The Global Forum on Cyber Expertise (GFCE) is looking an advisor for the
program team of the global Conference for Cyber Capacity Building taking place
in November 2022. This position is for a period of 10 months. The expected starting
date is March 1st 2022.
Background
To
adequately support and secure digital transformation all countries should
engage and invest in building cyber capacity. Cyber capacity building (CCB) is
a key enabler of sustainable and resilient digital development. Much has been
done to promote best practices in CCB but insufficient awareness among key
decision-makers and a lack of resources sometimes hinders implementation. There
is an urgent need for high-level collaboration. To drive this forward, the Global
Forum on Cyber Expertise (GFCE), CyberPeace Institute, World Bank and World
Economic Forum have joined forces to organize the Global Conference on Cyber Capacity
Building 2022 to advance, operationalize and collaborate on CCB. The Conference
will be hosted by World Bank in late November 2022.
This
conference will bring together high-level decision-makers, senior working-level
representatives from government agencies and experts from across the public
sector, private sector and civil society to accelerate:
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current multi-stakeholder cooperation;
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establish a Global Coalition on Cyber Resilience
for Development and an international CCB agenda;
·
raise decision-makers’ awareness of how cybersecurity
and CCB support digital, social and economic development.
Role
The Global Conference on Cyber Capacity Building aims to raise
the profile and allocation of resources for cyber capacity building as a core
enabler of digital development and prosperity.
A
key enabler to achieving this ambition is effective coordination and leadership
regarding the conference’s organization.
As part of the governance structure of the Global Conference, three
teams will be formed: the Program team (responsible for conference program),
the Communication team and the Event (logistics) team.
The program advisor will be part of the program team of this conference,
and works with the Communications team and the
Event team.
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Help design the program and synthetize inputs from
the GFCE community and the event organizers.
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Describe the objectives, key questions for the
program elements (panels; workshops,
etc).
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Support with the preparations of key conference
outcomes like the chair statement and global agenda.
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Support the selection of Conference speakers,
moderators and participants.
The successful candidate will have:
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Graduate or master’s
degree in one of the following: (cyber) security studies, international
relations, economics or other relevant field;
- A
minimum of 5 years’ experience in the field of cyber and/or digital capacity
building, either at national or international level;
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Experience working
with international donors across industry, government and the wider
international digital and/or cyber sector.
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Professional,
confident, self-motivated, punctual, flexible, proactive and able to work both
independently and as part of a multi-national team.
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The ability to think
strategically and innovatively;
Desirable
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Experience in writing,
implementing and/or directly advising on the creation of a program for an international conference;
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Project advisory
role in an International Organization focused on or around telecommunications,
digital and/or cyber security.
Place of employment
A flexible remote working policy.
Please send a covering letter outlining your motivation in applying for
the role, addressed to David van Duren, GFCE Secretariat Director, plus your CV
to contact@thegfce.org.
*The GFCE is an equal opportunities employer and
accepts applications without distinction on the grounds of age, race,
political, philosophical or religious conviction, sex or sexual orientation and
regardless of disabilities, marital status or family situation