AI Expert Consultancy for Clean Cooking Alliance

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Project Overview

The volunteer will provide high-level technical support and expertise to the Clean Cooking Alliance (CCA) in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) across various projects, with a focus on the development of an AI-driven User Insights Hub and Market Intelligence Hub. The engagement will span 3 months, with the volunteer providing an average of 16 hours of support per month.

Context

CCA's goal is t o bri ng clean cooking to the 2.3 billion people worldwide who depend on polluting, ope n fir es or inefficient stoves to cook their food, which accelerates climate change through black carbon emissions an d deforestation, a nd causes over 3 million premature deaths annually.

The volunteer will help CCA create public tools online , the User Insights Hub and the Market Intelligence Hub, to empower the hundreds of organizations who are working to produce and distribute cleaner, more modern stoves and fuels worldwide, with data and insights.

The clean cooking industry is small, fragmented and underfunded, and as a result struggles to uncover and utilize consumer and market research that could help create offerings and business models that better meet the market’s and can accelerate its growth . Even subsidized products often fail to get widely adopted, and products that are adopted are often not used consistently over time.

Scope of Service

1. Advise on AI/ML tools and technologies suitable for CCA's projects

1. Support CCA to prioritize low-hanging fruit projects or features to develop

1. Provide expert guidance and best practices on data collection and processing

1. Provide expert guidance on model development and training processes , as well as continuous improvement of AI models

1. Offer technical support across a variety of CCA AI projects , including helping to develop technical roadmaps for CCA AI projects

1. Ensure CCA staff are equipped with knowledge to make informed AI-related decisions

Deliverables

1. Recommendations document for AI/ML tools and technologies suitable for CCA's needs
2. T echnical roadmaps for CCA AI projects
3. Best practices guide for AI implementation in CCA's context

• Extensive experience in AI and machine learning, particularly in natural language processing and generative AI

• Strong background in data science and analytics

• Familiarity with a wide range of AI tools and platforms

• Excellent communication skills and ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders

• Understanding of consumer insights and market analytics (preferred)

• Experience working with non-profits and in emerging market contexts (preferred)

Engagement Structure

• Regular video conference calls with CCA staff

• Ad-hoc availability for urgent queries or issues (within reason)

Reporting

The volunteer will report to the designated CCA project lead and will work closely with various team members involved in AI-related projects. By the end of this engagement, the volunteer will have provided the Clean Cooking Alliance with expert guidance and support across their AI initiatives, with a particular focus on the development of the User Insights Hub and the Market Intelligence Hub. This flexible arrangement allows CCA to leverage high-level AI expertise across multiple projects while building internal capacity .