This position is located in the Science, Technology and International Security Unit of the Office for Disarmament Affairs in New York. The Unit advises both the Office of the High Representative and the Office of the Director on scientific and technological issues in the context of international security, including those relating to autonomous weapons, artificial intelligence in the military domain, outer space, information and communications technologies and cyberspace, as well as normative and analytical research activities, in support of the Secretary-General's priorities related to disarmament. The Unit is also responsible for the preparation of political analyses and substantive background notes on a broad range of initiatives and topics, as well as on salient cross-cutting issues. Furthermore, the Unit serves as a liaison on programmatic issues with other Secretariat offices and collaborates on the preparation of substantive assessments and inputs to the reports of intergovernmental and oversight bodies. The incumbent reports to the Political Affairs Officer under the overall supervision of the Head of the Science, Technology and International Security Unit. For more information, please refer to https://disarmament.unoda.org.