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Data Scientist

WFPCairo, Egypt
Category | Grade:Professional | SC-5 / SC-6Deadline:30 Jul 2026Job ID:JR124970Posted on:14 Jul 2026
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Overview

Contributes to WFP regional data and AI initiatives by training, evaluating and improving machine-learning models, analysing data and documenting reusable analytical work for humanitarian operations.

Department: MENAEE Regional Office Data and AI Team

Languages

Required: English

Job Functions

  1. Data, Analytics and Artificial Intelligence
  2. Software Engineering and Development

Minimum Experience

2 years

Estimated Salary

Not available

Responsibilities

  • Identify suitable AI models for defined use cases
  • Train and retrain models using annotated datasets
  • Evaluate and optimise model performance
  • Perform exploratory data analysis and present findings
  • Engineer features for machine-learning models
  • Develop natural-language-processing solutions
  • Document analysis, code and results for the team

Requirements

  • University degree in computer science, artificial intelligence, data science or a related field
  • Two to three years of relevant experience
  • Proficiency in English

Skills

Machine LearningData ScienceModel EvaluationFeature EngineeringNatural Language ProcessingExploratory Data AnalysisStatistical Modelling

Tools

PythonRAWSNLTKNLP Library: spaCyTransformers

Additional info

  • Roster for Associate and Assistant Data Scientist roles
  • Closing time: 23:59 Cairo Time