Data Scientist
Category | Grade:Professional | SC-5 / SC-6Deadline:30 Jul 2026Job ID:JR124970Posted on:14 Jul 2026
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
- Data, Analytics and Artificial Intelligence
- 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