Solution Designer (ПРООН)

Location: Kyiv, UKRAINE
Application Deadline: 26 October 2020
Type of Contract: Individual Contract
Post Level: National Consultant
Duration of Initial Contract: up to 100 working days between 01 November 2020 and 15 April 2021

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Duties and Responsibilities:

• Design a meaningful process to actively involve citizens, stakeholders and «non-usual-suspect» partners into the process of digital policymaking; supporting this with a range of tools to stimulate results;
• Supporting policy experimentation: Quickly and cheaply testing ideas to learn what works and what doesn’t;
• Formulate the lessons learned into compelling stories to inform the improved results, developing insights from testing ideas, often, and quickly with those affected by the intervention;
• Design, lead and conduct field research, look into behavioural patterns, engaging directly with the target audiences; convening participatory policy design sessions when necessary;
• Provide advisory support to the MDT senior management, identify critical challenges where the application of public sector innovation would bring the most benefits, develop comprehensive proposals and work plans for such challenges;
• Continuously explore innovation areas for MDT, provide support to involving target audiences, testing ideas for the policy concerning such areas as digital economy, venture investment, digitalisation standards etc.
• Coordinate her/his activities with other experts working within the Policy Lab, ensure sound planning of her/his work, expected outcomes and activities according to MDT’s and team’s priorities and the innovation nature of this assignment

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