• Application Deadline:
• Position: Non-Key Experts Pool - ICT Specialists


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 10 years


• Location Not specified


• Job Field ICT / Computer 
  

Project: EU Support to Democratic Governance in Nigeria Programme (EUD SDGN) PHASE II /NDICI AFRICA/ 2021/043-416

Brief description of the project: This technical assistance contract is aiming to lead the implementation of activities under Component 1 of the Programme –Support to INEC. This will require close synergy, coordination and collaboration with other components of the programme, with high priority on delivering as one. Furthermore, the Component 1 of the programme will, under the supervision of the Delegation, support monitoring and evaluation as well as communication and visibility activities across the six components to ensure a coherent and efficient programme delivery.

The purposes of this contract are as follows:

• To engender the conditions for inclusive, transparent, credible, and peaceful elections and a more inclusive decision-making process with the meaningful participation of all sectors of society, including women, youth, and other marginalised groups.


• In collaboration with the technical team of the Chairman of the electoral management Body (INEC) already embedded in the programme– Chief Technical Adviser, Special Adviser and Chief Press Secretary - provide capacity development support, technical assistance, policy and expert advice to the electoral management Body – the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).


• To contribute to the implementation of the EU Electoral Observation Missions (EU EOM) recommendations, as well as EU EOM follow up mission recommendations.


• Under the direction of the EU Delegation, support Monitoring and Evaluation as well as communication and visibility activities across the programme components.

DAI is looking to recruit a pool of non-key experts (senior NKEs and Junior NKEs) and welcomes applications from all interested specialists with experience and interest in the following requirements:

The profiles of the non-key experts for this contract are as follows (minimum covered themes):

ICT Specialists

• Manage the project’s ICT infrastructure including implementation and management of software applications and hardware infrastructure that support operations.


• Support  E-governance  initiatives  as  requested  by  INEC,  including  INEC’s  ICT innovations  including  Electoral  Management Support Centre  (EMSC),  electronic transmission  of  results,  voter  registration  technologies,  incorporation  of  the  voter registry data with the polling units’ data to offer an interactive online platform where registered citizens can locate their PUs, using Geographic Information System (GIS).

Requirements:

• NKEs will have professional and technical profiles that allow them to effectively and efficiently work with national counterparts and experts and consultants of other development partners. 


• All experts must be independent and free from conflicts of interest in the responsibilities they take on. 


• Civil servants/public officials and other staff of the public administration of the Beneficiary country cannot be recruited as experts.

Qualifications and skills

• Senior Non-Key Experts must have minimum years of experience of 10 years in areas relevant to the contract and to the position they are applying for.


• Junior Key Experts must have minimum 5 years of experience in areas relevant to the contract and to the position they are applying for.


• All NKEs will be specialists with a university degree level, fluency in English and computer literate, with verifiable and solid relevant professional experience. 

Provisional commencement of the project: May 2022