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[A. Wanjira Munyua]

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Subject: PROJECT OFFICER: KNOWLEDGE COMMUNICATIONS position with IISD
From:    "A. Wanjira Munyua" <alice at apc.org>
Date:    Mon, March 26, 2007 12:16 pm
To:      kictanet at kictanet.or.ke
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KICTANet Listers,

Interesting position with International Institute for Sustainable
Development.

Please respond to the e-mail address listed at the end of this notice not
to KICTANet list.

best
alice

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PROJECT OFFICER
KNOWLEDGE COMMUNICATIONS

IISD is seeking a Project Officer to support the initiatives of its
Knowledge Communications program.  This position is located in Ottawa.

Specific duties and responsibilities with respect to the Knowledge
Communications program:

•	Research policy linkages between the information society and sustainable
development.
o	Develop a program of work on Internet Governance and its impact on
sustainable development: monitor the Internet governance debates, within
the IGF, ICANN, and other relevant arenas; prepare information briefs,
research papers and organize workshops that contribute to an understanding
of the importance of the Internet Governance debate to sustainable
development practitioners and policy makers.
o	Liaise between the key actors (IGF, ICANN, ITU, IDRC, and others) and
IISD. o	Analyze ICT4D policies in developing countries and develop
recommendations for policy coherence with sustainable development
strategies, Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers, Millennium Development
Goals and other development frameworks and agendas.
o	Develop new projects and funding proposals to advance this work.
•	Support capacity building initiatives with young people as leaders in
using information and communications technologies to achieve more
sustainable development.
•	Contribute to the Knowledge Communications program of work on the
operation, management and assessment of networks and other models for
individual and inter-organization collaboration
o	Support evaluations of networks (interviews, surveys, etc.) as assigned
o	Conduct research on knowledge management and communications topics, as
assigned.
•	Other duties as assigned

General

The Project Officer supports all initiatives of IISD as assigned. General
responsibilities include:
•	managing assigned projects, controlling budgets, and supervising IISD or
external staff associated with those projects;
•	maintaining contacts with domestic and international project partners;
•	identifying and initiating new projects through IISD’s project planning
and review mechanism; developing proposals and raising funds for new
project initiatives;
•	contributing to IISD projects under various strategic objectives;
•	representing IISD at local, national and international fora;
•	organizing meetings and holding discussions with appropriate
persons/groups according to the needs of IISD’s initiatives;
•	participating on IISD’s Planning and Review Committee as requested;
•	other duties as assigned.

The Project Officer reports to the Director, Knowledge Communications. 
Travel within and outside Canada may be required.

Qualifications and Skills

The Project Officer should hold a Master’s degree in an appropriate field
(such as international affairs, environmental studies or ICT policy), with
two years’ relevant experience.

S/he should be familiar with the literature and organizations within the
fields of Internet governance, ICT for development, knowledge for
development, communications for development and institutional
collaboration.  In particular, s/he should have knowledge of institutions
involved in the WSIS (including WSIS follow-up processes) and IGF.  S/he
should also have a broad knowledge of sustainable development issues. 
S/he should understand accountability and transparency issues in
governance processes and how they relate to sustainable development, be
aware of issues related to security and stability of the Internet and
their potential implications for the global South, and be able to draw on
linkages between ICT and PRSPs.

The Project Officer will have demonstrated capacity for managing projects
and budgets, and for working with minimal supervision. S/he should be a
team player with good interpersonal skills. Excellent writing skills, the
ability to work virtually with distributed teams and the capacity to
research and communicate via the Internet are essential. Fluency in
English is required; knowledge of other languages is desirable. Candidates
must be Canadian citizens or landed immigrants.

Closing Date: April 6, 2007

Reply in confidence to:
Director, Human Resources & Administration
International Institute for Sustainable Development
6th Floor, 161 Portage Avenue East
Winnipeg, Manitoba  R3B 0Y4
Fax: +1 (204) 958-7710
E-mail: info at iisd.ca