Roster - Digital Transformation Consultant for Asia and the Pacific

INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION  

 

 

ITU is the leading United Nations agency for information and communication technologies, with the mission to connect the world. To achieve this, ITU manages the radio-frequency spectrum and satellite orbits at the international level, works to improve communication infrastructure in the developing world, and establishes global standards that foster seamless interconnection of a vast range of communication systems. ITU also organizes global Telecom events bringing together the most influential representatives of government and the private sector to exchange ideas and knowledge for the benefit of all.

 

Roster - Digital Transformation Consultant for Asia and the Pacific 

 

 Vacancy notice no: 1979 
Sector: BDT
Department: Regional Offices
Country of contract: Remote
Duty station: Home Based

 

 Position number: [[positionNumber]] 
Grade: [[PositionGrade]] 
Type of contract: Roster
Duration of contract: Various assignments
Recruitment open to: External
Application deadline (Midnight Geneva Time): 31 December 2025

 

ORGANIZATIONAL UNIT

 

The Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) is responsible for the organization and coordination of the work of the Telecommunication Development Sector of the Union. BDT deals mainly with development policies, strategies, programming, projects, as well as technical cooperation activities to enable and foster universal access to affordable, high-quality and secure telecommunications/ICTs and Foster equitable and inclusive use of telecommunications/ICTs to empower people and societies for sustainable development. To effectively and efficiently serve the needs of Member States, BDT is organized into four functional areas:

• Operations Coordination Department (Office of the Deputy to the Director) (DDR)
• Projects, Partnerships & Digital Skills Department (PPS) 
• Digital Networks & Environment Department (DNE) 
• Digital Knowledge Society Department (DKS)

The regional offices provide assistance to the ITU Member States of the Region, ensuring a close relationship and collaboration. To implement the agreed programs and projects, in accordance with the ITU Strategy Plan and the BDT Action Plan, with the active support of all Departments, providing timely information about their development. To provide proper line management and support, the Regional Directors report to the Director of the BDT.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

The World Telecommunication Development Conference 2022 (WTDC-22) identified “Digital Transformation” as one of the five priority areas for the current development cycle of ITU-D and adopted a resolution titled “Digital transformation for sustainable development” (WGPLEN/1 (Kigali, 2022). The conference identified the following outcomes (Section 4.2, WTDC-22 Report) with regards to implementation of digital transformation: 

1. Enhanced capacity of the ITU membership to accelerate digital transformation and sustainable economic and social development by leveraging and using new and emerging telecommunications/ICTs and services. 
2. Strengthened capacity of the ITU membership to integrate telecommunication/ICT innovation and digitalization in their national development agendas and to develop strategies to promote innovation initiatives, including through public, private and public-private partnerships. 
3. Enhanced capacity of the ITU membership to integrate telecommunication/ICT innovation and digitalization in national development agendas. 
4. Enhanced human and institutional capacity of the ITU membership in telecommunications/ICTs to foster digital transformation.

Digitalization serves as a powerful tool to facilitate the much needed social and economic transformations towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and an important enabler to accelerate recovery during and post pandemic. Digitalization is high on the agenda of many countries, and is increasingly being embedded in national policies, plans and strategies in Asia an