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UNDP Home-based Digital Transformation Specialist Vacancy. Apply Today!

Vacancy Details

  • Position(s): Digital Transformation Specialist ( Home-based )
  • Organization: UNDP
  • Grade: IPSA-10
  • Vacancy Type: International Personnel Service Agreement
  • Practice Area: Innovation
  • Bureau: Office of Administrator
  • Contract Duration: 6 months
  • Education & Work Experience: Master’s Degree – 5 year(s) experience OR Bachelor’s Degree – 7 year(s) experience
  • Required Languages: Fluency in English
  • Deadline: Feb 12, 2025

Office/Unit/Project Description 

UNDP Home-based Digital Transformation Specialist Vacancy. Apply Today! UNDP combines global advocacy with country-level technical support to create meaningful, lasting, impact. For instance, UNDP has been an advocate for including both DPI and DPGs as part of the recently adopted Global Digital Compact – a recognition among countries of the need for responsible and inclusive use of digital technologies globally. We work with the UN Tech Envoy to promote universal Safeguards for DPI, and with countries to promote peer-learning and sharing of knowledge and (open) solutions between countries. UNDP partner with a wide set of public and private organizations to bring the most recent practices on government digital transformation to countries, including the Digital Public Goods Alliance and its members, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), the World Bank and others. 

Within UNDP, the Chief Digital Office (CDO) provide a series of packaged offering to countries, for instance a Digital Readiness Assessment (DRA) and Data-to-Policy trainings, combined with bespoke digital advisory. While UNDPs Country Offices typically engage with governments on digital transformation projects over months and years, the support provided by the CDO is typically targeted for weeks or months-long engagements. Our services are usually delivered side-by-side with consultants from our deep roster of international experts, private sector, international and local partners. 

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Duties and Responsibilities

UNDP is hiring a Digital Transformation Specialist to support UNDPs work with DPI in countries, working closely with CDO and UNDP Governance colleagues, and other relevant partners. Key areas of responsibilities include support for project planning and execution, in-country technical assistance and convenings. 

The Digital Transformation Specialist will be responsible for:

Lead National Digital Transformations and Project Design

  • Provide leading technical advice and support in cooperation with colleagues and consultants. Act as the CDO focal point for 5-10 UNDP country offices and associated government counterparts, including developing projects, participate in missions with consultants, undertake assessments, provide strategic recommendations, and work in close coordination with partners and UNDP Country Office staff.
  • Advocate for the importance of digital transformation for development to UNDP Regional Hubs, Country Offices, and sectoral teams within UNDP. Including for the DPI approach, and the universal DPI Safeguards, the use of open standards, open-source software and DPGs, methodologies to ensuring no one is left behind in digital transformation, involvement of civil society organizations (CSOs) in digital interventions, etc. 
  • Ensure country-level interventions align with international standards and best practices. Keep abreast of developments in digital transformation and policy related to DPI. This could be strategies for strengthening local digital capacity, recent trends in digital wallets and verifiable credentials, types of civil registration and identity systems, data interoperability frameworks, etc.

Lead Strategic Partnership, Advocacy and Resource Mobilization

  • Coordination with partners: Maintain coordination, support webinars and events for joint advocacy with external partners (Co-Develop, Center for DPI, MyData, GovStack, AccessNow, World Bank ID4D team, ID4Africa, Secure Identity Alliance, Rightscon, etc.)
  • With support from colleagues in CDO, lead resource mobilization support and engage with global donors for a selected group of UNDP Country Office and government counterparts, using insights and recommendations from UNDPs technical support and assessments.
  • Support the development of practitioner notes, blog posts and other knowledge products related to inclusive digital transformation following the DPI approach in developing countries.
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The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization

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Requirements

Education

  • Advanced university degree (master’s degree or equivalent) in Political Science, Computer Science, Information Systems, Development Studies, or a related field is required. Or  
  • A first-level university degree in the fields mentioned above, in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience will be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree. 

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Work Experience

  • A minimum of 5 years (with master’s degree) or 7 years (with bachelor’s degree) of experience working on digital projects in a public, nonprofit, or development setting.
  • Demonstrated experience in project management.
  • Demonstrated experience in providing technical assistance to governments or implementing strategies in developing countries.
  • Demonstrated experience in drafting concept notes for donors/resource mobilization.

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