Fellowship Programme GIS Vincent Briat

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ABOUT WFP

The World Food Programme is the worlds largest humanitarian organization saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace stability and prosperity for people recovering from conflict disasters and the impact of climate change.

At WFP people are at the heart of everything we do and the vision of the future WFP workforce is one of diverse committed skilled and high performing teams selected on merit operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment living WFPs values (Integrity Collaboration Commitment Humanity and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves.

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WHY JOIN WFP

• WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.

• WFP offers a highly inclusive diverse and multicultural working environment.

• WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training accreditation coaching mentorship and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities.

• A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country regional and global offices around the world and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe.

• We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement).

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT

The Geospatial & Intelligence Unit within the Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Service of (PRG-F) of the Program division manages and advances WFPs use of Earth Observation (EO) and geospatial data for humanitarian operations. The team maintains the Humanitarian Data Cube (HDC) a cloud-native scalable data platform that stores processes and analyzes large volumes of climate and EO datasets. Built using modern open standards and technologies the HDC supports diverse analytical workflows for monitoring environmental change assessing hazards and enabling anticipatory action.

As the availability of Earth Observation and climate data continues to grow a key challenge lies in ensuring that this information is accessible interpretable and actionable for decision-makers WFP staff in country and regional offices and partners across the humanitarian sector. This placement will explore innovative approaches to bridge this gap and assess how advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) particularly Large Language Models (LLMs) and emerging technologies such as Model Context Protocols (MCPs) can be harnessed to maximize the reach and impact of the Humanitarian Data Cube and its underlying datasets.

ACCOUNTABILITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Explore LLM-based interaction models for querying and interpreting EO and climate data stored in the HDC for example enabling users to ask natural-language questions and receive analytical outputs.

Investigate the integration of Model Context Protocols (MCPs) to connect language models with structured data APIs and processing services ensuring secure contextaware execution of analytical tasks.

Prototype an AI/LLM-based system or workflow that demonstrates how WFP staff can access and interpret climate or EO information without specialist technical knowledge.

Develop implementation recommendations for integrating such AI/LLM-assisted interfaces into WFPs geospatial operational environment. Liaise with the relevant staff within VAM Global HQ to assess user requirements for potential solutions / applications

DELIVERABLES AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT

- Understanding and assessing the current state of the Geospatial infrastructure the data it produces and provides and the way the data are accessed by and served to users and applications

- Propose application of AI/LLM supported workflows & tools for applications within the geospatial infrastructure and the wider activities of the Geospatial & Intelligence unit and WFP.

- Design and implement a prototype of an AI powered solution for improving the data access to geospatial data or to improve / optimize geospatial activities within the unit

- Create comprehensive hand-over documentation and recommendations to ensure this work can be continued after the fellowship.

Education: Masters and PhD students or graduates researchers or professors in Geomatics Software Engineering Computer Science or related fields

Experience: Advanced academic knowledge or technical experience in application of AI tools for data processing tasks and other related fields to the assignment

Knowledge & Skills Experience with AI & LLMs:

LangChain MCP RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) for applicable for EO data discovery and summarization is a requirement

Experience with Cloud & Infrastructure: AWS (S3 Lambda ECS/EKS) serverless architectures Familiarity with Geospatial & EO Data: STAC xarray Dask Open Data Cube rasterio geopandas is an asset Strong communication facilitation and interpersonal skills.

Languages: Fluency in English (Level C). Intermediate knowledge of any other official UN language (French Spanish Arabic Chinese Russian or Portuguese) is an asset. (Please specify here additional requirements at the duty station)

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REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION

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REMINDERS BEFORE YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION

• All applications must be submitted exclusively through our online recruiting system. We do not consider CVs or applications sent by email LinkedIn or any other channel.

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• At the application stage the only required documents are your CV and Cover Letter. Additional documents (passport certificates recommendation letters etc.) may be requested later in the process.

• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and invited to proceed to the next stage of the recruitment process.

All employment decisions are made on the basis of organizational needs job requirements merit and individual qualifications. WFP is committed to providing an inclusive work environment free of sexual exploitation and abuse all forms of discrimination any kind of harassment sexual harassment and abuse of authority. Therefore all selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ) International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) FAO Finance Committee WFP External Auditor WFP Audit Committee Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.