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Mission and objectives
In its resolution 72/279 of 31 May 2018, the General Assembly created a dedicated, impartial empowered and sustainable development-focused coordination function for the United Nations development system, drawing on the expertise and assets of all United Nations development system entities, including specialized and non-resident agencies.
The Resident Coordinator system ensures the coordination of all organizations of the United Nations dealing with operational activities for development at the country level, regardless of the nature of their presence in the country. It encompasses the UN Resident Coordinator, the UN Country Team and Resident Coordinator’s Office and is served by the UN Development Coordination Office.
The Resident Coordinator system ensures the coordination of all organizations of the United Nations dealing with operational activities for development at the country level, regardless of the nature of their presence in the country. It encompasses the UN Resident Coordinator, the UN Country Team and Resident Coordinator’s Office and is served by the UN Development Coordination Office.
Context
The UN Volunteer will be based in the Office of the UN Resident Coordinator (RCO) for the Fiji Multi-country Office (MCO), based in Suva, and will support the Resident Coordinator Office and United Nations Country Team in exploring, documenting and promoting the responsible, secure, inclusive and results-oriented use of artificial intelligence and related digital technologies. The UN Volunteer will support to help the Fiji RCO use AI and related digital tools responsibly in its core coordination functions. The assignment will focus on achievable support to planning, UNCT coordination, economic and development analysis, communications and advocacy, knowledge management, and staff learning.
Task description
Under the direct supervision of the Regional Coordination Specialist and guidance of the Resident Coordinator and the Head of RCO, the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Associate will undertake the following tasks:
1. Support Responsible AI Use for Cooperation Framework Planning and Coordination
• Map practical opportunities for AI to support RCO planning, coordination, and follow-up, including Cooperation Framework and Country Implementation Plans planning and design processes, country-team planning processes, meeting preparation, action tracking, briefing notes, and knowledge retrieval.
• Support RCO colleagues to identify which planning or coordination tasks may benefit from AI-assisted drafting, summarization, synthesis, scheduling support, or document review, and which tasks should remain fully human-led.
• Assist with preparation of short coordination products, such as meeting summaries, issue trackers, action matrices, background notes, and draft agendas, ensuring all AI-assisted outputs are reviewed and cleared by responsible staff.
2. Support AI-Assisted Economic and Development Analysis
• Assist the RCO Economist and data/results colleagues with AI-supported desk review, document synthesis, issue scanning, and organization of evidence for economic, social, and SDG-related analysis.
• Support the preparation of inputs to economic briefs, common country analysis, and thematic background papers by organizing source material and producing first-draft summaries for review.
• Use AI tools, where authorized, to help classify information, identify recurring themes, compare policy options, and summarize long reports while ensuring that facts, figures, and conclusions are verified against authoritative sources.
3. Support Communications, Advocacy, and Information Integrity
• Assist communications colleagues with responsible AI-supported drafting, editing, translation support, accessibility checks, audience adaptation and content planning for internal and external communications.
• Support basic information-integrity practices by helping verify sources, flag possible inaccuracies or unsupported claims, and encourage transparent review of AI-assisted communications products.
• Help identify communications workflows where AI can save time or improve clarity while protecting accuracy, neutrality, confidentiality, and the reputation of the United Nations.
4. Support Knowledge Management and Workflow Improvement
• Build on the existing “Fiji UNCT Spine” AI system and help organize approved RCO knowledge products, templates, meeting records, briefing materials, action trackers, and reference documents so that staff can retrieve and reuse information more easily.
• Support AI-assisted summarization and classification of authorized documents, meeting notes, and action items, ensuring that sensitive information is not entered into unauthorized systems.
• Assist with simple workflow improvements for recurring RCO tasks, including meeting preparation, action follow-up, document version tracking, contact lists, calendar-linked reminders, and internal knowledge sharing.
• Prepare short how-to notes or templates that help colleagues apply AI responsibly to routine RCO tasks in planning, coordination, analysis, and communications.
1. Support Responsible AI Use for Cooperation Framework Planning and Coordination
• Map practical opportunities for AI to support RCO planning, coordination, and follow-up, including Cooperation Framework and Country Implementation Plans planning and design processes, country-team planning processes, meeting preparation, action tracking, briefing notes, and knowledge retrieval.
• Support RCO colleagues to identify which planning or coordination tasks may benefit from AI-assisted drafting, summarization, synthesis, scheduling support, or document review, and which tasks should remain fully human-led.
• Assist with preparation of short coordination products, such as meeting summaries, issue trackers, action matrices, background notes, and draft agendas, ensuring all AI-assisted outputs are reviewed and cleared by responsible staff.
2. Support AI-Assisted Economic and Development Analysis
• Assist the RCO Economist and data/results colleagues with AI-supported desk review, document synthesis, issue scanning, and organization of evidence for economic, social, and SDG-related analysis.
• Support the preparation of inputs to economic briefs, common country analysis, and thematic background papers by organizing source material and producing first-draft summaries for review.
• Use AI tools, where authorized, to help classify information, identify recurring themes, compare policy options, and summarize long reports while ensuring that facts, figures, and conclusions are verified against authoritative sources.
3. Support Communications, Advocacy, and Information Integrity
• Assist communications colleagues with responsible AI-supported drafting, editing, translation support, accessibility checks, audience adaptation and content planning for internal and external communications.
• Support basic information-integrity practices by helping verify sources, flag possible inaccuracies or unsupported claims, and encourage transparent review of AI-assisted communications products.
• Help identify communications workflows where AI can save time or improve clarity while protecting accuracy, neutrality, confidentiality, and the reputation of the United Nations.
4. Support Knowledge Management and Workflow Improvement
• Build on the existing “Fiji UNCT Spine” AI system and help organize approved RCO knowledge products, templates, meeting records, briefing materials, action trackers, and reference documents so that staff can retrieve and reuse information more easily.
• Support AI-assisted summarization and classification of authorized documents, meeting notes, and action items, ensuring that sensitive information is not entered into unauthorized systems.
• Assist with simple workflow improvements for recurring RCO tasks, including meeting preparation, action follow-up, document version tracking, contact lists, calendar-linked reminders, and internal knowledge sharing.
• Prepare short how-to notes or templates that help colleagues apply AI responsibly to routine RCO tasks in planning, coordination, analysis, and communications.
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