Overview
International consultant to conduct a digital readiness assessment in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Nepal, and Timor-Leste. The role involves overseeing and guiding national consultants to identify current digital capabilities, gaps, and constraints to inform national digital transformation roadmaps.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead initial set-up of the Digital Readiness Assessment process across four countries, including finalization of methodology, analytical framework, stakeholder mapping, and coordination with National Consultants.
- Provide ongoing coordination, oversight, guidance, and quality assurance to four national consultants.
- Conduct desk reviews of national digital strategies, policies, laws, institutional arrangements, and existing initiatives.
- Supervise National Consultants on methodology and data collection for qualitative and quantitative data on digital readiness.
- Participate virtually and co-moderate in national workshops.
- Analyze and interpret cross-cutting issues across the four implementing countries.
- Validate preliminary findings through national stakeholder consultations and workshops.
- Develop evidence-based, prioritized, and actionable recommendations.
- Provide technical guidance, quality assurance, and formal review to national consultants on draft and final reports.
- Prepare a Synthesized Digital Readiness Assessment Report.
Required Experience
- A minimum of seven (7) years of professional experience in digital transformation, e-government, digital policy, ICT for development or related areas is required
- Demonstrated experience conducting digital readiness assessments, digital government diagnostics or similar institutional assessments preferably in multi-country or regional contexts is required
- Strong knowledge of international digital development frameworks, including ITU digital indicators and whole-of-government approaches is required
- Proven analytical, research and report-writing skills, including preparation of high-level policy or strategy reports is required
- Experience working with governments and/or international organizations is highly desirable
- Familiarity with LDC contexts and public sector reform processes is an asset
- Demonstrated ability to provide technical guidance and quality assurance to multinational teams or consultants
Qualifications
• Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in Information Systems, Digital Transformation, Public Policy, Economics, Development Studies or a related field is required
