Overview
Conduct a digital readiness assessment in Timor-Leste to analyze current digital capabilities, identify gaps, and inform a national digital transformation roadmap.
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare the national-level Inception Report.
- Conduct a comprehensive desk review of national policies, strategies, and regulations.
- Support the application and contextualization of the Digital Readiness Assessment methodology.
- Review and analyze indicators to assess digital readiness across core dimensions.
- Collect qualitative and quantitative data through surveys, interviews, and consultations.
- Analyze cross-cutting issues such as interoperability, data sharing, and cybersecurity.
- Support the organization and facilitation of the national stakeholder workshop.
- Develop evidence-based, prioritized, and actionable recommendations.
- Lead the drafting, analysis, and evidence-generation for the Draft and Final Digital Readiness Assessment Reports.
- Support coordination with national counterparts.
Required Experience
- A minimum of five (5) 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 is required.
- Experience engaging with government ministries and public institutions at the national level is required.
- Strong understanding of the country’s digital governance landscape, including relevant national policies, institutional and national frameworks 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.
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.
