Technical Experts on Cybеrsecurity

Technical Experts on Cybеrsecurity

CRDF Global is seeking for the local experts for the Program activities in Ukraine, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania, Romania, Moldova, Serbia, Kosovo, Bosnia & Herzegovina

CRDF Global runs a vast portfolio of projects on various arеas and topics of cyber security in a collaborative setting of government, academia, public and private sectors 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 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.

CRDF Global programming activities will be centered around but not limited to the following areas for CRDF Global`s Cybersecurity:

• Countering Cyber threats;
• Cyber threat intelligence;
• Cybersecurity-informed procurement/hardening the supply chain;
• Cyber crimes investigations and countering;
• Cyber security workforce skills development trainings;

As such, CRDF Global requires on-going, flexible, and lasting partnerships with experts in the field.

Scope & Tasks:

RFP Subject Matter Expertise: Cybersecurity

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

1. Providing technical advice, guidance, and leadership to CRDF Global team on designing and implementing technical components of cybersecurity;
2. Serving as a judge for hackathons, Capture The Flag exercises, etc.;
3. Tech consultancy on the best avenues to deliver critical messages on cyber, safe use of the Internet in digital devices for various age groups;
4. Assisting with outreaching the tech agencies actors and stakeholders that are of interest for the program priorities;
5. Briefing on the current and emerging trends, events and novelties in the cyber tech industry;
6. Collaborating with the Senior Operations Manager, Operations Manager, Senior Project Leads, and Project Leads to develop actionable projects based on conceptual policy ideas;
7. Collaborating with CRDF assigned operation staff, relevant stakeholders, to develop content (training modules/ modules content) for new E-learning Cyber hygiene courses for wide range of stakeholders/ adaptation existing E-learning courses;

Providing services on the implementing Cybersecurity and cyber hygiene workshops, seminars, research/feasibility studies, university degree programs development and implementation, on-job training and table-top exercises.

This is information may serve for announcement purpose only:

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 the “subject” line of your request: RFP-16-UA-2023

Proposal submission deadline: August 4, 2023 (6:00 PM, Kyiv)

Please note: the relations with the winning applicant/s will be governed by the General Service Agreement, it does not suppose employment at the CRDF Global