-funded initiatives.

If you would like to know more about this consultancy, please review the complete Terms of Reference here: Download File Show full description ▼

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