Seeking a Subject Matter Expert, Expert on Cybersеcurity

CRDF Global runs  a vast portfolio of projects on various areas and tоpics of cyber security in a collaborative setting of government, academia, public and private sector stakeholders in order to meet the funder’s goals.  To implement the projects in the appropriate manner and to accomplish projects tasks, CRDF Global cybersecurity projects teams are seeking for services and support from local Cyber Security Subject Matter Expert.

Above mentioned subject matter expert tasks would be mostly concentrated on providing certain exact cyber security advising services for the project activities implemented by providing guidance and support. The expert will deliver that in a manner aligned with CRDF Global project goals and objectives and customers specific requirements. 

For an upcoming engagement, CRDF Global (Ukraine Office) is seeking the subject matter expert, who would be expected to provide contracted services such as, but not limited to: 

The selected subject matter expert(s) (hereafter, “SMEs”) would be expected to provide contracted services such as, but not limited to:

 Development of training and briefing materials for varied Ukrainian and international audiences in both government and private sectors, educational institutions, and/or civil society;

• Delivery of virtual and/or face-to-face trainings, workshops, hackathons, cluster meetings, and presentations, delivering answers and providing expertise during discussions, Q&A sessions at CRDF Global events that are to be held in various domestic and international locations;
• Delivery of an After-Action Report that summarizes observations, successes, lessons learned, and recommendations for future programming on the relevant topic;
• Developing and establishing relations from scratch and current with the government officials of different levels, public sector, amalgamated communities and educational institutions (universities, institutes, colleges, secondary schools), critical infrastructure, and private sector in cybersecurity field;
• Providing technical advice, program guidance, and leadership to CRDF Global colleagues on designing and implementing technical or program components of cybersecurity and/or CTR projects;
• Moderating public events like clusters, round-table discussions, etc.;
• Sit in judgment for hackathons, Capture the Flag exercises, etc.;
• Tech consultancy on the best avenues to deliver critical messages on cyber, safe use of the Internet in digital devices for various age groups;
• Assistance in reaching out to the tech agencies actors and stakeholders that are of interest for the program priorities;
• Briefing on the current and emerging trends, events and novelties in the cyber tech industry;
• Mentor universities in the Curriculum Development Program;
• Providing peer reviews or expert opinions on particular subject issues, delivering articles, blog/editorial columns, participating in interviews;
• Collaborating with the Senior Operation Manager, Senior Project Leads, and Project Leads to develop actionable projects based on conceptual policy ideas;
• Organization of Introductory meetings (online or in person, TBD) to present CRDF Global activities to interested partners;
• Collaborating with CRDF assigned operation staff, relevant stakeholders, to develop/customize content and develop project related materials for E-learning Cyber hygiene courses for wide range of stakeholders;
• Launch and coordination implementation of CRDF Global E-learning Cyber-hygiene courses among relevant stakeholders;
• Provision of consultation services related to Cyber hygiene activities implementation as required;
• Develop mechanism for measuring mid- and long-term evaluation on cyber awareness of cyber threats and ‘cyber hygiene’ skills among targets audience;
• Consultation on the developing Cyber Range.

Interested candidates must request the Request For Proposal (RFP) document with the detailed requirements from Oleksiy Fomin <[email protected]>.   

Please indicate the RFP number in your request: #RFP-15-UA-2022

Proposal submission deadline: June 17, 2022 (6:00 PM, Kyiv)