وظائف فني طباعة في لبنان

<h2 class="h5">Job description</h2> <div class="t-break" data-jb-field="description"> <span>Place: Beirut, Lebanon Starting date: 1st, September 2026 Duration of contract: 12 months Closing date for applications: 12th August 2026 Humanity &amp; Inclusion is an independent and impartial aid organisation working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster.<br> The organisation works alongside people with disabilities and vulnerable populations, taking action and bearing witness in order to respond to their essential needs, improve their living conditions and promote respect for their dignity and fundamental rights.<br> Since its creation in 1982, HI has run development &amp; humanitarian projects in more than 55 countries and responded to numerous emergencies.<br> Today, we have a budget of approximately 200 million euros, with 4,000 employees worldwide At Handicap International-Humanity &amp; Inclusion, we truly believe in the importance of inclusion and diversity within our organisation.<br> This is why we are engaged to a disability policy to encourage the inclusion and integration of people with disabilities.<br> Please indicate if you require any special accommodation, even at the first interview.<br> For more information about the organisation.<br> JOB CONTEXT: Despite the announcement of a ceasefire, the situation in Lebanon remains unstable, with localized incidents, including strikes reported in southern Lebanon.<br> The June 2026 ceasefire has allowed for partial and phased returns of displaced populations, particularly in areas where active hostilities have subsided.<br> The situation is compounded by Lebanon ongoing macroeconomic and institutional crisis which continues to limit recover capacity.<br> High poverty levels, currency instability, and weakened public service delivery systems have left both host communities and displaced populations with reduced coping capacity and limited access to services.<br> In this constraint environment, HI, who has been present in Lebanon 1992, has been able to adapt its programming to the specific emergencies onset as well as keeping some of its long-standing development focus.<br> HI is managing activities covering the following thematics: Health and prevention for the provision of multi-disciplinary rehabilitation services (post operative care, physiotherapy, assistive devices, prosthetics and orthotics and psycho-social support).<br> Inclusive education Inclusive humanitarian action Humanitarian Mine Action, including clearance, advocacy, NTS (non-technical survey) and TS (technical survey), and Education to the risks and effects caused by conventional weapons (including mines, explosive remnants of war and small arms light weapons).<br> Emergency preparedness &amp; basic needs (integrated response through non-food items / hygiene kits etc.<br>; including the support to humanitarian actors via the ALTAS platform when required).<br> The actual intervention was so far managed based on a mix partnership with local structures and organizations, and direct implementation projects.<br> YOUR MISSION: Reporting to the Regional Director, the Country Manager contributes to the implementation of Humanity &amp; Inclusion's mandate and strategy within his/her program.<br> He/she ensures that the quality and impact of the program's activities are optimized through a system of delegation with appropriate control mechanisms.<br> He/she shares responsibility with all other HI managers for the sound management and smooth running of the overall organization, through paradigm shifts.<br> Responsibility 1: In the country where he/she is based, the Country Manager is the legal representative of the entire HI organization internally and externally and promotes a high-level reputation and a positive image of HI.<br> Responsibility 2: The Country Manager deploys the whole of HI's mandate and strategy in his/her country, alongside the operational partners, institutions and/or donors, and contributes to steering the organizational transformation in line with the "Simplification", "Shared Services" and "ROOTS" projects.<br> This involves implementing the program's operational strategy.<br> In the event of an emergency, he/she will assume responsibilities in line with the defined intervention framework.<br> Responsibility 3: He/she ensures compliance with its budgetary framework (including pooled funds) and the application of HI's policies and frameworks (safeguarding, commitment thresholds, security, human resources, risk management, etc.<br>). Responsibility 4: In his/her country, he/she actively monitors and analyses changes in the environment to identify risks and opportunities.<br> Responsibility 5: He/she represents the organization and communicates on its behalf according to a plan defined with the Regional Director.<br> Responsibility 6: In crisis situations, he/she assumes the responsibilities assigned to him/her by the specific response frameworks.<br> CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POSITION: The country Manager position is based in Beirut, the capital, but is expected to travel across the country where HI has several bases (notably, Aley (Mount Lebanon) or Nabatieh (South Lebanon) for instance).<br> The security context is very volatile with daily air strikes in the south, regular drones fly-over and evacuation orders on regular basis.<br> While the location of HI office and guesthouse are located in a relative safe area of Beirut, one has to be prepared to have to move out rapidly if needed.<br> A comprehensive security system is in place, under the direct management of the country director to ensure the safety of the team.<br> The life is Beirut could be seen as “easy” in a way with access to restaurants, sports facilities or cultural events but as precise above, it’s a stressful environment where one has to take some time off.<br> Electricity supply has improved but rely mostly on public generators; medical services are available At HI, the conditions offered are up to your commitment and adapted to the context of your mission: Join the team 12months International contract starting from 1st, September 2026; The international contract provides social cover adapted to your situation: Unemployment insurance benefits for EU nationals; Pension scheme; Medical coverage with 50% of employee contribution; Repatriation insurance paid by HI; Salary from 2986€ gross/month upon experience; Perdiem: 879€ net/month - paid in the field Hardship: 500 € net/month paid with your salary; Paid leaves: 25 days per year; R&amp;R: according to the level of the mission 5 days every 8 weeks Position: Unaccompanied: Payment for travel costs (air ticket &amp; visa) and transport of your personal effects; A child allowance of 100€ per month, per child (from the second child) paid in the field; Housing: Individual taken in charge by HI; You are autonomous You are able to adapt and shift activities You are responsive to sudden emergencies onset You have knowledge on mine action and you can manage military team members You can navigate complex national government authorities You can lead a team under a considerable stress (multiple internal displacement among our team members) while remaining calm You can live in a unsecured environment (Beirut) and travel across the country in unsafe location, in particular the South of the country You can do some aggressive fundraising, keep regular contacts with donors in country and the region You can represent actively HI into the humanitarian coordination foras (NGO &amp; UN)</span> </div>

<h2 class="h5">Job description</h2> <div class="t-break" data-jb-field="description"> Result of Service<br>The IC is to provide specialized technical expertise in the implementation, administration, monitoring, and optimization of cloud infrastructure and DevOps platforms within Microsoft Azure. The IC will be responsible for ensuring the availability, security, scalability, and performance of enterprise systems, managing CI/CD pipelines, and writing Infrastructure as Code (IaC). Crucially, the IC will work in close coordination with the internal development team to analyze existing on-premises application architectures, gather deployment requirements, and translate current on-premises VM resource metrics into optimized, cloud-native Azure resource allocations. The consultant will also execute the tactical technical migration of legacy systems from an on-premises Proxmox virtualization environment to the Microsoft Azure cloud platform.<br> Work Location<br>UN-House ESCWA / Hybrid<br> Expected duration<br>6 months<br> Duties and Responsibilities<br>Background: The Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) forms part of the United Nations Secretariat and, like the other regional commissions, operates under the supervision of the United Nations Economic and Social Council. ESCWA comprises 21 Arab countries in Western Asia and North Africa. ESCWA provides a framework for the formulation and harmonization of sectoral policies for member countries, a platform for congress and coordination, a home for expertise and knowledge, and an information observatory. ESCWA activities are coordinated with the divisions and main offices of the Headquarters of the United Nations, specialized agencies, and international and regional organizations, including the League of Arab States and its subsidiary bodies, and the Gulf Cooperation Council. This position is located in the Decision-Support and Data Science Division (DSDSD). The Decision-Support and Data Science Division is part of ESCWA's broader modernization and innovation efforts, providing advanced analytics, secure digital platforms, and decision-support services within ESCWA, other UN entities, and Member States. Aligned with the UN 2.0 agenda and grounded in operational resilience, DSDS leverages cutting-edge hybrid infrastructure, scalable cloud tech frameworks, and modern deployment models to ensure high availability, security, and performance for critical digital assets. Its core functions include enterprise cloud environment management, infrastructure automation, continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) optimization, and the migration of legacy on-premises platforms to advanced public cloud ecosystems. Through these capabilities, DSDS maintains reliable, enterprise-grade digital decision-support tools that empower evidence-based decision-making and foster organizational efficiency across the region. Under the supervision of the Chief of the Decision-Support and Data Science Division and in close collaboration with the infrastructure and digital development teams, the Individual Contractor (IC) will support the implementation, automation, secure hosting, and optimization of core cloud systems and scalable technology environments to support strategic initiative delivery. Duties and responsibilities: The Cloud Systems and DevOps Analyst will perform the following tasks: - Cloud Infrastructure Implementation &amp; Administration: o Deploy, manage, and optimize enterprise-scale cloud resources within Microsoft Azure, ensuring optimal performance, governance, and resource utilization. o Administer hybrid virtualization architectures, transitioning existing virtual machines and workloads out of the on-premises Proxmox environment into designated Azure landing zones. o Maintain and configure base operating systems across enterprise Windows Server and Linux environments hosted in the cloud. - DevOps Platform Engineering &amp; Infrastructure as Code (IaC): o Design, build, and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps to support rapid, secure, and reliable software delivery cycles. o Author, review, and maintain infrastructure state using Infrastructure as Code tools, specifically Terraform, Bicep, and ARM Templates. o Develop automated operational scripts utilizing PowerShell to streamline recurring system administration and provisioning tasks. - Application Lifecycle &amp; Developer Collaboration: o Work closely with the development team to audit existing on-premises hosted applications and gather technical requirements for upcoming Azure cloud deployments. o Analyze the resource utilization and architectural dependencies of applications currently running on on-premises virtual machines to determine the optimal Azure cloud topology. o Evaluate and recommend whether applications should be migrated as traditional Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) virtual machines or refactored into cloud-native Azure resources (such as App Services, Azure SQL, or container instances) to maximize scalability and cost-efficiency. o Provide technical guidance to developers regarding cloud deployment pathways, access control configurations, and performance optimization on Azure. - Cloud Security, Identity, &amp; Monitoring: o Manage cloud governance, object lifecycles, and secure identity mapping through Azure Active Directory (Azure AD / Entra ID). o Configure comprehensive observability setups using Azure Monitor and Log Analytics to establish proactive system alerts, log analysis, and performance tracking. o Implement infrastructure hardening, security controls, and operational best practices across all deployed cloud frameworks.<br> Qualifications/special skills<br>A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, Cloud Engineering, System Administration, or related technical fields is required. All candidates must submit a copy of the required educational degree. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed. A minimum of 5 years of professional experience in system administration, IT infrastructure operations, or cloud platforms architecture is required. Demonstrated hands-on experience deploying, administering, and monitoring production cloud environments using Microsoft Azure is required. Proven experience building automated CI/CD pipelines and developing infrastructure deployments utilizing Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, Bicep, or ARM Templates) is required. Proven experience collaborating directly with software development teams to extract application performance metrics, translate software requirements into infrastructure specifications, and plan application modernization strategies is required. Solid technical proficiency in scripting with PowerShell and configuring core infrastructure services, including Windows Server, Linux, and Azure Active Directory, is required. Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills are required. Practical technical experience supporting or executing system migrations from on-premises hypervisors (specifically Proxmox VE or VMware) to public cloud environments (Microsoft Azure) is highly desirable. Official Microsoft certifications (e.g., Azure Administrator Associate, Azure DevOps Engineer Expert, or Azure Solutions Architect Expert) are highly desirable.<br> Languages<br>English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat; and Arabic is a working language of ESCWA. For this position, fluency in English is required and knowledge of Arabic is desirable. Note: “Fluency” equals a rating of ‘fluent’ in all four areas (speak, read, write, and understand) and “Knowledge of” equals a rating of ‘confident’ in two of the four areas.<br> Additional Information<br>Recruitment for this position is on a local basis. The incumbent is required to have the legal right to live and work in the specified working location.<br> No Fee<br>THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.<br><br><br> </div>

<h2 class="h5">Job description</h2> <div class="t-break" data-jb-field="description"> <p><span>Finance Officer – THRIVE&nbsp;</span><br></p><br> <p><span>What we are looking for&nbsp;</span></p><br> <p>Hivos is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all qualified individuals. We are currently seeking suitably qualified, highly competent, and motivated candidates to serve as&nbsp;<span>Finance Officer - THRIVE</span>&nbsp;and lead effective implementation, coordination, and delivery of the program upon project commencement.&nbsp;</p><br> <p><span>Position Information</span><br></p><br> <p><span>Location</span>: Lebanon</p><br> <p><span>Hours</span>: Full Time (36 Hours Per Week)</p><br> <p><span>Reports to</span>: Project Finance Manager</p><br> <p><span>Team:</span> Programs</p><br> <p><span>Contract Type:</span>&nbsp;Fixed – Term</p><br> <p><span>Term</span>: This appointment is for an initial term of one year, with possibility of renewal for the life of the project, subject to donor funding availability, performance and organizational needs.</p><br> <p><span>Office:</span>&nbsp;Zimbabwe</p><br> <p><span>Provisional grade</span>: 10</p><br> <p><span>Deadline</span>: 8 September 2026</p><br> <p><span>JOB CONTEXT</span></p><br> <p>Hivos was awarded the THRIVE Program&nbsp;(Promoting an Enabling Environment for Civil Society)&nbsp;under the Swedish Strategy for Support to Civil Society 2025–2029. The program aims to strengthen civil society resilience, sustainability, and effectiveness across&nbsp;Kenya, Zimbabwe, Colombia, and Lebanon.</p><br> <p>THRIVE seeks to empower civil society actors to counter shrinking civic space and promote enabling environments through three interlinked outcomes:</p><br> <ul> <li>Safe and inclusive spaces for collaboration</li> <li>Strengthened operational and strategic capacities</li> <li>Increased access to knowledge, networks, tools, and resources</li> </ul> <p><span>ROLE PURPOSE</span></p><br> <p>Reporting to the project Finance Manager, the Finance Officer supports the project team by reviewing financial reports, preparing consolidated donor statements, tracking expenditures, and ensuring compliance with supporting documentation. The role manages cash flow planning, remittance and reporting schedules, assesses partner and grantee budgets, and processes transactions in the Hivos All Solutions system, strengthening accountability, transparency and overall financial performance within THRIVE’s implementation.</p><br> <p><span>KEY RESPONSIBILITIES&nbsp;</span></p><br> <p>The key responsibilities of the role include:</p><br> <p><span>Financial Monitoring of Partners</span></p><br> <ul> <li>Monitor partners’ financial performance to ensure compliance with contractual obligations and donor and Hivos regulations.</li> <li>Strengthen partners’ capacity in understanding and managing their assigned budgets.</li> <li>Review partners’ fund availability to process disbursements.</li> <li>Obtain and consolidate partners’ executed amounts for inclusion in donor financial reports.</li> <li>Evaluate audit results submitted by partners according to Hivos assessment standards.</li> <li>Record findings from partner evaluations in All Solutions (AS).</li> </ul> <p><span>Partner Financial Reporting Review </span></p><br> <ul> <li>Review partner financial reports to ensure they meet minimum submission requirements before full evaluation.</li> <li>Provide timely and clear feedback to partners when reports require corrections to comply with Hivos and donor standards.</li> <li>Assess the reasonableness of expenses through sampling, following Hivos policies and the Hivos Framework for Project Expenditure Verification.</li> <li>Verify fund availability and budget execution to authorize disbursements.</li> <li>Consolidate partners’ executed amounts for inclusion in donor financial reports.</li> <li>Record evaluation results, findings, and verification outcomes in AS, including the Expenditure Verification Control Worksheet when applicable.</li> <li>Review and analyze audit results submitted by partners in accordance with Hivos assessment standards.</li> </ul> <p><span>Project Financial Monitoring </span></p><br> <ul> <li>Generate monthly expenditure reports from AS and verify that all processed transactions are recorded.</li> <li>Incorporate cash reconciliation into expenditure reports when applicable.</li> <li>Conduct project budget execution analysis.</li> <li>Review resource allocation in project budget to ensure Hivos staff costs align with project planning; recommend reallocations when appropriate.</li> <li>Apply corrections indicated by the project Finance Manager (FM) to the execution report.</li> <li>Ensure financial execution aligns with donor/Hivos mandates.</li> </ul> <p><span>Accounting Review &amp; Reconciliation</span></p><br> <ul> <li>Conduct monthly reviews of accounting records in AS to ensure accurate expense registration and identify omissions or discrepancies.</li> <li>Perform reconciliations of expenses and income recorded in AS against donor financial reports.</li> </ul> <p><span>Partner Evaluation &amp; Formalization</span></p><br> <ul> <li>Conduct the Financial Intake Assessment and, when exceptions are approved, review financial information or assessments completed by other donors.</li> <li>Justify the use of a less rigorous partner financial evaluation method when applicable and submit the justification to the FM.</li> <li>Discuss assessment outcomes and the action plan with the FM and enter both into AS.</li> <li>Align project budget accounts with Hivos codes after contract approval.</li> </ul> <p><span>Project Closure</span></p><br> <ul> <li>Verify that the final financial report has been reviewed and approved.</li> <li>Complete the Contract Closure process in AS.</li> </ul> <p><span>Financial Analysis &amp; Support</span></p><br> <ul> <li>Ensure local compliance with authorities and financial institutions.</li> <li>Support office management and other administrative tasks, including supplier payments, reconciliations, and staff advances.</li> <li>Provide consolidated budget execution information to the regional financial team and attend related meetings.</li> <li>Complete the Annual Forecast and contribute to quarterly and annual financial planning.</li> </ul> <p><span>PERSON SPECIFICATIONS&nbsp;</span></p><br> <p><span>Qualifications</span></p><br> <ul> <li>Degree in finance, accounting, business economics or related / similar field.</li> <li>A holder of CPA, ACCA or related certification.</li> </ul> <p><span>Knowledge / Experience</span></p><br> <ul> <li>1–3 years of experience in finance, including the financial management of donor-funded programmes, preferably within international NGOs or development cooperation environments.</li> <li>Significant experience in grantmaking, including grant administration, disbursement, monitoring and grant closure processes, particularly in multi-country programmes.</li> <li>Proven experience managing the full financial cycle of donor-funded programmes, including budgeting, forecasting, financial monitoring and reporting.</li> <li>Advanced knowledge of accounting principles.</li> <li>Expertise in accounting, business economics, ERP/MIS systems and financial software.</li> <li>Experience overseeing audits, ensuring compliance with tax regulations and managing financial risks across multiple programme countries.</li> <li>Experience in capacity building and providing technical guidance to finance staff and implementing partners.</li> <li>Fluency in English is essential; knowledge of Arabic or Spanish is an asset.</li> </ul> <p><span>Key Skills /Attributes</span></p><br> <ul> <li>Financial analysis, strategic thinking and problem-solving.</li> <li>Communication and stakeholder management.</li> <li>Planning and organizational skills.</li> <li>High attention to detail and accuracy.</li> <li>Able to meet deadlines, multitask effectively, and work collaboratively in culturally diverse teams.</li> <li>Integrity, accountability, professionalism and ethical judgement.</li> </ul> <p><span>What we offer</span></p><br> <p>We offer a stimulating work environment in a professional international organization with very dedicated staff. This position will be based in Beirut, Lebanon. We offer a national contract based on Hivos local labour conditions, with comparatively competitive remuneration package commensurate with experience and expertise<span>.</span>&nbsp; Hivos welcomes International &amp; Regional applicants but can only offer a position to only those with a valid work permit for Lebanon.</p><br> <p><span>Want to apply?</span></p><br> <p>Please submit a cover letter (maximum 1 page) and CV (maximum 2 pages) as soon as possible by clicking the&nbsp;<span>‘Apply here’</span> button. Applications are being received until 8 September 2026, midnight CAT.</p><br> <p><span>Our values and commitment to safeguarding </span></p><br> <p>Hivos is committed to promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion in the workplace, and strives to be representative of all sections of society. We know that different perspectives, experiences, and competences are key for Hivos to be a relevant, capable, and successful organization. Hivos therefore strives to recruit staff with diverse backgrounds and lived experiences.  </p><br> <p>Hivos is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and partners with whom Hivos engage.&nbsp;</p><br> <p>All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. Hivos also participates in the <span>Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme</span>. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. When you submit an application, you confirm your understanding of these recruitment procedures.</p><br> </div>

<h2 class="h5">Job description</h2> <div class="t-break" data-jb-field="description"> <span>Aspire Software is looking for a AI Developer to join our team in Lebanon.<br> Here is a little window into our company: Aspire Software operates and manages wholly owned software companies, providing mission-critical solutions across multiple verticals.<br> By implementing industry best practices, Aspire delivers a time sensitive integration process, and the operation of a decentralized model has allowed it to become a hub for creating rapid growth by reinvesting in its portfolio.<br> About the job: We are deliberately looking for someone who has not worked in COBOL before.<br> The goal is for you to learn the core directly from our senior engineer, in his way, without competing habits to unlearn, so the knowledge transfers cleanly and intact.<br> Your modern engineering instincts are what you bring; the COBOL you will learn from the person who knows it best.<br> This is also why we are looking for an engineer who works fluently with AI.<br> Once you understand how the core actually behaves, modern AI tooling becomes a force-multiplier for documenting it, reasoning about it, and ultimately migrating it to a modern stack.<br> Deep system knowledge and strong AI capability are the two halves of how this modernisation actually gets done, and we expect this hire to bring the second from day one and build the first here.<br> If the idea of going deep into a complex, valuable, decades-old system, and emerging as one of the few people in the world who genuinely understands it, sounds like your kind of challenge, we want to talk to you.<br> In your first six months Spend a meaningful proportion of your time learning our COBOL core in structured sessions with our senior platform engineer.<br> This is protected time, treated as part of the role, not something you do around other work.<br> Contribute to modern Go services in the stack from week one, on scoped pieces of work that build context without putting you on the critical path.<br> Help us document what you’re learning as you learn it.<br> Fresh eyes are uniquely valuable for surfacing the things long-tenured engineers no longer notice.<br> Pair with the existing team across the stack to understand how Go services, the COBOL core, and the surrounding tooling actually interact in production.<br> Use AI tooling deliberately as part of how you learn: to summarise unfamiliar code, surface questions for your mentor, and turn what you learn into clear documentation faster than fresh eyes could alone.<br> Beyond six months Take ownership of meaningful work across both the modern and legacy halves of the platform, with growing autonomy.<br> Help repair and modernise core engineering processes: testing, deployment, definition of done, and the way work flows from support into engineering.<br> Contribute to the broader modernisation program: knowledge capture, internal AI tooling, and the eventual decomposition of the platform into smaller, more approachable modules.<br> Lead AI-assisted modernisation of the parts of the core you have come to understand, translating well-understood COBOL into well-tested modern services, with AI as a lever rather than a crutch.<br> Own projects end to end.<br> Work starts from a client-facing Design Doc that describes data flow and outcomes but not detailed technical specs; from there you own the technical design, the implementation, your own alpha testing, and everything in between.<br> Adapt to the business.<br> Priorities can shift at short notice when urgent client issues arise, and you will be expected to flex with them.<br> Mentor the next Go-into-COBOL hire as the team grows.<br> 4–7 years of professional software engineering experience, with significant time writing production Go.<br> Comfortable working in a large, complex codebase where the answer is rarely on Stack Overflow.<br> You enjoy reading code more than you fear it.<br> Strong fundamentals: data structures, concurrency, debugging, designing for failure modes.<br> Language familiarity matters less than the habits of mind.<br> Demonstrable, judgment-led fluency with AI in a real engineering workflow.<br> You use AI tools daily to read and understand unfamiliar code, accelerate routine work, and draft documentation, and you can explain clearly where you trust their output and where you don’t.<br> We care less about which tools you use than about the judgement you bring to using them.<br> This is a hard requirement for the role.<br> The interpersonal maturity to learn directly from a highly experienced, exacting mentor.<br> You can build trust, adapt to an established way of working, and absorb knowledge patiently, rather than rushing to impose your own approach before you understand why things are the way they are.<br> A genuine willingness, ideally an active interest, in learning COBOL and working in a heritage system.<br> This is not a stepping stone to a pure greenfield role; the COBOL work is the role.<br> No prior COBOL experience is expected or needed; you will learn it here, from the person who knows it best.<br> Strong written communication.<br> You will be helping us turn tribal knowledge into durable documentation.<br> Comfortable with ambiguity.<br> The codebase has decades of history, the documentation is improving but not yet complete, and you will sometimes need to figure things out by reading and asking rather than by looking them up.<br> Based in a UK/EMEA timezone and able to commit to a consistent daily overlap with California (Pacific) working hours.<br> This is a genuine requirement of the role, not a preference: you will be learning directly from our retiring senior, who is based there, so dependable shared hours are essential.<br> You will also keep reliable overlap with the rest of the UK/EMEA team.<br> Comfortable owning the full development cycle and shifting priorities when needed.<br> You will own projects end to end (see What you’ll do), and you will sometimes need to reprioritise at short notice for urgent client work.<br> These are the two things new hires here most often underestimate.<br> Strong indicators Experience working with or alongside legacy systems: mainframe, monolithic, or otherwise long-lived.<br> You understand that “legacy” often means “load-bearing” and treat it with appropriate respect.<br> Experience in domains with deep business logic (finance, logistics, telecoms, insurance, ERP, or similar) where correctness matters more than ergonomics.<br> Comfortable in polyglot environments.<br> Our stack includes Go, the COBOL core, and a long tail of supporting languages and platforms accumulated over years.<br> Track record of improving the engineering practices around you (testing discipline, deployment hygiene, documentation, onboarding) rather than just shipping features.<br> Experience pairing closely with a more senior engineer and absorbing knowledge from them.<br> Experience building or working with AI-assisted developer tooling in a serious production context: agents, code generation, retrieval over large codebases, or similar.<br> You have opinions, grounded in real use, about where it earns its keep.<br> Nice to have Experience with car rental, fleet, travel, hospitality, or other operationally complex industries.<br> Experience contributing to a platform modernisation, replatforming, or legacy-to-modern migration program.<br> Familiarity with Perl or PostScript.<br> Parts of the surrounding toolchain still touch both; not a blocker at all if you have not used them, but real exposure is a genuine plus.<br></span> </div>

<p><h4>Description</h4> <p>Aspire Software is looking for an AI developer to join our team in Lebanon.</p> <p>Here is a little window into our company: Aspire Software operates and manages wholly owned software companies, providing mission-critical solutions across multiple verticals. By implementing industry best practices, Aspire delivers a time sensitive integration process, and the operation of a decentralized model has allowed it to become a hub for creating rapid growth by reinvesting in its portfolio.</p> <h4>About the job</h4> <p>We are deliberately looking for someone who has not worked in COBOL before. The goal is for you to learn the core directly from our senior engineer, in his way, without competing habits to unlearn, so the knowledge transfers cleanly and intact. Your modern engineering instincts are what you bring; the COBOL you will learn from the person who knows it best.</p> <p>This is also why we are looking for an engineer who works fluently with AI. Once you understand how the core actually behaves, modern AI tooling becomes a force-multiplier for documenting it, reasoning about it, and ultimately migrating it to a modern stack. Deep system knowledge and strong AI capability are the two halves of how this modernisation actually gets done, and we expect this hire to bring the second from day one and build the first here.</p> <p>If the idea of going deep into a complex, valuable, decades-old system, and emerging as one of the few people in the world who genuinely understands it, sounds like your kind of challenge, we want to talk to you.</p> <h4>In your first six months</h4> <ul> <li>Spend a meaningful proportion of your time learning our COBOL core in structured sessions with our senior platform engineer. This is protected time, treated as part of the role, not something you do around other work.</li> <li>Contribute to modern Go services in the stack from week one, on scoped pieces of work that build context without putting you on the critical path.</li> <li>Help us document what you’re learning as you learn it. Fresh eyes are uniquely valuable for surfacing the things long-tenured engineers no longer notice.</li> <li>Pair with the existing team across the stack to understand how Go services, the COBOL core, and the surrounding tooling actually interact in production.</li> <li>Use AI tooling deliberately as part of how you learn: to summarise unfamiliar code, surface questions for your mentor, and turn what you learn into clear documentation faster than fresh eyes could alone.</li> </ul> <h4>Beyond six months</h4> <ul> <li>Take ownership of meaningful work across both the modern and legacy halves of the platform, with growing autonomy.</li> <li>Help repair and modernise core engineering processes: testing, deployment, definition of done, and the way work flows from support into engineering.</li> <li>Contribute to the broader modernisation program: knowledge capture, internal AI tooling, and the eventual decomposition of the platform into smaller, more approachable modules.</li> <li>Lead AI-assisted modernisation of the parts of the core you have come to understand, translating well-understood COBOL into well-tested modern services, with AI as a lever rather than a crutch.</li> <li>Own projects end to end. Work starts from a client-facing design doc that describes data flow and outcomes but not detailed technical specs; from there you own the technical design, the implementation, your own alpha testing, and everything in between.</li> <li>Adapt to the business. Priorities can shift at short notice when urgent client issues arise, and you will be expected to flex with them.</li> <li>Mentor the next Go-into-COBOL hire as the team grows.</li> </ul> <h4>Requirements</h4> <ul> <li>4–7 years of professional software engineering experience, with significant time writing production Go.</li> <li>Comfortable working in a large, complex codebase where the answer is rarely on Stack Overflow. You enjoy reading code more than you fear it.</li> <li>Strong fundamentals: data structures, concurrency, debugging, designing for failure modes. Language familiarity matters less than the habits of mind.</li> <li>Demonstrable, judgment-led fluency with AI in a real engineering workflow. You use AI tools daily to read and understand unfamiliar code, accelerate routine work, and draft documentation, and you can explain clearly where you trust their output and where you don’t. We care less about which tools you use than about the judgement you bring to using them. This is a hard requirement for the role.</li> <li>The interpersonal maturity to learn directly from a highly experienced, exacting mentor. You can build trust, adapt to an established way of working, and absorb knowledge patiently, rather than rushing to impose your own approach before you understand why things are the way they are.</li> <li>A genuine willingness, ideally an active interest, in learning COBOL and working in a heritage system. This is not a stepping stone to a pure greenfield role; the COBOL work is the role. No prior COBOL experience is expected or needed; you will learn it here, from the person who knows it best.</li> <li>Strong written communication. You will be helping us turn tribal knowledge into durable documentation.</li> <li>Comfortable with ambiguity. The codebase has decades of history, the documentation is improving but not yet complete, and you will sometimes need to figure things out by reading and asking rather than by looking them up.</li> <li>Based in a UK/EMEA timezone and able to commit to a consistent daily overlap with California (Pacific) working hours. This is a genuine requirement of the role, not a preference: you will be learning directly from our retiring senior, who is based there, so dependable shared hours are essential. You will also keep reliable overlap with the rest of the UK/EMEA team.</li> <li>Comfortable owning the full development cycle and shifting priorities when needed. You will own projects end to end (see What you’ll do), and you will sometimes need to reprioritise at short notice for urgent client work. These are the two things new hires here most often underestimate.</li> </ul> <h4>Strong indicators</h4> <ul> <li>Experience working with or alongside legacy systems: mainframe, monolithic, or otherwise long-lived. You understand that “legacy” often means “load-bearing” and treat it with appropriate respect.</li> <li>Experience in domains with deep business logic (finance, logistics, telecoms, insurance, ERP, or similar) where correctness matters more than ergonomics.</li> <li>Comfortable in polyglot environments. Our stack includes Go, the COBOL core, and a long tail of supporting languages and platforms accumulated over years.</li> <li>Track record of improving the engineering practices around you (testing discipline, deployment hygiene, documentation, onboarding) rather than just shipping features.</li> <li>Experience pairing closely with a more senior engineer and absorbing knowledge from them.</li> <li>Experience building or working with AI-assisted developer tooling in a serious production context: agents, code generation, retrieval over large codebases, or similar. You have opinions, grounded in real use, about where it earns its keep.</li> </ul> <h4>Nice to have</h4> <ul> <li>Experience with car rental, fleet, travel, hospitality, or other operationally complex industries.</li> <li>Experience contributing to a platform modernisation, replatforming, or legacy-to-modern migration program.</li> <li>Familiarity with Perl or PostScript. Parts of the surrounding toolchain still touch both; not a blocker at all if you have not used them, but real exposure is a genuine plus.</li> </ul></p><p></p>

<h2 class="h5">Job description</h2> <div class="t-break" data-jb-field="description"> Result of Service<br>• The report prepared should be in Arabic and in electronic format. • The report submitted should not be less than 30 pages. • A 2 to 4 pages executive summary of the report. The completed parts should be edited and saved in MS-Word (*.docx file) or an alternate compatible format. PDF format will not be accepted. It should include a table of contents to be automatically updated followed by a list of all tables and figures. The various parts should be submitted in electronic form and sent to the email address of the designated focal point. Attention is kindly drawn to the need to ensure that the final draft of the outputs be thoroughly reviewed prior to submission and to indicate the sources of tables and diagrams. References to reports and other substantive material should be clearly indicated within the text and noted at the end. It is also essential to send, with the completed output, photocopies or scans of at least the first page of books, reports and bulletins, used as reference material as well as copies of the pages quoted. The content of the generated document shall be the sole property of ESCWA. The consultant shall keep in mind that UN-ESCWA routinely checks all deliverables for plagiarism, using readily available electronic tools. All previously published content, even if written by the selected consultant, must be clearly referenced where required within the text and end-noted at the end of the study. The report submitted by the consultant must not contain quoted and/or previously published text equalling more than 20 per cent of the total number of pages. The consultant shall not publish or announce or reveal the content of the report, partly or entirely, on social media or any other public channel, without ESCWA and EQA permission. The content of the generated document shall be the sole property of ESCWA.<br> Work Location<br>Remote<br> Expected duration<br>16 weeks<br> Duties and Responsibilities<br>GENERAL SCOPE From an automated government through e-Government to a smart and open government, technology and innovation have become vital tools for managing and conducting government business, serving its citizens, and achieving its development targets. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development states that good governance at all levels as well as transparent, effective and accountable institutions are necessary to build peaceful societies and achieve sustainable development. In this Agenda, specific measures are given to achieve such societies especially in Goal 16 “Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels”. Under this goal, the development of effective, accountable and transparent institutions (16.6), responsive, inclusive participatory and representative decision-making (16.7) and public access to information (16.10) are promoted as targets. To implement these targets, a partnership, between the Government, the private sector, civil society, other stakeholders (such as the public, and regional, sub-regional and international institutions) and citizens, is envisioned. Better governance and better public institutions are essential elements in achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs). Technology and innovation provide governments with options to achieve the individual targets set out in Goal 16. Innovation in the public sector provides new processes, products and services that can either be new technologies or be supported by technologies that promotes access to information, inclusiveness, citizen participation, accountability, transparency and responsiveness. When the government adopts news technologies and openness as part of its paradigm, the possibility of collaboration, shared responsibility and co-decision-making, strengthens the government and empowers its citizens. The United Nations is involved in enhancing the use of emerging technologies for sustainable development. In September 2024 during the Summit of the Future, world leaders adopted the Pact for the Future and its annexes: the Global Digital Compact (GDC) and Declaration on Future Generations. The GDC mandates UN Regional Commissions to provide support to Member States to advance digital transformation. Recently, many Arab countries started developing/updating their national plans and strategies to reflect the aspects of digital government transformation. The Environment Quality Authority (EQA) in Palestine requested the technical assistance of ESCWA to develop their digital transformation strategy. The objective of this consultancy is to provide an advisory service to assist ESCWA team in suggesting the digital strategy to the Authority. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES The consultant shall propose to the designated ESCWA focal point a detailed version of the digital transformation strategy. To produce the draft strategy, the consultant is requested to conduct, among others, the main following tasks: 1. Review the national digital documents and the existing policies and strategies in Palestine related to digital transformation, innovation, digital technologies, and other related national development plans; 2. Review best regional and international best practices related to Digital Transformation Strategies and policies (at least 2 selected regional and 2 international cases); 3. Identify main national stakeholders, hold, in coordination with EQA, interviews and meetings with the main national stakeholders and realising minutes of each meeting/interview summarizing the discussed points, their remarks, observations and proposals; 4. Contribute to sectoral workshops to discuss needs and priorities, if needed; 5. Assessment of EQA available capabilities, including current IT infrastructure, equipment, services and platforms; 6. Hold meetings with EQA departments to better understand EQA current digital status. This may include existing work procedures, process workflows, forms and interconnections between procedures, key business processes across departments and EQA offices in governorates and the HQ in Ramallah, Data centre project, EQA website, the need for AI systems if any. 7. Prepare the needed digital transformation strategy based on international and regional best practices, gap analysis, national needs (SWOT analysis) and technical analysis; 8. Present the draft report in a national workshop or meeting (physically or remotely) and capture the main comments and findings of the discussions; 9. Update the draft proposal according to all received feedback and comments during the reviewing process by ESCWA and EQA. The final draft report includes the above-mentioned assessment, SWOT, the suggested strategy with timeframe of implementation of identified initiatives. ESCWA promotes gender equality and integration of youth through its publications and therefore the consultant should pay attention, with the help of ESCWA staff, to gender considerations and youth dimension throughout the research work to ensure that the report gives equal attention to the needs of both men and women, as well as girls and boys. Writing should use gender-sensitive language<br> Qualifications/special skills<br>A Master's degree in ICT, technology, engineering, computer science or a related field is required. A Ph.D. degree is desirable. All candidates must submit a copy of the required educational degree. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed. At least 7 years of professional experience and research in the domain of digital technologies is required. Previous experience in management and planning is required. Previous experience in the delivery of research papers is desirable. Previous experience in the development of digital plans is desirable. Knowledge of the environmental issues in Palestine is desirable.<br> Languages<br>English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat; and Arabic is a working language of ESCWA. For this position, fluency in written and spoken Arabic and English is required. Note: “Fluency” equals a rating of ‘fluent’ in all four areas (speak, read, write, and understand) and “Knowledge of” equals a rating of ‘confident’ in two of the four areas.<br> Additional Information<br>Not available.<br> No Fee<br>THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.<br><br><br> </div>

<section><p class="heading jdMain">Job Description</p><p class="heading">Roles &amp; Responsibilities</p><div class="paragraph"><p><br></p><p><b>About the Role</b> Are you passionate about building scalable, reliable data platforms that power business decisions and customer experiences? As a Senior II Data Engineer at Toters, you'll design and build modern data infrastructure that enables reliable, real-time and batch data processing across the organization. You'll own the design and delivery of complex data pipelines, influence technical decisions within your domain, and help establish engineering best practices that improve the scalability, reliability, and maintainability of our data platform. Working closely with Software Engineers, Product Managers, Analytics, and Machine Learning teams, you'll help transform high-volume operational data into trusted, high-quality data products that drive business impact.</p><p>In this role, you will:</p><ul><li>Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and translate them into scalable data solutions.</li><li>Design, build, and maintain reliable batch and streaming data pipelines that support analytics, operational systems, and machine learning workloads.</li><li>Develop scalable data ingestion frameworks capable of processing high-volume event and transactional data.</li><li>Design and optimize data models that enable efficient analytics while supporting long-term maintainability.</li><li>Build resilient streaming solutions while balancing throughput, latency, reliability, and operational cost.</li><li>Develop and maintain modern data lakehouse architectures using cloud-native technologies and distributed data platforms.</li><li>Design schemas and data contracts that promote consistency, governance, and interoperability across systems.</li><li>Improve platform observability by implementing monitoring, alerting, data quality validation, and operational dashboards.</li><li>Troubleshoot production issues, participate in incident response, perform root cause analysis, and implement long-term improvements.</li><li>Optimize storage, compute, and data movement costs while maintaining platform performance and reliability.</li><li>Participate in architecture discussions and contribute to technical decisions that improve scalability and system resilience.</li><li>Create reusable frameworks, tooling, and engineering patterns that improve developer productivity and platform consistency.</li><li>Conduct thoughtful code reviews and share constructive feedback to maintain high engineering standards.</li><li>Mentor junior engineers through technical guidance, design discussions, and knowledge sharing.</li><li>Collaborate with Software Engineering, Product, Analytics, and Machine Learning teams to deliver scalable, high-quality data solutions.</li></ul><p>Key Qualifications</p><p>Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.</p><p>6+ years of experience designing and building production-grade data platforms or distributed data systems.</p><p>Strong SQL skills and deep understanding of data modeling, including dimensional modeling (facts and dimensions).</p><p>Hands-on experience building production data pipelines using distributed streaming platforms such as Apache Kafka, Amazon Kinesis, or Apache Pulsar, with experience in partitioning, consumer groups, schema management, delivery semantics, and troubleshooting production streaming systems.</p><p>Strong understanding of batch and streaming data processing concepts, including event time, processing time, windowing, stateful processing, and the trade-offs of exactly-once processing.</p><p>Proficiency in Python and/or JVM languages such as Java or Scala for building scalable data processing applications.</p><p>Experience designing and operating modern data lake or lakehouse architectures using Amazon S3 or equivalent object storage, Parquet, and open table formats such as Apache Iceberg, Delta Lake, or Apache Hudi.</p><p>Experience building cloud-native data infrastructure on AWS, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), or Microsoft Azure, including object storage, streaming and messaging services, IAM, networking, and cost optimization.</p><p>Experience working with distributed processing frameworks such as Apache Flink or similar streaming technologies.</p><p>Familiarity with analytical query engines such as ClickHouse or Trino.</p><p>Experience implementing Change Data Capture (CDC) solutions using Debezium or similar technologies.</p><p>Experience with modern data transformation frameworks such as dbt is a plus.</p><p>Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, containerization with Docker, and orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes is a plus.</p><p>Experience owning production systems, participating in on-call rotations, and resolving production data incidents.</p><p>Strong communication skills with the ability to document technical decisions, collaborate across teams, and mentor engineers.</p><p>Passion for building reliable, scalable, and maintainable data platforms.</p><p>Nice to Have</p><p>Experience building large-scale streaming architectures using Apache Flink.</p><p>Hands-on experience with Apache Iceberg, ClickHouse, or Trino in production environments.</p><p>Experience implementing CDC pipelines using Debezium or similar technologies.</p><p>Experience using dbt for transformation and analytics engineering workflows.</p><p>Experience with AWS data services such as MSK, S3, Glue, or Kinesis.</p><p>Experience deploying infrastructure using Terraform and Kubernetes.</p><p>Exposure to Machine Learning feature stores or Customer Data Platforms (CDPs).</p><p>Experience working in high-growth technology companies or on-demand marketplace platforms.</p><p>Why Toters?</p><p>Flexible work environment with hybrid-friendly roles.</p><p>Opportunity to work on a modern, cloud-native data platform that powers products used by thousands of customers every day.</p><p>Collaborate with talented engineers while growing your technical expertise and career.</p><p>Strong culture of mentorship, collaboration, and continuous learning.</p><p>Opportunity to solve complex engineering challenges involving streaming, distributed systems, and large-scale data processing.</p><p>Direct impact on business-critical products and engineering decisions.</p><p>Competitive compensation package.</p><p>Exclusive discounts on Toters orders.</p><p>First-class medical insurance.</p></div></section><section><p class="heading">Desired Candidate Profile</p><p class="paragraph"></p><ul><li>Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.</li><li>6+ years of experience designing and building production-grade data platforms or distributed data systems.</li><li>Strong SQL skills and deep understanding of data modeling, including dimensional modeling (facts and dimensions).</li><li>Hands-on experience building production data pipelines using distributed streaming platforms such as Apache Kafka, Amazon Kinesis, or Apache Pulsar, with experience in partitioning, consumer groups, schema management, delivery semantics, and troubleshooting production streaming systems.</li><li>Strong understanding of batch and streaming data processing concepts, including event time, processing time, windowing, stateful processing, and the trade-offs of exactly-once processing.</li><li>Proficiency in Python and/or JVM languages such as Java or Scala for building scalable data processing applications.</li><li>Experience designing and operating modern data lake or lakehouse architectures using Amazon S3 or equivalent object storage, Parquet, and open table formats such as Apache Iceberg, Delta Lake, or Apache Hudi.</li><li>Experience building cloud-native data infrastructure on AWS, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), or Microsoft Azure, including object storage, streaming and messaging services, IAM, networking, and cost optimization.</li><li>Experience working with distributed processing frameworks such as Apache Flink or similar streaming technologies.</li><li>Familiarity with analytical query engines such as ClickHouse or Trino.</li><li>Experience implementing Change Data Capture (CDC) solutions using Debezium or similar technologies.</li><li>Experience with modern data transformation frameworks such as dbt is a plus.</li><li>Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, containerization with Docker, and orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes is a plus.</li><li>Experience owning production systems, participating in on-call rotations, and resolving production data incidents.</li><li>Strong communication skills with the ability to document technical decisions, collaborate across teams, and mentor engineers.</li><li>Passion for building reliable, scalable, and maintainable data platforms.</li><li>Experience building large-scale streaming architectures using Apache Flink.</li><li>Hands-on experience with Apache Iceberg, ClickHouse, or Trino in production environments.</li><li>Experience implementing CDC pipelines using Debezium or similar technologies.</li><li>Experience using dbt for transformation and analytics engineering workflows.</li><li>Experience with AWS data services such as MSK, S3, Glue, or Kinesis.</li><li>Experience deploying infrastructure using Terraform and Kubernetes.</li><li>Exposure to Machine Learning feature stores or Customer Data Platforms (CDPs).</li><li>Experience working in high-growth technology companies or on-demand marketplace platforms.</li></ul><p></p></section>

<h2 class="h5">Job description</h2> <div class="t-break" data-jb-field="description"> Result of Service<br>ULTIMATE RESULT OF SERVICE · The report prepared should be in Arabic in electronic format. · Minimum report submitted should not be less than 30 pages minimum. · The report must be supported by reliable figures and numbers. · A 2 to 4 pages executive summary of the report. · Final National Open-Source Software Policy, with annexes and an implementation roadmap. The completed parts should be edited and saved in MS-Word (*.docx file) or an alternate compatible format. PDF format will not be accepted. It should include a table of contents to be automatically updated followed by a list of all tables and figures. The various parts should be submitted in electronic form and sent to the email address of the designated focal point. Attention is kindly drawn to the need to ensure that the final draft of the outputs be thoroughly reviewed prior to submission and to indicate the sources of tables and diagrams. References to reports and other substantive material should be clearly indicated within the text and noted at the end. It is also essential to send, with the completed output, photocopies or scans of at least the first page of books, reports and bulletins, used as reference material as well as copies of the pages quoted. The content of the generated document shall be the sole property of ESCWA. The content cannot and must not be presented, discussed or published by the consultant without the express authorization of ESCWA and MoTDE. The consultant shall keep in mind that UN-ESCWA routinely checks all deliverables for plagiarism, using readily available electronic tools. All previously published content, even if written by the selected consultant, must be clearly referenced where required within the text and end-noted at the end of the study. The report submitted by the consultant must not contain quoted and/or previously published text equalling more than 20 per cent of the total number of pages. The consultant shall not publish or announce or reveal the content of the report, partly or entirely, on social media or any other public channel, without ESCWA and MoTDE permission.<br> Work Location<br>Remote<br> Expected duration<br>16 weeks<br> Duties and Responsibilities<br>I. GENERAL SCOPE Open-source software policies provide a strategic framework governing how public institutions assess, procure, use, develop, reuse and share software whose source code can be inspected, modified and redistributed under an appropriate open licence. Their importance for sustainable development extends well beyond the possibility of avoiding licence fees. When properly implemented, such policies can reduce the duplication of public investments, facilitate interoperability among government systems, increase transparency and auditability, enable solutions to be adapted to local languages and needs, and reduce excessive dependence on individual technology suppliers. They can also allow governments, universities, local companies and civil society organizations to collaborate on shared digital solutions, thereby strengthening national technological capabilities, creating opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises and supporting local digital employment. Open-source software solutions are particularly relevant to lower- and middle-income and crisis-affected countries because they can be reused and adapted rather than developed repeatedly from the beginning. The United Nations recognizes open-source software as an important category of digital public goods and calls for greater investment in such goods to advance the Sustainable Development Goals1. In this sense, open-source policies can contribute directly to SDG 9 on innovation and resilient infrastructure, SDG 16 on effective, accountable and inclusive institutions, and SDG 17 on partnerships, while also supporting digital services in health, education, social protection, agriculture and local government. Nevertheless, open-source adoption should not be treated as an automatic or purely cost-saving choice. Effective policies should address total cost of ownership, cybersecurity, software maintenance, licensing compliance, accessibility, data protection, documentation, technical support and long-term community governance. Several governments have institutionalized these principles. The European Commission’s Open Source Software Strategy promotes a “Think Open” approach through which European institutions are encouraged to use, share and contribute to open-source solutions, increase software reuse and strengthen technological control and collaboration across administrations. France has established a dedicated government open-source function, the code.gouv.fr platform and the Socle Interministériel de Logiciels Libres, a reference catalogue of open-source software recommended for use across the public administration. Within the Arab region, Saudi Arabia’s Digital Government Authority published a Free and Open-Source Government Software Strategy and an implementation guideline aimed at improving technology leadership, increasing efficiency in government IT spending, encouraging software and source-code reuse, and supporting the growth of the national digital economy. Egypt has also, since several years, adopted a national strategy supporting free and open-source software, while the Software Engineering Competence Center under the Information Technology Industry Development Agency serves as the government’s focal point for this field. For Palestine, an open-source software policy could become an important instrument for building affordable, resilient and nationally sustainable digital government. In a context of severe fiscal constraints and service-delivery arrangements, the systematic reuse of secure and proven software components could help reduce repeated development and licensing expenditure, while improving interoperability among ministries, municipalities and public institutions. Furthermore, requiring donor-funded digital projects to use open standards, provide adequate documentation and consider publication under suitable open-source licences could improve national ownership and prevent isolated systems from being abandoned after project financing ends. These benefits would require a phased implementation model based on an inventory of existing systems, open and interoperable technical standards, procurement rules that evaluate open-source and proprietary options fairly, security and privacy assessments, capacity-building programmes, and a central open-source programme office or coordination unit responsible for governance, licensing, reuse and sustainable maintenance. The United Nations is involved in enhancing the use of emerging technologies for sustainable development. In September 2024 during the Summit of the Future, world leaders adopted the Pact for the Future and its annexes: the Global Digital Compact (GDC) and Declaration on Future Generations. The GDC4 mandates UN Regional Commissions to provide support to Member States to advance digital transformation. Most recently, the Ministry of Telecoms and Digital Economy (MoTDE) in Palestine requested UN-ESCWA’s assistance to develop the national policy for open source software. The provision of this advisory service is the subject of these terms of reference. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES The consultant shall propose to the designated ESCWA focal point a detailed version of the report outline. The proposed report should include the following sections: (1) Review best regional and international practices on Open-Source software policies, strategies and frameworks (at least 2 international and 2 regional practices); (2) Analyse the different existing policies and frameworks related to digital technologies in Palestine; (3) Review and further develop the draft National Open-Source Software Policy, including its technical annexes on Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and Cloud Computing, ensuring consistency between the main policy and its annexes and alignment with relevant national, regional and international good practices (4) Conduct interviews with the various stakeholders and summarize their remarks and observations, including representatives of public and private sectors to better capture the needs of all segments of society; (5) Suggest a draft policy based on international and regional practices, the background doc and the conducted interviews/meetings; (6) Present the draft policy in a consultative workshop/meeting. (7) Update the policy based on received comments from ESCWA, MoTDE and other stakeholders participating in the workshop. ESCWA promotes gender equality and integration of youth through its publications and therefore the consultant should pay attention, with the help of ESCWA staff, to gender considerations and youth dimension throughout the research work and thereby ensure that the narrative language should be gender sensitive.<br> Qualifications/special skills<br>An advanced university degree in digital technologies, software engineering or a related field is required; a Ph.D. is desirable. All candidates must submit a copy of the required educational degree. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed. At least 10 years of professional experience and research in digital technologies/software engineering is required Demonstrated professional experience in open-source governance and licensing, digital-government architecture, API governance and interoperability, cloud governance and procurement, cybersecurity and data protection is desirable.<br> Languages<br>English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat; and Arabic is a working language of ESCWA. For this position,- Fluency in written and spoken Arabic and English is required. Note: “Fluency” equals a rating of ‘fluent’ in all four areas (speak, read, write, and understand) and “Knowledge of” equals a rating of ‘confident’ in two of the four areas.<br> Additional Information<br>Not available.<br> No Fee<br>THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.<br><br><br> </div>

<h2 class="h5">Job description</h2> <div class="t-break" data-jb-field="description"> <p><strong>Background&nbsp;</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br> Lebanon continues to face complex and overlapping crises, including profound socioeconomic hardship, structural challenges, and the burden of hosting large refugee populations. Women and girls remain disproportionately affected by heightened risks of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and reduced access to essential Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) services.&nbsp;</p><br><p>To respond to these critical needs, UNFPA Lebanon operates across the country in close collaboration with the government, local implementing partners, and key donors. Sustaining and scaling UNFPA’s life-saving interventions requires engaging a wider array of stakeholders. Effective strategic communication, partnership development, and evidence-based advocacy are vital to articulating UNFPA's value proposition, demonstrating impact, and securing the resources necessary to support vulnerable women and girls. To achieve this, UNFPA Lebanon is seeking a qualified National Individual Consultant for Impactful Partnership Communication on a part-time basis for 6 months to drive strategic relationship-building and resource generation across the country office's portfolio.</p><br><p><strong>Scope of work</strong></p><br><p>Working on a over 6 months, the consultant will carry out the following key tasks:</p><br><p>A. Dedicated Mustaqbali Khayari Joint Programme Communication &amp; Visibility Plan&nbsp;</p><br><p>The consultant will be responsible for executing the C&amp;V plan for the joint UNFPA-UNICEF programme funded by the Embassy of Sweden:</p><br><ul> <li>Participatory Branding &amp; Visual Identity: Lead "design brainstorming workshops" with adolescent girls at SDCs to co-create the Mustaqbali Khayari brand identity (logo variations, color palette, icons) ensuring it is integrated alongside official partners and logos.</li> <li>Physical Visibility Materials: Coordinate the design, production, and dissemination of visibility materials to all supported centers, including branded banners and vests for implementing partners.</li> <li>Campaign-Aligned Social Media: Produce at least one high-engagement social media post per quarter (e.g., carousels, custom visuals) aligned with key international dates (March 8, June 19, August 12, October 11, and the 16 Days of Activism). Ensure the donor is tagged/mentioned on all online posts and facilitate pre-clearance approvals with the Embassy of Sweden prior to posting, as well as coordination with UNICEF.&nbsp;</li> <li>Impactful Storytelling (Multimedia): Produce 2 impact videos and 2 written Human Interest Stories (HIS) to highlight the life-changing impact of implemented activities for publication on UNFPA/UNICEF social media channels.</li> <li>Monitoring &amp; Reporting: Track reach, engagement, and sentiment analytics for all content, synthesizing this data into a comprehensive section for outcome-based annual reporting.</li></ul><p>B. Partnership communication strategies</p><br><p>In addition to the Mustaqbali Khayari portfolio, the consultant will manage ongoing visibility and content generation for UNFPA Lebanon's communication strategies for partnerships and donors.</p><br><ul> <li>Facility Visibility &amp; Partner Branding: Coordinate and oversee the installation of branded materials and plaques across supported facilities (PHCs, SDCs, and WGSSs) in Lebanon, ensuring strict adherence to the specific branding and visibility guidelines of selected partners.</li> <li>Weekly Audiovisual Posts: Produce, edit, and publish at least 1 weekly audiovisual post, generating consistent, high-quality content (short video clips, photo stories) that highlights field activities, life-saving outcomes, and donor partnerships.</li> <li>Branding Audit &amp; Quality Control: Conduct regular compliance checks during field visits to ensure logos are correctly displayed across all physical spaces and digital collateral produced by local implementing partners.</li> <li>General Impact Documentation: Support the ongoing documentation of UNFPA’s broader humanitarian response in Lebanon, ethically collecting stories and visuals from the field that demonstrate the direct outcomes of partnerships.&nbsp;</li> <li>Event &amp; Visit Support: Organize and support donor events, high-level field visits, and strategic engagement initiatives aimed at existing, prospective, and individual donors to demonstrate UNFPA’s operational footprint and field-level impact.&nbsp;</li> <li>Briefing &amp; Advocacy Materials: Prepare, package, and disseminate high-quality briefing notes, factsheets, partner profiles, and pitch materials tailored for partner engagement and high-level advocacy meetings.&nbsp;</li> <li>Proposal &amp; Investment Case Support: Draft and refine narrative proposals, concept notes, and return-on-investment briefs for UNFPA's core priorities.&nbsp;</li></ul><p><strong>Duration and working schedule</strong>&nbsp;</p><br><p><u>Duration</u>: 6 months (16 days a month).</p><br><p><u>Timeframe</u>: Month 1 to Month 6&nbsp;</p><br><p><strong>Place where services are to be delivered&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></p><br><p><u>Base</u>: Beirut, Lebanon (UNFPA Lebanon Country Office ).</p><br><p><u>Field Travel</u>: Occasional field visits to supported facilities (PHCs, SDCs, WGSSs) across Lebanon. UNFPA will support transportation (e.g., Tripoli, Akkar, Bekaa, South) for content collection and visibility monitoring.</p><br><p><strong>Delivery dates and how work will be delivered (e.g. electronic, hard copy etc.)&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></p><br><p>All documents will be shared in English and/or Arabic in electronic format by the consultant with UNFPA to be reviewed by the technical team (up to 2 rounds of feedback).</p><br><p>Payments will be disbursed in three (3) tranches based on the endorsement of monthly deliverables:</p><br> <strong>Milestones</strong> <strong>Key Deliverables &amp; Timeframe</strong> <strong>Target Date</strong> <strong>Payment %</strong> <br> Implementation of Phase 1 SIDA visibility plan <p>• Inception report/visibility plan and content calendar.</p><br> <p>• Participatory branding workshops at SDCs completed within 4 weeks from start.</p><br> <p>• Delivery of <strong>8 weekly AV donor posts</strong> (2/month across selected donors</p><br> <p>• Visibility materials distributed to Joint Programme supported centers.</p><br> <p>• 1 donor engagement organized: field visit/briefing</p><br> End of Month 2 <p><strong>(30%)</strong></p><br> <br> <strong>Production of donor communication products&nbsp;</strong> <p>• Delivery of <strong>8 weekly AV donor posts</strong>.</p><br> <p>• <strong>1 written Human Interest Story</strong> + <strong>1 Impact Video</strong> produced.</p><br> <p>• <strong>1 Series Human Interest Story</strong> submitted.</p><br> <p>• 1 donor engagement organized: field visit/briefing</p><br> <ul> <li>1 briefing and advocacy material/report</li> </ul> End of Month 4 <strong>(35%)</strong> <br> <strong>Production of final batch of visibility plan and final monitoring report&nbsp;</strong> <p>• Delivery of <strong>8 weekly AV donor posts</strong> (completing weekly commitment).</p><br> <p>• <strong>1 written Human Interest Story</strong> + <strong>1 Impact Video</strong> produced.</p><br> <p>• Materials produced to feed into the 16 days of Activism.</p><br> <p>• Final Communication Impact &amp; Analytics Report submitted.</p><br> <p>• 1 donor engagement organized: field visit/briefing</p><br> <ul> <li>1 briefing and advocacy material/report</li> </ul> End of Month 6 <strong>(35%)</strong> <br> <p><strong>Monitoring and progress control, including reporting requirements, periodicity format and deadline</strong></p><br><p>Weekly alignment check-ins with the UNFPA Lebanon Communications Specialist and Head of programme on the partnership engagements.</p><br><p><strong>Supervisory arrangements &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></p><br><p>Direct Supervisor is under the UNFPA Lebanon Communications Specialist, with a dotted line to the UNFPA Lebanon Head of Programmes.</p><br><p><strong>Expected travel&nbsp;</strong></p><br><p>Occasionally at field location within Lebanon</p><br><p><strong>Required expertise, qualifications and competencies, including language requirements</strong></p><br><ol> <li>Education&nbsp;</li></ol><p>&nbsp;Master's in Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, Digital Media, or related social sciences.</p><br><p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2. Experience</p><br><ul> <li>Minimum 4 years of experience in impactful communications, multimedia storytelling, and social media management in Lebanon</li> <li>Demonstrated experience working with humanitarian/development donors and adhering to strict donor branding guidelines.</li> <li>Proven track record in video production, photojournalism, and writing human-interest stories.</li> <li> <p>Experience conducting field visits and ethically collecting content from vulnerable populations (GBV survivors, refugees, youth).<br> &nbsp;</p><br> <p>3. Languages</p><br></li></ul><p>&nbsp;Native Arabic speaker with professional fluency in written and spoken English.</p><br><p><strong>Inputs / services to be provided by UNFPA or implementing partner (e.g support services, office space, equipment), if applicable</strong></p><br><p>UNFPA Lebanon Country Office will facilitate access to project implementation locations and beneficiaries, including transportation outside of Beirut.&nbsp;</p><br><p>The consultant will use their personal laptop/computer.&nbsp;</p><br><p><strong>Other relevant information or special conditions, if any</strong></p><br><p>Individual consultants are invited to submit a CV with a sample of impactful communication developed recently. The submission language should be in English.&nbsp;</p><br><p><strong>UNFPA Work Environment:</strong></p><br><p>UNFPA provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality, diversity, integrity and healthy work-life balance. We are committed to ensuring gender parity in the organization and therefore encourage women to apply. Individuals from the LGBTQIA+ community, minority ethnic groups, indigenous populations, persons with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups are highly encouraged to apply. Reasonable accommodation may be provided to applicants with disabilities upon request, to support their participation in the recruitment process. UNFPA promotes equal opportunities in terms of appointment, training, compensation and selection for all regardless of personal characteristics and dimensions of diversity. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is at the heart of UNFPA's workforce - click&nbsp;here&nbsp;to learn more.</p><br><p><strong>Disclaimer:</strong></p><br><p>Selection and appointment may be subject to background and reference checks, medical clearance, visa issuance and other administrative requirements.&nbsp;</p><br><p>UNFPA does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process and does not concern itself with information on applicants' bank accounts.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Applicants for positions in the international Professional and higher categories, who hold permanent resident status in a country other than their country of nationality, may be required to renounce such status upon their appointment.</p><br><br> </div>

<h2 class="h5">Job description</h2> <div class="t-break" data-jb-field="description"> Result of Service<br>The consultant is expected to deliver the following outputs: • Inception note and detailed workplan for version 1 of ADA 2.0 development; • Review and provide feedback on the progressively evolving editions of the ADDR as regional baselines; • Successive Iterations/Drafts of version 1 of ADA 2.0, including the Provisional Progress Report and the Provisional Proposed Architecture to member countries. • Executive summary in English; • PowerPoint presentations and briefing materials; • Consolidated bibliography and references database. The completed document shall: • Be submitted in editable MS Word format (*.docx); • Include automatically generated table of contents, list of tables, and figures; • Be thoroughly proofread and referenced; • Respect ESCWA publication and anti-plagiarism requirements. The content of all outputs shall remain the sole property of ESCWA.<br> Work Location<br>Remote<br> Expected duration<br>6 months<br> Duties and Responsibilities<br>Background The Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) launched the Advancing Digital Cooperation and Development – Arab States Action Programme (ADCD-ASAP) in 2020 to support Arab countries in harnessing digital technologies for sustainable development and accelerating the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The programme aims, among others, to strengthen regional and national digital policy frameworks, promote digital cooperation, and support evidence-based digital development strategies across the Arab region. Within this framework, and under the auspices of the Arab Telecom and Information Technology Council of Ministers (ATICM), and its resolution in December 2020, ESCWA and the League of Arab States (LAS) jointly established a joint project to Develop, Deploy and Constantly Upgrade the Arab ICT Strategy for the region, in the form of an Arab Digital Agenda as strategic living instrument for 10 years. The ADA is not an outcome, it is a journey of constant growth that is meant to cope with any future developments in the technology and related policies; to induce action at different fronts in all facets of technology, through it mechanism and through partnerships with UN bodies and Arab bodies; and to advance progress at member states level that can be measured and monitored. Accordingly, ESCWA and LAS worked with Member States, to co-develop, the Arab Digital Agenda/ICT Strategy (ADA 1.0 / ADAICTS), which serves as a regional strategic vision, compass and action-framework guiding Arab digital development efforts and supporting national digital development agendas, in all digital development areas. The process of co-developing by ESCWA and Member States of the first edition of the ADA took place during 2021-2022, through successive iterations and engagements, with Member States (through the ADA’s Core Research and Technical Cooperation Mechanism (CRTCM), the ADA’s Joint Technical Committee (JTC), the LAS Arab Working Group on Arab ICT Strategy, the LAS Arab Permanent Committee on ICTs, the LAS Arab Executive Bureau all the way up to the Council of Minsters; leading to the adoption of the final version of the 1st edition of the Arab Digital Agenda 2023-2033, by the ATICM on 23 January 2023 and by Arab ECOSOC in 9 February 2023, and by heads of States in 19 May 2023; with the promise of supporting its deployment and the expectation of constant update of the agenda and constant monitoring of member states progress in achieving its goals and targets using the agreed-upon instruments. The first milestone for all of the above will be towards the end of 2027. Overall Timeframes, Milestone and Nature of ADA 2.0 Building on the above, and under the umbrella of the ATICM, ESCWA and LAS are launching the process of co-developing with Member States the Second Edition of the Arab Digital Agenda (ADA 2.0); which is planned to be co-produced during the period of 2026-2027, with a target goal of adopting the second edition of the Arab Digital Agenda in its final form during the ATICM meeting of December 2027/January 2028. Accordingly, and based on the established work modalities, the first version of ADA 2.0 will need to be presented to the ATICM meeting scheduled for December 2026/January 2027. Towards this end, ESCWA is managing, during the second half of 2026, the first phase of ADA 2.0 sub-project to prepare for submitting the first version of the ADA2.0 to the respective LAS Arab Working Group on Arab ICT Strategy that is scheduled to be convened during November/December 2026, and subsequently to the LAS Arab Permanent Committee on ICTs, the LAS Arab Executive Bureau all the way up to the Council of Ministers during December 2026/January 2027. The envisaged ADA2.0 - as a comprehensive regional strategic framework and policy blueprint for digital development in the Arab region over the coming decade, aligned with international and regional digital cooperation priorities - is scheduled for the end of 2027 is planned to have two perspectives: 1-First, looking backward As part of its monitoring role, ADA2.0 will result a report on the progress of member countries in achieving the goals and targets of the ADA during the period between December 2022 and December 2027, namely the “Provisional Progress Report”,, marking the progress in the elapsing five years on the basic scope of ADA1.0, and will be finalized by the end of December 2027. As such, the work during 2026 along this perspective is specifically planned to result in a provisional version of this progress report (in four years only). During 2027, it will be updated in terms of value to reflect the five years; and more importantly, it will also be radically expanded in terms of scope during 2027, as per the second perspective below, producing the first baseline for the expanded scope. Hence, work on this perspective during the second half of 2026 is expected to produce around one third of the final report planned for end of 2027. The rest will be during 2027 benefiting from feedback from the Ministerial Council meeting of December 2026/January 2027. The work on this perspective will be supported by the ongoing third round of the National Digital Development Reviews (NDDRs 3.0), which will be reflected in the the Arab Digital Development Report (ADDR 3.0) that will accompany the ADA2.0 as it accompaniment flagship by the end of 2027. 2-Second, looking forward As part of its future orientation, strategizing and constant update role, ADA2.0 will: a. adapt to be in synch with the latest global mandates inscribed in the latest UNGA Resolution 80/173 of December 2025, and the preceding Global Digital Compact 2024. b. introduce an updated architecture for the basic scope of ADA 1.0 - defined by the 85 Goals, the 69 Targets and the 85 indicators (defined in the first edition of the ADA) c. expand the scope of the original ADA framework to address frontier, emerging and strategic policy areas shaping digital development globally and regionally. ADA2.0 will specifically witness an expanded scope that contains new thematic dimensions and indicators related to: • Artificial Intelligence (AI); • Emerging technologies; • Peaceful uses of outer space and geospatial technologies; • Environmental sustainability and green digital transformation; • Digital postal services and postal sector transformation. d. introduce a new architecture defining the goals and targets of the expanded scope in terms of additional Goals, Targets and indicators (in addition to the existing basic scope defined by the existing five-cluster ESCWA conceptual framework for digital development, which stands as the DNA of the whole process). These updates and expansions are based on the updated Guiding Manuals (GM 2.5)/(GM 3.0), as the common methodological framework underpinning the NDDRs, ADDR and ADA processes; and the Digital Development- Measurement and Monitoring Model (DD-MMM 1.5)/(DD-MMM 2.0), as the common framework for measurement, monitoring and assessment of digital development progress. The associated ESCWA newly produced addendums, developed by ESCWA in consultation with member countries and regional stakeholders during 2025-2026, are currently guiding the process of digital development reviews at national and regional levels during 2026-2027 and are considered an integral part of the envisaged ADA2.0. Hence, the work during 2026 along this perspective is specifically planned to result in a provisional version of the proposed new architecture to member countries, namely the “Provisional Proposed Architecture”, regarding the following aspects that will need to be worked on during 2027:  the new architecture of the expanded scope and the newly introduced addendums, in terms of Goals, Targets and Indicators;  the positioning of the new architecture of the addendums, vis-à-vis the existing architecture of the basic scope.  the sustainability of the Digital Development indicators observatories at the national level.  the periodicity of the next milestones for monitoring progress.  advancing partnerships and alliances between ADA and the partners of various thematic subprogrammes. Hence, work on this perspective during the second half of 2026 is expected to produce around one third of the final version of ADA 2.0 planned for end of 2027. The rest will be during 2027 benefiting from feedback from the Ministerial Council meeting of December 2026/January 2027. Purpose and Objectives of this assignment In summary, the consultancy subject to this assignment aims to support ESCWA and LAS in producing the first version of ADA 2.0, within the following contexts: • The NDDRs 3.0, ADDR 3.0 and ADA 2.0 processes constitute three interlinked components of a single regional policy cycle. o NDDRs 3.0 provides the national evidence base, o ADDR 3.0 provides the regional analytical synthesis, and o ADA 2.0 translates these findings into a regional strategic framework and implementation roadmap for digital development and digital cooperation in the Arab region. • This process is further anchored in United Nations General Assembly resolution 80/173 on the WSIS+20 review, which reaffirms the role of the United Nations regional commissions as regional mechanisms for implementation and follow-up of WSIS outcomes and calls for scaling up policy guidance, technical assistance, capacity-building and partnerships in support of digital development. • ADA 2.0 constitutes the regional strategic policy framework through which Arab countries will operationalize regional commitments related to WSIS+20, the Global Digital Compact, the Pact for the Future, Arab Vision 2045 and the Arab Digital Agenda 2023–2033, while contributing to the implementation of Arab Vision 2045 through digital development, digital cooperation and digital transformation pathways. The main objective of this consultancy is to support ESCWA and LAS in the preparation, drafting, and refinement of the first version of ADA 2.0, building on: • ADA 1.0 outcomes and lessons learned; • Findings emerging from NDDRs 3.0 and ADDR 3.0; • Capacity Building programme for National Focal Points intended for July 2026 • The additional five addendums of the expanded scope of the Conceptual Model • The updated Guiding Manual (GM 2.5 / GM 3.0), as the common methodological framework underpinning the NDDRs, ADDR and ADA processes; and the Digital Development - Measurement and Monitoring Model (DD-MMM 1.5 / 2.0), as the common framework for measurement, monitoring and assessment of digital development progress; and their associated addendums; • Contributions from Arab countries, regional organizations, UN agencies, and technical experts. The consultant shall contribute to the development of successive iterations of version 1 of ADA 2.0, including its strategic framework, implementation approach, monitoring framework, and regional cooperation dimensions, with explicit attention to digital cooperation, digital governance, digital diplomacy, the formulation of regional positions in global digital processes, and multistakeholder engagement modalities. Duties and Responsibilities Under overall guidance and supervision of Chief of ESCWA ICT Policies Section, and Programme Lead of the ADA, and in close collaboration with the Programme Management Officer and ESCWA substantive focal point for this consultancy, the consultant will conduct the following tasks: Strategic and Substantive Work a) Review ADA 1.0, related ESCWA/LAS documentation, NDDRs 3.0 findings, ADDR 3.0 preliminary outputs, and relevant international and regional digital policy frameworks, including WSIS+20, the Global Digital Compact, the Pact for the Future, United Nations General Assembly Resolution A/RES/80/173, Arab Vision 2045 and the Arab Digital Agenda 2023–2033. b) Review the updated Guiding Manual (GM 2.5 / GM 3.0), as the common methodological framework underpinning the NDDRs, ADDR and ADA processes; and the Digital Development- Measurement and Monitoring Model (DD-MMM 1.5 / 2.0), as the common framework for measurement, monitoring and assessment of digital development progress; and the related addendums. c) Support the development of baselines, comparative analysis, and synthesis of findings emerging from NDDRs 3.0 and ADDR 3.0 during the early phases of the assignment, to inform the strategic priorities, indicators, implementation approach, and monitoring framework of ADA 2.0. d) Coordinate and undertake the substantive formulation and structuring of version 1 of ADA 2.0, including the development and refinement of its successive iterations, strategic priorities, objectives, and implementation components. e) Integrate and mainstream emerging and cross-sectoral priorities within version 1 of ADA 2.0 to ensure its relevance and responsiveness to evolving regional and global digital development trends, including those related to the addendums: • Artificial Intelligence; • Emerging technologies; • Peaceful use of outer space and geospatial technologies; • Environmental sustainability and green digital transformation; • Role of postal sector in digital development/Digital postal services. f) Ensure alignment between version 1 of ADA 2.0, NDDRs 3.0, and ADDR 3.0 findings, and the progressively evolving regional baselines, including corresponding goals, targets, indicators, and actions. g) Contribute to the refinement of strategic priorities, implementation pillars, action plans, indicators, monitoring frameworks, and regional cooperation mechanisms. h) Ensure that ADA 2.0 monitoring framework builds upon the Digital Development - Measurement and Monitoring Model (DD-MMM 2.0), including baselines values, indicators definitions, measurement approaches and reporting modalities while maintaining consistency with relevant NDDRs 3.0 and ADDR 3.0 indicators and findings. i) Review and update strategic content related to digital governance, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, financing mechanisms, institutional coordination, digital cooperation and digital diplomacy. Research j) Undertake desk research, policy analysis, benchmarking exercises, and literature reviews related to regional and international digital agendas and technology governance. k) Maintain a comprehensive bibliography and reference database. l) Coordinate closely with the ESCWA consultant and the team working on the development of the ADDR3.0 and GM3.0 to ensure alignment and consistency of findings, indicators, baselines and regional digital development narratives, as well as with designated national consultants, national focal points, LAS Arab Working Groups, and relevant regional mechanisms, including the Digital Cooperation and Development Forum (DCDF), the Arab Internet Governance Forum (Arab IGF), the Arab High-Level Forum on WSIS and the 2030 Agenda (Arab WSIS Forum), as well as relevant regional and international organizations, as needed. m) Compile and harmonize contributions received from Arab countries and participating organizations. n) Participate in and contribute substantively to technical meetings, workshops, consultations, expert group meetings, policy deliberations and multi-stakeholder engagement processes related to version 1 of ADA 2.0. o) Support regional consultations, policy dialogue processes, expert meetings and consensus-building activities related to digital development, digital cooperation and emerging digital policy issues. p) Analyze and integrate outcomes emerging from relevant regional and global digital governance, digital cooperation, and digital development processes, including their implications for ADA 2.0 priorities, regional cooperation mechanisms, and implementation pathways. q) Support joint technical coordination among ADA 2.0, ADDR 3.0 and NDDRs 3.0 workstreams to align the emerging regional baseline with ADA goals, targets, indicators and actions. Drafting and Consultation Process r) Prepare and revise successive iterations of version 1 of ADA 2.0 based on ESCWA, LAS, and stakeholders feedback. s) Contribute to the development of presentation materials, executive summaries, and briefing notes. t) Ensure that version 1 of ADA 2.0 incorporates gender equality, youth empowerment, inclusion of persons with disabilities, and inclusive digital development principles in line with ESCWA publication standards. u) Ensure that all outputs are evidence-based, properly referenced, and aligned with ESCWA editorial and publication standards.<br> Qualifications/special skills<br>Master's degree in ICT, digital development, public policy, international development, or related fields is required. All candidates must submit a copy of the required educational degree. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed. At least 15 years of professional experience in ICT for development, digital transformation, digital policies and strategies, Internet governance, or related areas is required. Experience in digital governance, digital cooperation, Internet governance, AI governance and multilateral digital policy processes is required. Proven experience in drafting regional digital agendas, ICT strategies, or digital development reports is required. Extensive knowledge of digital development issues in the Arab region is required. Demonstrated experience working with international and regional organizations is required. Familiarity with ESCWA digital development work, including ADA, NDDRs, and ADDR processes, is desirable.<br> Languages<br>English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat; and Arabic is a working language of ESCWA. For this position, fluency in written and spoken Arabic and English is required. Note: “Fluency” equals a rating of ‘fluent’ in all four areas (speak, read, write, and understand) and “Knowledge of” equals a rating of ‘confident’ in two of the four areas.<br> Additional Information<br>Not available.<br> No Fee<br>THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.<br><br><br> </div>

<h2 class="h5">Job description</h2> <div class="t-break" data-jb-field="description"> Org. Setting and Reporting<br>UNRWA is a United Nations agency established by the General Assembly in 1949 and is mandated to provide assistance and protection to a population of some 5.8 million registered Palestine refugees. Its mission is to help Palestine refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, West Bank and the Gaza Strip to achieve their full potential in human development, pending a just solution to their plight. UNRWA's services encompass education, health care, relief and social services, camp infrastructure and improvement, microfinance, and emergency assistance. UNRWA is the largest UN operation in the Middle East with more than 30,000 staff. UNRWA is funded almost entirely by voluntary contributions. If you are looking for a rewarding opportunity to make a tangible difference for one of the most vulnerable communities in the world, UNRWA would like to hear from you. The incumbent of this post reports to the Chief, Field Health Programme The incumbent of this post provides direct supervision to a number of professional and general services staff members.<br> Responsibilities<br>Advises and assists the Chief Field Health Programme in planning, programme development, management and supervision of all health programme activities, makes recommendations and proposals to improve the quality of health programme as well as organizational efficiency and effectiveness. Is responsible for coordination, integration and oversight of technical functions of Division Heads reporting to him/her and for the day-to-day administration of the Field Health Programme; provides technical guidance to ensure and supervises the effective implementation of the Technical Instructions; and finalizes all Health Programme reports. Is directly responsible for the implementation, supervision and evaluation of the Medical Care Services in the Field including general clinic services, medical and pharmacological supply operations, oral health services, laboratory services, hospital and other referral services; physical rehabilitation and radiology services as applicable; plans and directs in-service training for all health staff assigned to the Medical Care Services Division; ensure medical supply and equipment operations are properly managed at the health centres; Manages the budget preparation of the Field Health Programme; coordinates with HR for all related staffing issues including, but not limited to, finalization of staff medical boards before submitting to Chief Field Health Programme. Directs the implementation and management of all assigned projects in the HP through continuous and direct coordination with the Programme Support Office, Project Team, and other departments/offices as may be required. contributes to identifying areas of improvements for health projects through liaison with the Projects Office and other support. Maintains good working relations with concerned officials in governmental, non-governmental and subsidized or contracted health institutions for co-ordination of services and activities. Performs such other duties as may be assigned which includes acting for the Chief, Field Health Programme in the latter's absence.<br> Competencies<br>UN Core Values of Integrity, Professionalism and Respect for Diversity, and Core Competencies of Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results apply by default. Persuading and Influencing Delivering Results Leading and Supervising Creating and Maintaining Impact and Partnership Planning and Organizing Relating and Networking Applying Technical Expertise Demonstrated ability to organize and implement training programmes and to develop staff, transfer knowledge and take initiative.<br> Education<br>Master’s degree in public health. A university degree from an accredited educational institution in medicine including an internship of at least twelve-month duration. A license to practice medicine in the country of duty station.<br> Job - Specific Qualification<br>Not available.<br> Work Experience<br>At least eight years of progressively responsible relevant professional working experience in a public health administration, is required of which at least three years should have been in a supervisory health position, is required. Applicants are required to mention if they have close relative(s) in UNRWA (mother, father, daughter, son, sister brother), please provide full name(s) and relationship. If applicable, please provide further details below. Applicants are required to mention if they are a Palestine refugee. If yes, please provide you Registration Card Number Candidates are required to make a declaration as to whether they have any current or past affiliations with non-governmental organisations, academic institutions, political organisations, military, or have/are engaged in activities or have made any public statements, that could be seen to impact their neutrality, objectivity or independence in the performance of their duties for the UN / UNRWA. Any declaration will not necessarily disqualify candidates from consideration for this post. Indicate your current involvement in any outside activities, as it is required. Including but not limited to employment, independent contractor/freelance consultant, board member (corporate, academic, etc), expert group, lobby, public speaking/writing (article, book, blog, social media etc), teaching, conferences, training, press statement, voluntary work, political activity, fundraising/donation for non-UNRWA entity, running for public office, role in political party or orgs, owning business, work for gov./NGO/private company/charity, UNRWA partner/vendor, full/part-time, paid or not. A “yes” answer doesn’t necessarily lead to exclusion from future work at UNRWA, yet misrepresentation in providing accurate/complete info can lead to disqualification/termination of appointment, if hired.<br> Languages<br>English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this job opening, English <b>and</b> Arabic are required. The table below shows the minimum required level for each skill in these languages, according to the UN Language Framework (please consult https://languages.un.org for details).<br> .headtable { font-family: arial, sans-serif; border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; border: 1px solid gray; border-radius: 10px; overflow: hidden; } .headTitle { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; /*color: rgb(65, 98, 145);*/ color:black; } .headtable tr td, .headtable tr th { text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding: 6px; } .headtable th{ background-color: #F4F4F4; color: #002d62; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding: 12px; border-right: 1px solid #ccc; } .headtable td { text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; background-color: white; border-top: 1px solid #ccc; border-right: 1px solid #ccc; } .headtable th:last-child, .headtable td:last-child { border-right: none; } .headtable tr:last-child td { border-bottom: none; } .rounded-table-wrapper { border-radius: 12px; border: 1px solid #ccc; overflow: hidden; } Required LanguagesLanguageReadingWritingListeningSpeaking<br><b>English</b>UN Level IIUN Level IIUN Level IIUN Level II<br><b>Arabic</b>UN Level IUN Level IUN Level IUN Level I<br> <br> Assessment<br>Evaluation of qualified candidates may include an assessment exercise which may be followed by competency-based interview.<br> Special Notice<br>Type of Contract: Fixed Term Appointment Contract Type: Fixed Term Appointment for 1 year; including 1 year probation period, with the possibility of further extension, subject to the availability of funds, satisfactory performance, and continuing need. Grade and Salary: HL10 the monthly salary will start from USD 2,934.27 (Monthly Salary 2,515.7 + Special Occupational Allowance 10% of basic salary amounting to USD 251.57 + Supplementary Allowance USD 167). The salary may be subject to a reduced work schedule. Other benefits: Other benefits include monthly Provident Fund contribution (15.4% of basic salary paid by the Agency), compulsory medical insurance, 30 days of annual leave, and dependency allowance (if applicable). Additional benefits: 2 days of sick leave for each completed month of service; 14 weeks of Maternity Leave; 2 weeks paternity leave. The incumbent may be required to travel in the Agency's area of operations. This vacancy notice is open to Internal and External candidates. Only candidates residing in Lebanon, and within commuting distance of the duty station with authorization to work in the duty station at the time of application are eligible to apply. UNRWA is committed to achieving gender balance in its workforce. Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. The Agency will not assume responsibility or accountability to support or facilitate the issuance of work permit in Lebanon, and without a valid work permit, the appointment may be rescinded. Preference will be given to registered Palestine refugees and candidates assisting the Agency to meet its commitment to gender parity. UNRWA welcomes applications from qualified candidates with disabilities. A roster may be created from the selection exercise, and successful candidates may become eligible for appointment to the same post or a similar post in the future should suitable vacancies become available, Only applications that have been fully completed in UNRWA's online e-recruitment system inspira will be considered and no late applications will be accepted. The PHP should be completed with full relevant work experience under the experience tabs as per the requirements in the Job Opening. All acquired university degrees must also be stated, if applicable. Applicants applying to positions for Grades 12 to 20 or LDC Bands E to H must submit a cover letter/motivational statement in order to be considered. Additionally, providing incorrect or misleading information on an application will result in the immediate disqualification of a candidate. For UNRWA internal staff, they are required to specify and include their current UNRWA grade level. To do so applicants should select under "Category" RLG, scroll down to see all categories, then select their local grade. Please find below the link to a video that guides applicants on how to apply to Job Openings that approach you for guidance: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MH-YA6Y8kxA1fgao5qyTV8VwNajgx4u/view Equivalency: Equivalency may apply for this post. NB: Work experience alone or formal qualifications with no relevant work experience are not considered an acceptable combination. Desirable qualification: PhD in Public Health Advertisements published only in English will only accept applications in English, and Arabic submissions will not be considered. Additional information: Is required to travel frequently in the Field in the performance of the required duties. A driving license in the country of the duty station. . The Agency may disqualify applicants whose name appears on the UN Sanctions List or a UN database of staff separated for reason of misconduct or of staff who separated whilst misconduct processes were pending. UNRWA shares investigation and misconduct information with other UN Agencies, and past and prospective employers, about staff members who have been separated for misconduct, or who have separated whilst an investigation and/or disciplinary process for misconduct is underway; and such persons may be prohibited from employment with the United Nations. The Agency will immediately disqualify applicants who are ineligible for any reason in accordance with the Agency regulatory framework. UNRWA is funded almost entirely by voluntary contributions from UN member states, regional bodies, business foundations and individual contributions. The mission of UNRWA is to help Palestine refugees achieve their full potential in human development under the difficult circumstances in which they live. We are pleased to announce that applications for internship/volunteer assignments are now open. We invite all interested individuals to submit their applications through the following link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeXdiVz61BAUCSXAnx9Bn0y0erblqKBt7xia_YM3M167nIBGw/viewform?usp=sf_link. For more details on UNRWA, please visit: https://www.unrwa.org/<br> United Nations Considerations<br>Staff members are subject to the authority of the Commissioner-General of UNRWA and to assignment by him or her. UNRWA is committed to achieving gender parity at all levels of staffing under the current UN-wide gender agenda and strongly encourages applications from qualified applicants from under-represented groups. At UNRWA, the paramount consideration in the recruitment and employment of staff is the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence and integrity, with due regard to geographic diversity. All employment decisions are made on the basis of qualifications and organizational needs. UNRWA is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. Reasonable accommodation for applicants with disabilities may be provided to support participation in the recruitment process when requested and indicated in the application. UNRWA Considerations UNRWA staff are expected to uphold the highest standards of efficiency, competence, neutrality, impartiality and integrity. This includes respect for and commitment to human rights, diversity and non-violent means of dealing with all kinds of conflict. Only persons who fully and unconditionally commit to these values should consider applying for UNRWA jobs. Candidates will not be considered for employment with UNRWA if they have committed violations of international human rights law, violations of international humanitarian law, sexual exploitation, sexual abuse, or sexual harassment, or if there are reasonable grounds to believe that they have been involved in the commission of any of these acts. Candidates who have committed crimes other than minor traffic offences may not be considered for employment. The Agency may disqualify applicants who have separated for reason of misconduct, who left a UN Agency while misconduct processes were pending, or who appear on the UN Sanctions List. UNRWA is a non-smoking work environment. Applicants are urged to follow carefully all instructions available in the online recruitment platform, inspira. For more detailed guidance, applicants may refer to the Manual for the Applicant, which can be accessed by clicking on “Manuals” hyper-link on the upper right side of the inspira account-holder homepage. The evaluation of applicants will be conducted on the basis of the information submitted in the application according to the evaluation criteria of the job opening and the applicable internal legislations of the United Nations including the Charter of the United Nations, resolutions of the General Assembly, the Staff Regulations and Rules, administrative issuances and guidelines. Applicants must provide complete and accurate information pertaining to their personal profile and qualifications according to the instructions provided in inspira to be considered for the current job opening. No amendment, addition, deletion, revision or modification shall be made to applications that have been submitted. Candidates under serious consideration for selection will be subject to reference checks to verify the information provided in the application. Job openings advertised on the Careers Portal will be removed at 11:59 p.m. (New York time) on the deadline date.<br> No Fee<br>THE UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES IN THE NEAR EAST (UNRWA) DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE OR REQUEST MONEY FROM CANDIDATES AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT AND ONBOARDING PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING, ONBOARDING). UNRWA DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.<br><br> </div>