AI Literacy and Responsible Adoption Consultant, Dhaka, Bangladesh

## AI Literacy and Responsible Adoption Consultant, Dhaka, Bangladesh - Organization:UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund - Office:UNICEF Bangladesh, Dhaka AI Literacy and Responsible Adoption Consultant Position type:Consultant Division/Equivalent:Bangkok (EAPRO), Thailand School/Unit:Bangladesh Department/Office:Dhaka, Bangladesh Categories:Human Resources UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children's lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence. At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job - it is a calling. UNICEF is a place where careers are built. We offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture., coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package. Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF. For every child, inspiration As the leading global voice for children, UNICEF has a duty to help make Artificial Intelligence (AI) a force for good and a tool to advance child rights. UNICEF is committed to supporting the responsible development and use of AI, including safeguards that protect children's rights, while also adopting AI applications that can strengthen programme delivery, organizational effectiveness and operational efficiency. UNICEF is preparing for a rapidly evolving AI landscape through its AI Strategy 2025-2030, responsible AI principles and child-rights-based guidance. The strategy recognizes that realizing value from AI requires not only technology, but also an AI-ready workforce, effective adoption, appropriate governance, human oversight and risk management. Across the organization, staff increasingly have access to learning resources and approved AI tools and platforms, including Microsoft Copilot, UNICEF AI platforms and UNIBOTs, as applicable. At the same time, AI capabilities are evolving rapidly from general-purpose generative AI tools toward more integrated workflow and agentic capabilities. Staff therefore need more than awareness of AI concepts: they need practical judgement to identify appropriate use cases, use approved tools effectively, critically evaluate AI-generated outputs, protect sensitive information, recognize bias and hallucination risks, and understand when AI should not be used or when enhanced human oversight is required. Feedback from internal consultations and learning needs assessments within UNICEF Bangladesh Country Office (BCO) indicates that staff would benefit from structured, facilitator-led and hands-on learning that translates existing corporate guidance and self-paced resources into practical application. Staff have expressed a need for contextualized support that reflects different functions, levels of AI experience and day-to-day UNICEF workflows. Recognizing the strategic importance of AI capability for the future workforce, AI learning has been identified as one of BCO's key learning priorities for 2026. BCO therefore seeks to establish a practical and sustainable AI literacy and responsible adoption programme that combines baseline assessment, role-relevant learning, safe-use guidance, applied exercises, AI clinics, peer support and measurable learning outcomes. How can you make a difference? Purpose of Activity/Assignment: Under the guidance and general supervision of the Chief, People & Culture, the Consultant will design and deliver a structured AI literacy and responsible adoption programme for UNICEF Bangladesh Country Office staff. The assignment will strengthen BCO's organizational readiness to adopt AI responsibly by building staff capability to understand the opportunities and limitations of generative AI; identify appropriate AI use cases; use UNICEF-approved AI tools effectively; critically assess and verify AI-generated outputs; and apply appropriate safeguards relating to privacy, data protection, information security, bias, transparency, human oversight and child rights. Particular emphasis will be placed on practical use of Microsoft Copilot and other UNICEF-approved AI platforms, with learning differentiated for varying levels of experience and functional needs. The Consultant will use role-relevant UNICEF-style scenarios and workflows, while ensuring that hands-on exercises use synthetic, anonymized, publicly available or otherwise explicitly authorized information. Emerging capabilities, including AI agents and workflow automation, may be introduced at an awareness level where relevant and approved by UNICEF. The assignment will complement existing UNICEF corporate learning resources and contribute to a sustainable culture of continuous learning, responsible experimentation and safe AI adoption through practical workshops, AI clinics, reusable guidance resources, an office-level AI use-case catalogue, a small peer/champions support mechanism, and a roadmap for continued AI capability development in 2027. Work Assignment Overview: 1. Conduct stakeholder consultations and a baseline assessment of AI literacy, current usage, adoption barriers, functional needs and priority use cases; develop the inception report, implementation workplan and measurement framework. 2. Design a tiered, role-relevant AI learning curriculum and practical guidance package focused on responsible use of UNICEF-approved AI tools and real work application. 3. Facilitate practical AI capacity-development workshops covering AI fundamentals, applied use of approved tools, effective prompting/workflow design, critical evaluation of outputs, responsible AI and risk mitigation, with role-relevant practice. 4. Conduct hands-on AI clinics/problem-solving sessions to support staff use cases, address practical challenges and reinforce safe adoption; establish a light-touch peer/AI Champions support mechanism. 5. Conduct endline assessment, synthesize learning and adoption insights, and prepare final recommendations and a practical roadmap for continued responsible AI capability development. If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here:ToR_AI_Literacy_and_Responsible_Adoption_Consultant.pdf The applicants need to submit both technical and financial offer with the application. Based on the careful study of the TOR and deliverables, provide (1) information on the way you intend to achieve the outputs of the assignment and complete the deliverables. (2) Please elaborate on the timeline and milestones. (3) Also indicate references to the similar assignments that you performed & their contacts. Should be an all-inclusive (lump-sum) fee for all deliverables and complete output of the assignment as described in the TOR. It should include among others consultancy fee, associated administrative cost, all living and travel cost. UNICEF will not cover any additional cost. Payment schedule that is linked to milestones and completed deliverables should be included. The offers will be evaluated as follows: Relevant education and professional credentials Recent AI/Generative AI adoption and responsible AI experience AI learning/facilitation experience and references to similar assignments Understanding of the scope, intended outcomes and UNICEF/organizational context Quality and technical soundness of proposed methodology, including needs assessment, tiered/role-based learning, applied use cases, responsible AI/risk mitigation, measurement and sustainability approach Feasibility of proposed timeline, milestones and deliverables Completeness of financial proposal and milestone-based payment schedule All-inclusive fee and overall value for money To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have... Minimum requirements: Education:Adv