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>JOB PROFILE
>Consultant for research and technical cooperation in Caribbean Information
>Society development
>
>Organizational Setting and Reporting Relationships:
>The consultancy job is located in the Subregional Headquarters for the
>Caribbean of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and
>the Caribbean (ECLAC), with one month being placed in ECLAC’s head office
>in Santiago de Chile. The position seeks to enhance the Caribbean's
>participation in the project on capacity building for Information and
>Communication Technology (ICT) policies. The project will be executed as
>a joint activity between ECLAC and the UN ICT Task Force and will
>strengthen the capacity and input from Caribbean countries to ECLAC’s
>Information Society Programme, located in ECLAC’s Division of Production,
>Productivity and Management ( http://www.eclac.org/socinfo/ ). The
>consultancy contract is for around 9 months.
>
>...
>
>Duties will include:
>
>1. Socio-economic and institutional analysis
>· Expand the Stocktaking Report to include appropriate quantitative and
>empirical Caribbean data, reviewing and mapping Caribbean ICT developments;
>· Develop appropriate benchmarking and conduct comparative analysis
>of the implementation of National ICT agendas;
>· Analyse the effects of alternative ICT policies and assumptions;
>· Identify emerging Information Society and regulatory policy issues of
>potential concern, particularly those of a Caribbean nature, and recommend
>appropriate policy responses;
>· Prepare preliminary case studies on different aspects of Information
>Society development and e-government, including interviews and other
>methods of information collection;
>
>2. Technical cooperation
>· Assist in the preparation of a Caribbean seminar, to bring together key
>policy makers from the region;
>· Assist in developing and maintaining relationships with officials of
>member governments to facilitate responses to requests for information;
>· Contribute, as a resource person, to workshops for government officials
>and other stakeholders on different aspects of Information society
>development and e-government;
>· Perform other related duties as required.
>
>Work implies frequent interaction with the following:
>Staff of ECLAC's Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean and the
>Information Society Programme project team in Santiago de Chile. Other
>international, regional, sub-regional and national organizations,
>especially in coordination with CARICOM ICT projects. Officials in member
>States, the private sector, civil society and research institutions.
>
>Results Expected:
>· Deeper insight and knowledge about current trends and developments of
>Information society and ICT issues in Caribbean countries
>· Comparison and knowledge exchange between Caribbean and Latin American
>findings
>· Working partnerships with other Organizations active in the area of ICT
>for Development
>· Comprehensive information on the status of ICT development in the
>Caribbean, being comparable with those from Latin America;
>· A preliminary set of Case studies on various aspects of Information
>Society development, comparable to those of Latin America;
>
>...
>
>Qualifications:
>
>Education: University degree in policy development management, development
>economics, information and communications technology, public
>administration, political economy, microeconomics, social science,
>political science or a related field.
>
>Experience: Relevant experience in ICT for development, policy analysis,
>including through association with policy-making, academia or foreign
>assistance programmes. Experience in analytical world and the elaboration
>of case studies, involving interviews and analysis, and experience in
>technical cooperation is an asset.
>
>Language: Fluency in oral and written English. Knowledge of Spanish or
>Portuguese is very important.
>
>Other Skills: Public relations abilities are an asset.
>
>Contractual details:
>The service agreement will be made with United Nations New York, UN ICT
>Task Force, according to established standards and procedures of the
>United Nations.
>
>Duration of the contract is nine months, starting in September 2005.
>Monthly progress reports (via email) should be sent to ECLAC’s Information
>Society Programme, the Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean and to
>the UN ICT Task Force.
>
>A total fee of US$ 27,000 will be paid in monthly instalments upon the
>delivery of the monthly progress reports.
>
>One month during the consultancy job, the consultant will be placed in
>Santiago de Chile, at ECLAC’s head office. The remaining months the
>consultant will be placed in Trinidad and Tobago, with ECLAC's Subregional
>Headquarters for the Caribbean. The involved travel costs should be
>covered by the consultancy fee.
>
>This Job description might be subject to change by ECLAC or the UN ICT
>Task Force without prior notice.
>
>Please send Curriculum Vitae and any other relevant material, such as
>publications, to the following Email: SocInfo@cepal.org
>
>Deadline for presentation: 31 August 2005
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