Intelligent Climate Monitoring & IoT Systems Workshop Trainer

Host entity: UNDP Istanbul International Center for Private Sector in Development

Areas of expertise: Climate change, environment, Education, Information technology and telecommunications

Application deadline: 10/11/2026

Mission and objectives

Istanbul International Center for Private Sector in Development (IICPSD) supports the private sector and foundations to become transformative partners in development through research, advocacy for inclusive business, facilitation of public-private dialogue and brokering partnerships. IICPSD, established in 2011 in partnership with the Government of Turkey, is one of UNDP's six Global Policy Centres. It leads UNDP’s global work on private sector and foundations and supports UNDP’s offices all over the world. The Center focuses on four thematic areas:

1. Inclusive Business;

2. Private Sector Engagement in Skills Development;

3. Impact investing;

4. Resilience and Crisis Response.

The Center also hosts four global initiatives: Business Call to Action, SDG Philanthropy Platform, Global Islamic Finance and Impact Investing Platform and Connecting Business Initiative.

Assignment context

UNDP ICPSD will implement the Future Tech Leaders (FTL) programme in Syria as a structured training initiative for final-year engineering students and recent graduates at Damascus University. The programme will build industry-relevant AI skills for climate applications through technical training, applied learning, and specialized tracks.

Participants will also engage in discipline-specific workshops to apply AI skills within engineering domains after the Bootcamp training. These include smart grid modelling for electrical engineering, AI-driven automation systems for computer engineering, and IoT-based climate monitoring systems for electronics and communications engineering.

The Online Volunteer will develop the content for Intelligent Climate Monitoring & IoT Systems Workshop (up to three sessions) and deliver this workshop to the FTL Syria beneficiaries.

Task description

We are recruiting 1 Online Volunteer to deliver the Intelligent Climate Monitoring & IoT Systems Workshop for the Future Tech Leaders Syria programme under the guidance of the team focal point.

The Online Volunteer will:
• Develop and technical training materials, workshop content, presentations, exercises, assessments, and participant resources required for these workshops and related activities for Intelligent Climate Monitoring & IoT Systems Workshop.
• Deliver the Intelligent Climate Monitoring & IoT Systems Workshop to the beneficiaries (up to three sessions).
• Prepare the evaluation report and gather feedback for areas of improvement for these sessions
• Prepare concise implementation evaluation reports summarizing all activities conducted, participation levels, key achievements, challenges encountered, and recommendations for future programme delivery.

Skills and experience

• A minimum of 5 years (with Master's degree) or 7 years (with Bachelor's degree) of professional experience in IoT systems, Technical Training, embedded systems, wireless communications, or sensor-based monitoring solutions. For PhD holders, years spent pursuing doctoral studies in a relevant field may be accepted in lieu of an equivalent number of years of professional experience.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience in the design and deployment of end-to-end IoT systems, from sensors and embedded platforms (e.g. ESP32, Raspberry Pi or equivalent) through connectivity to data collection and visualization.
• Proven experience in wireless network design and performance optimization for IoT, including low-power wide-area and short-range technologies (e.g. LoRaWAN, NB-IoT, BLE), and coverage and performance planning for real-world deployments.
• Practical experience in applying AI/machine learning to sensor and time-series data for environmental or climate monitoring applications, such as anomaly detection, forecasting, data quality and gap-filling, or edge AI deployment on resource-constrained devices.
• Working knowledge of Python and relevant open-source libraries for sensor data processing and modelling, and familiarity with IoT communication protocols and data pipelines
• Experience in designing, developing, and delivering technical training programmes, workshops, or educational activities in IoT, embedded systems, AI, or related technologies, including the preparation of training materials and practical exercises is an asset.
• Previous experience working with UN/UNDP or other international development organizations is an advantage.

Full eligibility requirements, conditions of service and application instructions are available on the official UNV platform.