Web Scraping Contractor for Future of Work Project

About the role

The Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) is seeking an Individual Contractor to support its Future of Work project by performing web‑scraping tasks. The contractor will collect job‑market data from identified websites, ensuring compliance with ethical and legal standards. Deliverables include organized datasets, source code, and documentation submitted by the end of the five‑month contract.

Key responsibilities

• Identify and select job‑related websites for data extraction under supervision.
• Develop and run simple scraping scripts using Python libraries such as BeautifulSoup and Scrapy.
• Monitor, clean, and update scraped data, delivering structured datasets and code packages.
• Document scraping methodology and code to ensure reproducibility.
• Adhere to ethical guidelines, terms of service, and privacy laws while scraping.
• Troubleshoot basic scraping issues with support from senior team members.
• Collaborate with the Future of Work team to align data collection with project objectives.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science or a related field.
• Minimum of 1 year experience in web scraping or data extraction.
• Fluency in English and Arabic; French is a plus.

Required skills

• Python programming.
• Experience with web‑scraping libraries (BeautifulSoup, Scrapy).