Information Technology - Experts at International Development Research Centre (IDRC)

Priority skills and categories needed for the directory of experts

Professionals who have extensive operational or policy making experience in civil registration systems, identification, electoral and single registry programs, stemming from being in senior government positions or academia, and skills in one of the following six specialized areas are invited to register in the directory of experts:

1.Technical expertise in civil registration. Eligible candidates will be those with experience at policy level or in operation and management of civil registration systems. Additionally, experience in public administration, decentralization, systems modernization and reform is highly desirable.

1. Technical expertise in statistics. Eligible statisticians will be those with experience in conducting assessment, planning, monitoring and strengthening coordination within CRVS and/or other data systems. In addition, experience in developing or using tools for data gathering and analysis for use in vital statistics reporting, administrative statistics, household surveys, and the demographic analysis of mortality and fertility data is desirable.
2. Technical expertise in law, in particular analysis and drafting of legislation. Eligible legal experts should have the capacity to support a changing process of updating CRVS legal frameworks at the country level. They should have experience in reviewing, analyzing and drafting legislative corpus such as laws, acts, regulations and directives associated with CRVS. Additionally, strong knowledge of international human rights, privacy and personal data protection, and refugees, migrants or internally displaced populations is desirable.
3. Technical expertise in the management of large operations (including but not limited to mass mobile civil registration, electoral processes, censuses, national surveys, and identification). Eligible management experts will have experience supporting strategic and operational planning processes, as well as providing guidance on organizational and institutional development. Additionally, they should have strong knowledge of the best practices of project management and service delivery.
4. Technical expertise in digitization. Eligible digitization experts should have the capacity to design IT Systems and innovative solutions aligned with CRVS systems operational requirements. In addition, technical knowledge in one or more of the following areas is desirable: business process mapping and analysis; software and database development, design and management; IT infrastructure design and management; system integration and interoperability; and mobile technology.
5. Technical expertise in communication, social mobilization and behavior change. Eligible candidates will be those with experience in social sciences, cultural anthropology, and/or communication for development. This includes socio-cultural research; development of evidence based measurable communication for development strategies to support change at individual and community levels; development of communication tools; and/or program management.
6. Technical expertise in public health. Eligible experts from the public health sector should have extensive in-depth knowledge and experience of reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and/or adolescent health; monitoring and evaluation; birth and death notification processes, including the international standard forms for registering these events; and health information systems.

Qualifications of Successful Candidates

1. Education: Advanced university degree in their areas of expertise (law, social sciences, IT, public health, statistics, management, communication, etc.) or other relevant area. Professional experience of 5 years might be substituted for an advanced degree.
2. Work Experience: At least 3 to 5 years of professional work experience (mid-level professional), or at least 7-10 years of professional work experience (senior level professional) at national, regional and/or international levels in any of the above mentioned fields. For both mid-level and senior professionals, experience in developing countries will constitute a substantial asset.
3. Experience and/or familiarity with UN agencies, in particular UNICEF, WHO, UNFPA, UNDP and Economic and Social Commissions is desired and will constitute an asset.
4. Language Proficiency: Fluency in English and/or French is required for any deployment/contract. Fluency in other languages, in particular UN languages or the language of the duty station, will constitute an asset.