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<h2 class="h5">Job description</h2> <div class="t-break" data-jb-field="description"> Result of Service<br>The consultant is expected to deliver data collection tools including questionnaires and guides and tabulation of data collected, literature review reports, concepts notes for knowledge products and meetings and workshops, sections/chapters of studies, write-ups on specific issues, and presentations.<br> Work Location<br>UN House-ESCWA / Hybrid<br> Expected duration<br>4 months<br> Duties and Responsibilities<br>Background Despite strong momentum towards gender equality and considerable achievements in women’s empowerment, the Arab region continues to register one of the largest gender gaps. Arab women still lag behind in terms of political participation, labour force participation, equality and sex-based discrimination. In 2025, women’s labour force participation was 19 per cent in the Arab States, less than half the global average of 49 per cent, making it the lowest rate worldwide. Various factors can be attributed to the low economic participation of women in the Arab region, most important of which are the high involvement of women in unpaid care work and their weak involvement in entrepreneurship. In the Arab States, women carry out 80 to 90 percent of all unpaid care tasks and spend an average of 4.7 times more time than men on unpaid care tasks. If women continue to bear the brunt of unpaid care work, there is a serious risk that gender gaps widen and hard-won achievements in women’s socioeconomic empowerment are reversed. Addressing the available policies and legal frameworks is thus crucial to promote women’s economic empowerment in the region and build the resilience of women to future shocks. ESCWA supports its member States in promoting gender equality and the advancement of women at the legislative, policy and programmatic levels through the translation of global normative frameworks into region-specific actions within the areas of gender justice and the law, women, peace and security, women economic empowerment, care economy, and gender mainstreaming in national institutions. ESCWA supports member States in their efforts to reform care-related policies and develop new ones to promote women’s economic empowerment. Within the care economy workstream, ESCWA is currently working with Lebanon, Oman, Morocco and Tunisia, following an approach comprising the preparation of knowledge products and organization of capacity building workshops. ESCWA also supports several countries including Iraq, Lebanon, Mauritania and Morocco to strengthen gender mainstreaming in national institutions. Furthermore, ESCWA develops training packages and contributes to capacity-building efforts to transform knowledge, good practices and related skills into innovative online and in-person awareness-raising sessions and training programmes to support countries in developing national strategies, policies and action plans relevant to implementing and reviewing global commitments, including those under CEDAW and the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. Objective and methodology ESCWA seeks to hire a consultant to provide input and contributions to support the successful completion of several gender equality related outputs including: • National case studies mainly on unpaid care work and care economy; • National technical requests related to the advancement of gender equality; • National dialogues and meetings as well as capacity building workshops targeting various governmental entities in Arab States to support the reforms and development of policies; • Papers and knowledge products to explore concepts related to women’s economic empowerment in the region, gendered perspectives in recovery and reconstruction, and other women and gender-related concepts; • Regional meetings, consultations, and capacity building workshops to exchange experience and knowledge, disseminate the results and findings of prepared knowledge products and advocate for needed legal and policy reforms. Tasks and responsibilities The consultant will be responsible for the following tasks: - Desk review: Undertake necessary research and desk reviews on topics related to gender equality and women empowerment as required for the development and finalization of the gender equality related outputs; - Prepare necessary data collection tools including questionnaires for surveys and guides for interviews and focus groups; - Undertake analysis of data and other inputs; - Draft inputs following the set outlines for various outputs; - Prepare required inputs for the preparation and organization of meetings with relevant stakeholders. Supervision: The consultant will work under the direct supervision of Ms. Rouba ARJA, the Social Affairs Officer responsible for the women’s economic empowerment project, and the overall guidance of the Gender Justice, Population and Inclusive Development cluster leader.<br> Qualifications/special skills<br>A master's degree in social or economic or gender or anthropology studies or studies in related areas 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 work experience in socio-economic issues is required. Experience in preparing and reviewing publications or reports is required. Experience in working in the Arab region is required. Experience in working on gender issues and women’s economic empowerment is required Experience in working with government entities 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 English and Arabic is required. Fluency in French 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"> <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>\n<p><strong>Reports to:<\/strong> Executive Assistant<br>\n<strong>Location:<\/strong> Remote (International)<br>\n<strong>Compensation:<\/strong> $500 \u2013 $750\/month<br>\n<strong>Level:<\/strong> Entry-level<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Please read this full job post before you apply:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Do you thrive on solving problems and figuring out the possible... and impossible?<br>\nDo you like to research tried and true solutions on the web and then adapt those solutions to make anything you do more optimal, efficient, and doable?<br>\nYou'll read web pages, books, watch videos... whatever it takes... to gain what you need to quickly solve a problem. Every day.<br>\nThat's just who you are and how you get stuff done.<br>\nThen this might be the perfect position for you.<\/p>\n\n<h4>Role<\/h4>\n<p>We are hiring a Virtual Admin Assistant to support our EA & Talent Acquisition Lead as a direct proxy. This is a high-trust, high-accountability support role. You will be plugged into the operational backbone of a fast-moving agency and expected to learn quickly, execute reliably, and grow into broader ownership over time.<\/p>\n<p>This role sits at the intersection of Executive Operations, HR & Talent Acquisition, Finance Administration, and Property Management. Your goal over 90 days is to absorb every task and process so that you can handle them independently \u2014 freeing the EA to lead on CEO strategy and Talent Acquisition.<\/p>\n\n<h4>Responsibilities<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Executive & Administrative Operations<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Manage G-Drive: organize folders, name documents correctly, maintain version control<\/li>\n<li>Update and maintain the Asana Operations Task Board \u2014 keeping all tasks current, correctly categorized, and properly assigned<\/li>\n<li>Coordinate system access: set up and revoke tool access (Fathom, ClickFunnels, QuickBooks, etc.) as directed<\/li>\n<li>Handle QuickBooks Online admin tasks: send documents to Unloop, organize financial records, basic data entry<\/li>\n<li>Insurance admin: tracking renewals, coordinating paperwork, flagging upcoming deadlines<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><strong>Finance & Data<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Calculate and track the CEO's time burn rate by category based on calendar and briefing data<\/li>\n<li>Build and maintain Google Sheets trackers for financial tracking, expense logging, and reporting<\/li>\n<li>Support coordination: scheduling, note-taking, task follow-up with external stakeholders<\/li>\n<li>Assist with bank account reconciliation tracking and flagging discrepancies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><strong>HR & Talent Acquisition Support<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Filter and screen resumes in Workable: move candidates through stages, apply the Priority Funnel, flag qualified applicants<\/li>\n<li>Conduct phone screens when the EA is unavailable \u2014 following scripted criteria and submitting written evaluations<\/li>\n<li>Maintain and update the weekly TA reporting tracker: Time to Hire, Cost per Hire, Pipeline Health scores<\/li>\n<li>Help run MVP calls: prep notes, send follow-ups, log outcomes in Asana<\/li>\n<li>Coordinate with hiring managers: send interview links, schedule WHO interviews, follow up on feedback<\/li>\n<li>Support onboarding and offboarding logistics: send system access checklists, track form completion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><strong>Property Management Support<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Track rental income and flag any delinquencies within 48 hours<\/li>\n<li>Coordinate with third-party vendors (landscapers, contractors, plumbers): get quotes, schedule visits, confirm completion<\/li>\n<li>Log all maintenance expenses in Stessa with receipts within 48 hours of purchase<\/li>\n<li>Monitor utility bills across all 4 properties and flag upcoming due dates 7 days in advance<\/li>\n<li>Assist with property documentation: refinancing paperwork, insurance coordination, lease renewals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>Who Are We?<\/h4>\n<p>Client Accelerators is the \"go to\" company for coaches, consultants, experts, and authors who want to achieve sustained growth through paid acquisition channels like YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, and Google.<\/p>\n<p>We were the 207th fastest growing company on the Inc 5000 list last year, and have had record growth for an advertising agency, growing an incredible 2,574% over the past 3 years.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve been able to have this record growth because of the incredible results we\u2019ve been able to get for our clients, which has allowed us to speak on stages all over the world on our strategies and tactics to doubling, tripling or even 10x their profits by working with us.<\/p>\n<p>We take a hands-on approach to growing each client we bring in by scripting all of their creatives, video production, tracking, and running their ads on these channels to hit agreed upon targets.<\/p>\n<p>Our proven approach has allowed us to spend over $150 million and generate over $300 million in verified sales in the past 5 years. Currently, our company is focused on founder-led businesses across the e-learning, SaaS, and service-based internet space.<\/p>\n<p>We believe great people are at the center of every successful business. Employees are provided a full suite of benefits, including competitive compensation, healthcare, unlimited paid time off, and access to world-class training material.<\/p>\n<p>What makes Client Accelerators so different? For one, our founder, Mike Buontempo, is a consultant himself, who has been consulting with different companies and entrepreneurs for the past 13 years.<\/p>\n<p>Our vision is to attract and hire the very best people to help our clients grow profitably and systematically through paid media.<\/p>\n\n<h4>Client Accelerators Core Values<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>We are problem solvers: If you spot a problem in our company or a client\u2019s company, provide a solution. There are millions of problems, and not as many problem solvers, be the solution.<\/li>\n<li>Open Source Code: We share what\u2019s working with everyone.<\/li>\n<li>Empty The Bucket: Picture this, if you just spent two hours cleaning your car, you put all of the cleaning materials away, but you notice you missed a spot. What do you do? You go back, get everything back out, and complete the job to perfection.<\/li>\n<li>We\u2019re a \u201cTEAM\u201d not a family: Leaders at CA hire, develop, and cut smartly, so we have superstars at every position.<\/li>\n<li>Ownership Thinking: Going out of your way to make sure your actions and the actions of your peers are in the best interest of the company.<\/li>\n<li>Being The Best: Mastering your domain so you\u2019re the best in the world at it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>Requirements<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>1-2 years of experience in administrative, operations, or coordination support roles<\/li>\n<li>Extremely organized \u2014 you don't let things fall through the cracks<\/li>\n<li>Detail-oriented \u2014 you double-check your work before submitting<\/li>\n<li>Strong written communicator \u2014 you write clearly and professionally in English<\/li>\n<li>Comfortable with Google Sheets \u2014 you can build simple trackers, use formulas, and present data cleanly<\/li>\n<li>Proactive \u2014 you flag issues before they become problems and suggest solutions<\/li>\n<li>Discreet \u2014 you will handle sensitive financial, HR, and personal data; confidentiality is non-negotiable<\/li>\n<li>Self-managed \u2014 you can prioritize and execute without constant hand-holding<\/li>\n<li>Quick learner \u2014 you document processes and replicate them independently after being shown once<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>Tools You\u2019ll Work With<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Asana \u2014 task and project management<\/li>\n<li>Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Drive, Gmail, Calendar)<\/li>\n<li>Workable \u2014 applicant tracking system<\/li>\n<li>Stessa \u2014 property financial tracking<\/li>\n<li>QuickBooks Online \u2014 basic financial data entry<\/li>\n<li>Slack \u2014 team communication<\/li>\n<li>Fathom \/ Zoom \u2014 meeting recording and coordination<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>What Success Looks Like in 90 Days<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>You own G-Drive maintenance, Asana Ops Task Board, and access coordination without reminders<\/li>\n<li>You can screen resumes and submit evaluations in Workable independently<\/li>\n<li>You have logged 100% of property expenses in Stessa on time for two consecutive months<\/li>\n<li>The EA has offloaded 30+ hours\/week of tasks to you and trusts you to handle them without supervision<\/li>\n<li>Zero missed deadlines on any assigned task<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>Benefits<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Unlimited PTO<\/li>\n<li>Great career growth opportunity - You\u2019ll be working with \u201cA\u201d players in Operations, Sales, Creative, and Media Buying<\/li>\n<li>Clear growth path<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/p><p><\/p>

<p><h4>Description<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Reports to:<\/strong> Executive Assistant<br>\n<strong>Location:<\/strong> Remote (International)<br>\n<strong>Compensation:<\/strong> $500 \u2013 $750\/month<br>\n<strong>Level:<\/strong> Entry-level<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Please read this full job post before you apply:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Do you thrive on solving problems and figuring out the possible... and impossible?<br>\nDo you like to research tried and true solutions on the web and then adapt those solutions to make anything you do more optimal, efficient, and doable?<br>\nYou'll read web pages, books, watch videos... whatever it takes... to gain what you need to quickly solve a problem. Every day.<br>\nThat's just who you are and how you get stuff done.<br>\nThen this might be the perfect position for you.<\/p>\n\n<h4>Role<\/h4>\n<p>We are hiring a Virtual Admin Assistant to support our EA & Talent Acquisition Lead as a direct proxy. This is a high-trust, high-accountability support role. You will be plugged into the operational backbone of a fast-moving agency and expected to learn quickly, execute reliably, and grow into broader ownership over time.<\/p>\n<p>This role sits at the intersection of Executive Operations, HR & Talent Acquisition, Finance Administration, and Property Management. Your goal over 90 days is to absorb every task and process so that you can handle them independently \u2014 freeing the EA to lead on CEO strategy and Talent Acquisition.<\/p>\n\n<h4>Responsibilities<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Executive & Administrative Operations<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Manage G-Drive: organize folders, name documents correctly, maintain version control<\/li>\n<li>Update and maintain the Asana Operations Task Board \u2014 keeping all tasks current, correctly categorized, and properly assigned<\/li>\n<li>Coordinate system access: set up and revoke tool access (Fathom, ClickFunnels, QuickBooks, etc.) as directed<\/li>\n<li>Handle QuickBooks Online admin tasks: send documents to Unloop, organize financial records, basic data entry<\/li>\n<li>Insurance admin: tracking renewals, coordinating paperwork, flagging upcoming deadlines<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><strong>Finance & Data<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Calculate and track the CEO's time burn rate by category based on calendar and briefing data<\/li>\n<li>Build and maintain Google Sheets trackers for financial tracking, expense logging, and reporting<\/li>\n<li>Support coordination: scheduling, note-taking, task follow-up with external stakeholders<\/li>\n<li>Assist with bank account reconciliation tracking and flagging discrepancies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><strong>HR & Talent Acquisition Support<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Filter and screen resumes in Workable: move candidates through stages, apply the Priority Funnel, flag qualified applicants<\/li>\n<li>Conduct phone screens when the EA is unavailable \u2014 following scripted criteria and submitting written evaluations<\/li>\n<li>Maintain and update the weekly TA reporting tracker: Time to Hire, Cost per Hire, Pipeline Health scores<\/li>\n<li>Help run MVP calls: prep notes, send follow-ups, log outcomes in Asana<\/li>\n<li>Coordinate with hiring managers: send interview links, schedule WHO interviews, follow up on feedback<\/li>\n<li>Support onboarding and offboarding logistics: send system access checklists, track form completion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><strong>Property Management Support<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Track rental income and flag any delinquencies within 48 hours<\/li>\n<li>Coordinate with third-party vendors (landscapers, contractors, plumbers): get quotes, schedule visits, confirm completion<\/li>\n<li>Log all maintenance expenses in Stessa with receipts within 48 hours of purchase<\/li>\n<li>Monitor utility bills across all 4 properties and flag upcoming due dates 7 days in advance<\/li>\n<li>Assist with property documentation: refinancing paperwork, insurance coordination, lease renewals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>Who Are We?<\/h4>\n<p>Client Accelerators is the \"go to\" company for coaches, consultants, experts, and authors who want to achieve sustained growth through paid acquisition channels like YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, and Google.<\/p>\n<p>We were the 207th fastest growing company on the Inc 5000 list last year, and have had record growth for an advertising agency, growing an incredible 2,574% over the past 3 years.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve been able to have this record growth because of the incredible results we\u2019ve been able to get for our clients, which has allowed us to speak on stages all over the world on our strategies and tactics to doubling, tripling or even 10x their profits by working with us.<\/p>\n<p>We take a hands-on approach to growing each client we bring in by scripting all of their creatives, video production, tracking, and running their ads on these channels to hit agreed upon targets.<\/p>\n<p>Our proven approach has allowed us to spend over $150 million and generate over $300 million in verified sales in the past 5 years. Currently, our company is focused on founder-led businesses across the e-learning, SaaS, and service-based internet space.<\/p>\n<p>We believe great people are at the center of every successful business. Employees are provided a full suite of benefits, including competitive compensation, healthcare, unlimited paid time off, and access to world-class training material.<\/p>\n<p>What makes Client Accelerators so different? For one, our founder, Mike Buontempo, is a consultant himself, who has been consulting with different companies and entrepreneurs for the past 13 years.<\/p>\n<p>Our vision is to attract and hire the very best people to help our clients grow profitably and systematically through paid media.<\/p>\n\n<h4>Client Accelerators Core Values<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>We are problem solvers: If you spot a problem in our company or a client\u2019s company, provide a solution. There are millions of problems, and not as many problem solvers, be the solution.<\/li>\n<li>Open Source Code: We share what\u2019s working with everyone.<\/li>\n<li>Empty The Bucket: Picture this, if you just spent two hours cleaning your car, you put all of the cleaning materials away, but you notice you missed a spot. What do you do? You go back, get everything back out, and complete the job to perfection.<\/li>\n<li>We\u2019re a \u201cTEAM\u201d not a family: Leaders at CA hire, develop, and cut smartly, so we have superstars at every position.<\/li>\n<li>Ownership Thinking: Going out of your way to make sure your actions and the actions of your peers are in the best interest of the company.<\/li>\n<li>Being The Best: Mastering your domain so you\u2019re the best in the world at it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>Requirements<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>1-2 years of experience in administrative, operations, or coordination support roles<\/li>\n<li>Extremely organized \u2014 you don't let things fall through the cracks<\/li>\n<li>Detail-oriented \u2014 you double-check your work before submitting<\/li>\n<li>Strong written communicator \u2014 you write clearly and professionally in English<\/li>\n<li>Comfortable with Google Sheets \u2014 you can build simple trackers, use formulas, and present data cleanly<\/li>\n<li>Proactive \u2014 you flag issues before they become problems and suggest solutions<\/li>\n<li>Discreet \u2014 you will handle sensitive financial, HR, and personal data; confidentiality is non-negotiable<\/li>\n<li>Self-managed \u2014 you can prioritize and execute without constant hand-holding<\/li>\n<li>Quick learner \u2014 you document processes and replicate them independently after being shown once<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>Tools You\u2019ll Work With<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Asana \u2014 task and project management<\/li>\n<li>Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Drive, Gmail, Calendar)<\/li>\n<li>Workable \u2014 applicant tracking system<\/li>\n<li>Stessa \u2014 property financial tracking<\/li>\n<li>QuickBooks Online \u2014 basic financial data entry<\/li>\n<li>Slack \u2014 team communication<\/li>\n<li>Fathom \/ Zoom \u2014 meeting recording and coordination<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>What Success Looks Like in 90 Days<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>You own G-Drive maintenance, Asana Ops Task Board, and access coordination without reminders<\/li>\n<li>You can screen resumes and submit evaluations in Workable independently<\/li>\n<li>You have logged 100% of property expenses in Stessa on time for two consecutive months<\/li>\n<li>The EA has offloaded 30+ hours\/week of tasks to you and trusts you to handle them without supervision<\/li>\n<li>Zero missed deadlines on any assigned task<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>Benefits<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Unlimited PTO<\/li>\n<li>Great career growth opportunity - You\u2019ll be working with \u201cA\u201d players in Operations, Sales, Creative, and Media Buying<\/li>\n<li>Clear growth path<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/p><p><\/p>

<p><h4>Description</h4> <p><strong>Reports to:</strong> Executive Assistant<br> <strong>Location:</strong> Remote (International)<br> <strong>Compensation:</strong> $500 – $750/month<br> <strong>Level:</strong> Entry-level</p> <h4>Please read this full job post before you apply:</h4> <p>Do you thrive on solving problems and figuring out the possible and impossible?<br> Do you like to research tried and true solutions on the web and then adapt those solutions to make anything you do more optimal, efficient, and doable?<br> You'll read web pages, books, watch videos—whatever it takes—to gain what you need to quickly solve a problem every day.<br> That's just who you are and how you get stuff done.<br> Then this might be the perfect position for you.</p> <h4>Role</h4> <p>We are hiring a Virtual Admin Assistant to support our EA & Talent Acquisition Lead as a direct proxy. This is a high-trust, high-accountability support role. You will be plugged into the operational backbone of a fast-moving agency and expected to learn quickly, execute reliably, and grow into broader ownership over time.</p> <p>This role sits at the intersection of Executive Operations, HR & Talent Acquisition, Finance Administration, and Property Management. Your goal over 90 days is to absorb every task and process so that you can handle them independently—freeing the EA to lead on CEO strategy and Talent Acquisition.</p> <h4>Responsibilities</h4> <p><strong>Executive & Administrative Operations</strong></p> <ul> <li>Manage G-Drive: organize folders, name documents correctly, maintain version control</li> <li>Update and maintain the Asana Operations Task Board—keeping all tasks current, correctly categorized, and properly assigned</li> <li>Coordinate system access: set up and revoke tool access (Fathom, ClickFunnels, QuickBooks, etc.) as directed</li> <li>Handle QuickBooks Online admin tasks: send documents to Unloop, organize financial records, basic data entry</li> <li>Insurance admin: tracking renewals, coordinating paperwork, flagging upcoming deadlines</li> </ul> <p><strong>Finance & Data</strong></p> <ul> <li>Calculate and track the CEO's time burn rate by category based on calendar and briefing data</li> <li>Build and maintain Google Sheets trackers for financial tracking, expense logging, and reporting</li> <li>Support coordination: scheduling, note-taking, task follow-up with external stakeholders</li> <li>Assist with bank account reconciliation tracking and flagging discrepancies</li> </ul> <p><strong>HR & Talent Acquisition Support</strong></p> <ul> <li>Filter and screen resumes in Workable: move candidates through stages, apply the Priority Funnel, flag qualified applicants</li> <li>Conduct phone screens when the EA is unavailable—following scripted criteria and submitting written evaluations</li> <li>Maintain and update the weekly TA reporting tracker: Time to Hire, Cost per Hire, Pipeline Health scores</li> <li>Help run MVP calls: prep notes, send follow-ups, log outcomes in Asana</li> <li>Coordinate with hiring managers: send interview links, schedule WHO interviews, follow up on feedback</li> <li>Support onboarding and offboarding logistics: send system access checklists, track form completion</li> </ul> <p><strong>Property Management Support</strong></p> <ul> <li>Track rental income and flag any delinquencies within 48 hours</li> <li>Coordinate with third-party vendors (landscapers, contractors, plumbers): get quotes, schedule visits, confirm completion</li> <li>Log all maintenance expenses in Stessa with receipts within 48 hours of purchase</li> <li>Monitor utility bills across all 4 properties and flag upcoming due dates 7 days in advance</li> <li>Assist with property documentation: refinancing paperwork, insurance coordination, lease renewals</li> </ul> <h4>Who are we?</h4> <p>Client Accelerators is the go-to company for coaches, consultants, experts, and authors who want to achieve sustained growth through paid acquisition channels like YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, and Google.</p> <p>We were the 207th fastest growing company on the Inc 5000 list last year, and have had record growth for an advertising agency, growing an incredible 2,574% over the past 3 years.</p> <p>We’ve been able to have this record growth because of the incredible results we’ve been able to get for our clients, which has allowed us to speak on stages all over the world on our strategies and tactics to doubling, tripling, or even 10x their profits by working with us.</p> <p>We take a hands-on approach to growing each client we bring in by scripting all of their creatives, video production, tracking, and running their ads on these channels to hit agreed upon targets.</p> <p>Our proven approach has allowed us to spend over $150 million and generate over $300 million in verified sales in the past 5 years. Currently, our company is focused on founder-led businesses across the e-learning, SaaS, and service-based internet space.</p> <p>We believe great people are at the center of every successful business. Employees are provided a full suite of benefits, including competitive compensation, healthcare, unlimited paid time off, and access to world class training material.</p> <p>What makes Client Accelerators so different? For one, our founder, Mike Buontempo, is a consultant himself, who has been consulting with different companies and entrepreneurs for the past 13 years.</p> <p>Our vision is to attract and hire the very best people to help our clients grow profitably and systematically through paid media.</p> <h4>Client Accelerators Core Values</h4> <ul> <li>We are problem solvers: If you spot a problem in our company or a client’s company, provide a solution. There are millions of problems, and not as many problem solvers, be the solution.</li> <li>Open source code: We share what’s working with everyone.</li> <li>Empty the bucket: Picture this, if you just spent two hours cleaning your car, you put all of the cleaning materials away, but you notice you missed a spot. What do you do? You go back, get everything back out, and complete the job to perfection.</li> <li>We’re a ‘TEAM’ not a family: Leaders at CA hire, develop, and cut smartly, so we have superstars at every position.</li> <li>Ownership thinking: Going out of your way to make sure your actions and the actions of your peers are in the best interest of the company.</li> <li>Being the best: Mastering your domain so you’re the best in the world at it.</li> </ul> <h4>Requirements</h4> <ul> <li>1–2 years of experience in administrative, operations, or coordination support roles</li> <li>Extremely organized—you don't let things fall through the cracks</li> <li>Detail-oriented—you double-check your work before submitting</li> <li>Strong written communicator—you write clearly and professionally in English</li> <li>Comfortable with Google Sheets—you can build simple trackers, use formulas, and present data cleanly</li> <li>Proactive—you flag issues before they become problems and suggest solutions</li> <li>Discreet—you will handle sensitive financial, HR, and personal data; confidentiality is non-negotiable</li> <li>Self-managed—you can prioritize and execute without constant hand-holding</li> <li>Quick learner—you document processes and replicate them independently after being shown once</li> </ul> <h4>Tools you’ll work with</h4> <ul> <li>Asana—task and project management</li> <li>Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Drive, Gmail, Calendar)</li> <li>Workable—applicant tracking system</li> <li>Stessa—property financial tracking</li> <li>QuickBooks Online—basic financial data entry</li> <li>Slack—team communication</li> <li>Fathom / Zoom—meeting recording and coordination</li> </ul> <h4>What success looks like in 90 days</h4> <ul> <li>You own G-Drive maintenance, Asana Ops Task Board, and access coordination without reminders</li> <li>You can screen resumes and submit evaluations in Workable independently</li> <li>You have logged 100% of property expenses in Stessa on time for two consecutive months</li> <li>The EA has offloaded 30+ hours/week of tasks to you and trusts you to handle them without supervision</li> <li>Zero missed deadlines on any assigned task</li> </ul> <h4>Benefits</h4> <ul> <li>Unlimited PTO</li> <li>Great career growth opportunity—you’ll be working with ‘A’ players in Operations, Sales, Creative, and Media Buying</li> <li>Clear growth path</li> </ul></p><p></p>

<p><h4>Description</h4> <p><strong>Reports to:</strong> Executive Assistant<br> <strong>Location:</strong> Remote (International)<br> <strong>Compensation:</strong> $500 – $750/month<br> <strong>Level:</strong> Entry-level</p> <h4>Please read this full job post before you apply:</h4> <p>Do you thrive on solving problems and figuring out the possible and impossible?<br> Do you like to research tried and true solutions on the web and then adapt those solutions to make anything you do more optimal, efficient, and doable?<br> You'll read web pages, books, watch videos—whatever it takes—to gain what you need to quickly solve a problem every day.<br> That's just who you are and how you get stuff done.<br> Then this might be the perfect position for you.</p> <h4>Role</h4> <p>We are hiring a Virtual Admin Assistant to support our EA & Talent Acquisition Lead as a direct proxy. This is a high-trust, high-accountability support role. You will be plugged into the operational backbone of a fast-moving agency and expected to learn quickly, execute reliably, and grow into broader ownership over time.</p> <p>This role sits at the intersection of Executive Operations, HR & Talent Acquisition, Finance Administration, and Property Management. Your goal over 90 days is to absorb every task and process so that you can handle them independently—freeing the EA to lead on CEO strategy and Talent Acquisition.</p> <h4>Responsibilities</h4> <p><strong>Executive & Administrative Operations</strong></p> <ul> <li>Manage G-Drive: organize folders, name documents correctly, maintain version control</li> <li>Update and maintain the Asana Operations Task Board—keeping all tasks current, correctly categorized, and properly assigned</li> <li>Coordinate system access: set up and revoke tool access (Fathom, ClickFunnels, QuickBooks, etc.) as directed</li> <li>Handle QuickBooks Online admin tasks: send documents to Unloop, organize financial records, basic data entry</li> <li>Insurance admin: tracking renewals, coordinating paperwork, flagging upcoming deadlines</li> </ul> <p><strong>Finance & Data</strong></p> <ul> <li>Calculate and track the CEO's time burn rate by category based on calendar and briefing data</li> <li>Build and maintain Google Sheets trackers for financial tracking, expense logging, and reporting</li> <li>Support coordination: scheduling, note-taking, task follow-up with external stakeholders</li> <li>Assist with bank account reconciliation tracking and flagging discrepancies</li> </ul> <p><strong>HR & Talent Acquisition Support</strong></p> <ul> <li>Filter and screen resumes in Workable: move candidates through stages, apply the Priority Funnel, flag qualified applicants</li> <li>Conduct phone screens when the EA is unavailable—following scripted criteria and submitting written evaluations</li> <li>Maintain and update the weekly TA reporting tracker: Time to Hire, Cost per Hire, Pipeline Health scores</li> <li>Help run MVP calls: prep notes, send follow-ups, log outcomes in Asana</li> <li>Coordinate with hiring managers: send interview links, schedule WHO interviews, follow up on feedback</li> <li>Support onboarding and offboarding logistics: send system access checklists, track form completion</li> </ul> <p><strong>Property Management Support</strong></p> <ul> <li>Track rental income and flag any delinquencies within 48 hours</li> <li>Coordinate with third-party vendors (landscapers, contractors, plumbers): get quotes, schedule visits, confirm completion</li> <li>Log all maintenance expenses in Stessa with receipts within 48 hours of purchase</li> <li>Monitor utility bills across all 4 properties and flag upcoming due dates 7 days in advance</li> <li>Assist with property documentation: refinancing paperwork, insurance coordination, lease renewals</li> </ul> <h4>Who are we?</h4> <p>Client Accelerators is the go-to company for coaches, consultants, experts, and authors who want to achieve sustained growth through paid acquisition channels like YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, and Google.</p> <p>We were the 207th fastest growing company on the Inc 5000 list last year, and have had record growth for an advertising agency, growing an incredible 2,574% over the past 3 years.</p> <p>We’ve been able to have this record growth because of the incredible results we’ve been able to get for our clients, which has allowed us to speak on stages all over the world on our strategies and tactics to doubling, tripling, or even 10x their profits by working with us.</p> <p>We take a hands-on approach to growing each client we bring in by scripting all of their creatives, video production, tracking, and running their ads on these channels to hit agreed upon targets.</p> <p>Our proven approach has allowed us to spend over $150 million and generate over $300 million in verified sales in the past 5 years. Currently, our company is focused on founder-led businesses across the e-learning, SaaS, and service-based internet space.</p> <p>We believe great people are at the center of every successful business. Employees are provided a full suite of benefits, including competitive compensation, healthcare, unlimited paid time off, and access to world class training material.</p> <p>What makes Client Accelerators so different? For one, our founder, Mike Buontempo, is a consultant himself, who has been consulting with different companies and entrepreneurs for the past 13 years.</p> <p>Our vision is to attract and hire the very best people to help our clients grow profitably and systematically through paid media.</p> <h4>Client Accelerators Core Values</h4> <ul> <li>We are problem solvers: If you spot a problem in our company or a client’s company, provide a solution. There are millions of problems, and not as many problem solvers, be the solution.</li> <li>Open source code: We share what’s working with everyone.</li> <li>Empty the bucket: Picture this, if you just spent two hours cleaning your car, you put all of the cleaning materials away, but you notice you missed a spot. What do you do? You go back, get everything back out, and complete the job to perfection.</li> <li>We’re a ‘TEAM’ not a family: Leaders at CA hire, develop, and cut smartly, so we have superstars at every position.</li> <li>Ownership thinking: Going out of your way to make sure your actions and the actions of your peers are in the best interest of the company.</li> <li>Being the best: Mastering your domain so you’re the best in the world at it.</li> </ul> <h4>Requirements</h4> <ul> <li>1–2 years of experience in administrative, operations, or coordination support roles</li> <li>Extremely organized—you don't let things fall through the cracks</li> <li>Detail-oriented—you double-check your work before submitting</li> <li>Strong written communicator—you write clearly and professionally in English</li> <li>Comfortable with Google Sheets—you can build simple trackers, use formulas, and present data cleanly</li> <li>Proactive—you flag issues before they become problems and suggest solutions</li> <li>Discreet—you will handle sensitive financial, HR, and personal data; confidentiality is non-negotiable</li> <li>Self-managed—you can prioritize and execute without constant hand-holding</li> <li>Quick learner—you document processes and replicate them independently after being shown once</li> </ul> <h4>Tools you’ll work with</h4> <ul> <li>Asana—task and project management</li> <li>Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Drive, Gmail, Calendar)</li> <li>Workable—applicant tracking system</li> <li>Stessa—property financial tracking</li> <li>QuickBooks Online—basic financial data entry</li> <li>Slack—team communication</li> <li>Fathom / Zoom—meeting recording and coordination</li> </ul> <h4>What success looks like in 90 days</h4> <ul> <li>You own G-Drive maintenance, Asana Ops Task Board, and access coordination without reminders</li> <li>You can screen resumes and submit evaluations in Workable independently</li> <li>You have logged 100% of property expenses in Stessa on time for two consecutive months</li> <li>The EA has offloaded 30+ hours/week of tasks to you and trusts you to handle them without supervision</li> <li>Zero missed deadlines on any assigned task</li> </ul> <h4>Benefits</h4> <ul> <li>Unlimited PTO</li> <li>Great career growth opportunity—you’ll be working with ‘A’ players in Operations, Sales, Creative, and Media Buying</li> <li>Clear growth path</li> </ul></p><p></p>

<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>

<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>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"> 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 Grievances Officer reports to the Senior Field Investigator, A18.<br> Responsibilities<br>Manages end-to-end the petitions/complaints process, ensuring that adequate study, fair recommendation, and written reply to the petitioner’s request have been met within quality standards and time frames as well as provides evidence and materials to support his/her recommendations; Participates in defusing tense situations that might arise in association with complex petitions/issues; manages any escalated petitions/ complaints in an appropriate and professional manner; Reports on petitions/complaint types, volumes, trends, causes, etc., for executive management; maintains and updates electronic and manual correspondence of petitions for quality assurance documentation; Undertakes analysis of the root causes of petitions/complaints, using it as an impetus to drive continuous improvement policies, processes, and procedures; Assesses and oversees the implementation of preventative actions of received petitions/complaints ; Compiles annual reports including analyzing complaints/queries, highlighting trends and recurring issues facing staff members and Palestine Refugees; As appropriate, liaises with internal partners such as Department Heads in matters affecting Agency operations; Performs other duties as may be assigned by the supervisor.<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. Planning and Organizing Persuading and Influencing Analyzing Following Instructions and Procedures Learning and Researching<br> Education<br>A university degree from an accredited educational institution in Business Administration, Law, or other related discipline.<br> Job - Specific Qualification<br>Not available.<br> Work Experience<br>At least four years of progressively responsible relevant work experience in administration or similar work, is required. Of which two years should have been in petitions/complaints work, 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: G14 the monthly salary will start from USD 1,628.40 (Monthly Salary 1,461.40 + 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 candidates only. 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. 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: Practical Technical knowledge, skills, and expertise in audit and/or communication. Additional information: The incumbent may be required to use UNRWA vehicles and should be in possession of a valid driving license. Advertisements published only in English will only accept applications in English, and Arabic submissions will not be considered. Providing incorrect, incomplete or misleading information on an application form will result in the immediate disqualification of the candidate. UNRWA has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNRWA, including sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA), sexual harassment, racism/racial discrimination and other forms of conduct, including but not limited to discrimination, abuse of authority and harassment. To uphold these standards, background checks are conducted for all recommended candidates and those placed on a roster to help ensure that individuals with a history of such conduct are not hired. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s), employment history, Clear Check and INTERPOL, as well as certification of non-conviction, where available. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check. By applying for a position with UNRWA, candidates acknowledge and consent to these verification processes. The Agency disqualifies 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 while a misconduct process was 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 while an investigation and/or disciplinary process for misconduct was underway; and those individuals 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>

<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>