Applications from women are particularly encouraged for this vacancy

Note: this is a re-advertisement, previous applicants to do not need to apply as their application is still under consideration Job Description: We are looking for a Data Scientist intern who will help us discover the information hidden in vast amounts of data and help us make smarter decisions to deliver even better Services. Your primary focus will be in applying data mining techniques, doing statistical analysis, and building high quality prediction systems. The ideal candidate for this position has an exceptional eye for detail, expertise as a data scientist, and a solid understanding of popular data analysis tools. S/he will work closely across UNICC partners and datasets to understand objectives and identify trends in various studies. Responsibilities:

• Selecting features, building and optimizing classifiers using machine learning techniques
• Data mining using state-of-the-art methods
• Enhancing data collection procedures to include information that is relevant for building analytic systems
• Processing, cleansing, and verifying the integrity of data used for analysis
• Perform quantitative and qualitative data analysis
• Doing ad-hoc analysis and presenting results in a clear manner
• Creating Recommendation engines, optimizing machine Learning models and Cross Validate pre built models
• Audit data on a regular basis to ensure data integrity and quality

Skills and Qualifications:

• Currently studying or recently graduate from a Master’s degree in Applied analytics, computer science, information technology or related field
• Scripting and programming skills (Python, C#, Java etc.)
• Desirable experience with common data science toolkits, such as R, Weka, NumPy etc.
• Desirable experience with data visualization tools, such as Tableau, Power BI will be a plus
• Understanding of machine learning techniques and algorithms, such as k-NN, Naive Bayes, SVM, Decision Forests, etc.
• Proficiency in using query languages such as SQL and Experience with databases like Oracle
• Applied statistics skills, such as distributions, statistical testing, regression, etc.
• Data-oriented personality
• Proficient with cloud implementations (Azure, AWS, GC etc.)
• Must have strong communication skills including capability to explain complex technical topics

About the ICC:

The International Computing Centre (ICC) is the leading provider of Information Technology and Communications (ICT) services within the United Nations System. Over the last four decades, ICC has been continually expanding the services it is providing to its Partners in various parts of the world, and in various areas of ICT. As a part of the UN family, ICC espouses the same values that the UN embraces. As a service provider, its core values are unmatched and underlie its continued growth: trust, customer-focus, accountability, understanding cross-cultural differences, excellence, innovation and teamwork. This combination has made ICC the preferred provider of shared ICT services within the United Nations System.ICC is committed to delivering reliable ICT services driven by best practices. With its world-class technology and state-of-the-art infrastructure, together with the vast cross-domain experience of its very knowledgeable staff, ICC is always ready to offer UN-friendly shared solutions to the United Nations System of Organizations.

What We Offer

What we can offer is the experience to work on the ground in a fast–paced IT environment for a world renown development organization in the process of remaking itself in the context of new paradigms for global aid delivery. Content management experience with SharePoint is also a very marketable skill to develop.

Challenge

How can we best promote, through communications materials aimed at all levels of the organization, moving away from land-line telephony to IP telephony through Skype or other means? How can we leverage communications theory and best practices to implement a system for ‘reusable’ project-based communications materials in a fast-paced environment?

Supporting the UN mission

ICC is committed to deliver operational excellence in those areas of Information and Communications Technology where it has recognized advantages, expertise and experience to deliver shared benefits for its Partners.

Effective IT services are critical to ICC Partners’ success. ICC will continue to create opportunities for Partners to outsource part of their IT services to ICC so that Partners can maximize the value of their internal IT functions and focus on their core business.