Senior Consultant

The consultant will support the preparation and implementation of MONDIACULT 2025, with a particular focus on the production and revision of knowledge and information materials. AI and culture will receive special attention, including the coordination of an expert group tasked with preparing policy orientations for UNESCO Member States and relevant stakeholders. Additionally, the consultant will contribute to developing initiatives involving youth and artists and to mobilizing resources for these activities.

A key responsibility will be conducting qualitative and quantitative assessments on culture-related matters. The consultant will also play an essential role in designing the programme for MONDIACULT 2025, ensuring effective coordination with the team, partners, and stakeholders.

Under the overall authority of the Assistant Director-General for Culture (ADG/CLT), the general supervision of the Chief of the Executive Office (EO/CLT), and the direct supervision of the Programme Coordinator for Special Projects and Partnerships (CLT/EO/SPP), the consultant will support various activities, with a particular focus on the following:

Work assignment:

Tasks:

Support content-related production, review, and dissemination for MONDIACULT 2025’s priorities and focus areas, including:

• Producing information materials, drafting reports, and preparing documents following UNESCO standards.
• Identifying, compiling, analyzing, and reporting quantitative and qualitative data on MONDIACULT 2025’s priority areas.
• Reviewing reports and other key documents to ensure technical and academic rigor.
• Supporting activities related to the digital library, including document selection and review.
• Supporting activities related to the Expert Group on Culture and Peace, including production of documents.

Support the coordination of the UNESCO Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence and Culture, closely assisting the Group Chair by:

• Drafting, reviewing, editing, and organizing key documents related to the preparation of the AI and Culture policy orientations document.
• Facilitating communication among members, coordinating meetings, and assisting the Chair during working sessions.
• Contributing to the design, resource mobilization, implementation, and evaluation of AI-related initiatives for MONDIACULT 2025 by preparing concept notes and funding proposals.
• Ensuring coordination with the host country and relevant stakeholders for AI-related activities.
• Support the overall coordination of MONDIACULT 2025’s preparatory activities, particularly in the six priority domains outlined in the MONDIACULT 2022 Declaration and the two new priority domains.
• Contribute to designing the general programme for MONDIACULT 2025, ensuring good coordination with the respective teams and stakeholders.

Required Qualifications:

Education:

• Advanced university degree in disciplines related to policy design, including innovation.

Work Experience:

• A minimum of 10 years of professional experience acquired in the field of policy and innovation of which preferably 5 years at the international level.
• Proven experience in conducting internationally comparative quantitative and qualitative research in the fields of policy and innovation.
• Excellent analytical and drafting skills.
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral) in English and Spanish, and able to exchange information on complex issues.
• Proficiency in both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies, with the ability to analyze data, interpret and report findings, draft policy recommendations, and present to expert audiences in innovation policy contexts.
• Good knowledge and proven expertise in coordination of multilateral cooperation projects.
• Proven ability to collect, synthesize and analyse information from various sources and formulate research documents.
• Proven experience in drafting multidisciplinary innovation-oriented policy reports.
• Proven experience in presenting technical findings to wide audiences.
• Proven experience in facilitating high-level working groups.
• Excellent organization and planning skills, including the ability to organize own work priorities and deadlines.
• Ability to interact efficiently with a wide range of partners and stakeholders within and outside the Organization.
• Ability to work both independently and in a multicultural and multilingual environment.

Languages:

• Excellent knowledge of both English and Spanish (speaking, reading and writing) and good knowledge of French.

Source: https://careers.unesco.org/job/Paris-Senior-Consultant-MONDIACULT-2025-(Culture)/814701302/