UNPAID VOLUNTEER - Technology Officers (Data Scientists / DevOps / Full Stack)

THIS IS AN UNPAID VOLUNTEERING ROLE.

Role Title : Technology Officers (Data Scientists / DevOps / Full Stack)

Role Nature : Volunteer

Location : Home-based

The Blockchain & Climate Institute (BCI) is an international volunteers-led think tank supporting and advocating the application of blockchain and other data technologies in the global fight against climate change.

What will you be doing?

We are looking for passionate VOLUNTEERS who take a methodological approach to their work, conducts independent research and analysis, engage with key stakeholders, and establish strategic partnerships to progress the BCI’s core mission.

As with all roles in BCI, this role is a voluntary unpaid role.

The technical roles considered will aim to support end-to-end projects, from the start this will involve business or domain knowledge understanding (e.g. finance, energy, forestry, etc) until a fully data-driven pipeline that delivers valuable insights. This entire pipeline can include (among others) : “Data Scientists” developing machine learning and other statistical models, “Data Engineers” performing ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) and other data wrangling tasks, “DevOps” supporting the entire hybrid IT Infrastructure (e.g. cloud, on-premise) and “Full Stack Developers” supporting front end and back of Apps (e.g. Web, Mobile, APIs, etc).

The amazing opportunity provided by this role will help the successful candidate improve their skills in a wide range of cutting-edge technologies while helping to support a good cause. Technology Officers will be appointed to a specific technical role (e.g. Data Scientist, DevOps, etc) or could be general in order to accommodate their personal interests and future career development. These roles will work extensively with other roles within BCI to support technical projects that could involve a wide range of Data Technologies, not just Distributed Ledgers (e.g. Blockchains, Directed Acyclic graphs) but also Artificial Intelligence, the Internet of Things, etc.

In the Technology Officer Grade, volunteers with more experience may be appointed as Principal or Senior Technology Officer.

Responsibilities :

• To provide technical support for members of working groups in areas such as renewable energy, carbon trading, forest monitoring, natural resource management, blockchain technology, artificial intelligence, etc.
• To generate opportunities for strategic partnerships;
• To attend conferences and events to promote the BCI, communicate research findings and insights via Powerpoint decks, and engage with key stakeholders.

Requirements

Skills & Abilities

General &Specialist Knowledge

Education & Training

Relevant Experience

Benefits

What difference will you make?

Blockchain and other emerging technologies. Climate change and sustainability. These are two hot topic groups that have been headlining media outlets, dominating conferences & events, and gaining increasing traction in research and pilot projects.

BCI is here as an expert platform to help governments, inter-governmental and regional organizations as well as relevant corporates to negotiate the complex landscape of emerging technologies for environmental good. We cement our expertise by putting in the hard work in researching, identifying, and analyzing the applications of emerging technologies so that informed decisions can be made by the stakeholders in the climate change and action network.

Benefits you will get from volunteering with BCI are enormous and some include :

Selection Process

As a voluntary organization, we are pleased to open the door for candidates who may not have the prior experience they need to start, progress, or switch their careers. To recruit the most suitable, talented, or potential new members out of the volume of applications received, it is the BCI’s policy to also consider inexperienced candidates to fill our voluntary unpaid roles as long as they can demonstrate the skills required in the written assessment. In the selection process, most candidates will be invited to complete the following assessment.

Section A : Verbal and Numerical Reasoning (20 multiple-choice questions)

Section B : Situation Judgement Test (20 multiple-choice questions)

Section C : In-Tray Exercise (An open-ended assessment relevant to the duties of the role)

Candidates who pass all three sections will be invited to attend a phone screening, first interview, and final interview online.