Artificial Intelligence (AI) Associate
Organizational Context
The United Nations Resident Coordinator’s Office (RCO) in Fiji and other Pacific nations provides strategic leadership and coordination for the UN system, supporting national and regional development priorities aligned with the 2030 Agenda and the 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent. The RCO enhances UN collective impact through policy coherence, partnerships, resource mobilization, and integrated support for sustainable development, peace, human rights, and resilience, led by the UN Resident Coordinator.
Job Purpose
The UN Volunteer will support the UN Resident Coordinator’s Office (RCO) in Fiji to explore, document, and promote the responsible, secure, inclusive, and results-oriented use of artificial intelligence (AI) and related digital technologies. The role focuses on integrating AI tools into core RCO coordination functions, providing achievable support for planning, UN Country Team (UNCT) coordination, economic and development analysis, communications, advocacy, knowledge management, and staff learning. This position aims to enhance the RCO's effectiveness and efficiency in supporting sustainable development goals within the Pacific region.
Responsibilities
The AI Associate will support responsible AI use for cooperation framework planning and coordination by mapping AI opportunities for RCO planning processes, identifying tasks benefiting from AI assistance, and preparing coordination products like meeting summaries and action matrices. They will assist with AI-supported economic and development analysis by aiding in desk reviews, document synthesis, issue scanning, and organizing evidence for analysis, while ensuring verification of AI-generated information. The role also involves supporting communications, advocacy, and information integrity by assisting with AI-supported drafting, editing, translation, and accessibility checks, while promoting information integrity and transparent review of AI-assisted content. Finally, the Associate will support knowledge management and workflow improvement by organizing RCO knowledge products, assisting with AI-assisted summarization of documents, and helping implement simple workflow improvements for recurring RCO tasks.
Work Experience
No prior experience is required. However, demonstrated interest and/or experience (up to two years) in using digital tools responsibly, understanding data privacy and ethics, organizing information, and supporting knowledge management is desirable. The ability to learn quickly and work both independently and collaboratively is essential.
Skills
Key competencies include accountability, adaptability, flexibility, building trust, client orientation, commitment, motivation, continuous learning, communication, creativity, ethics, integrity, knowledge sharing, professionalism, respect for diversity, self-management, and teamwork. Technical skills include awareness of technological advancements, data science, information management, and Artificial Intelligence.