IT Consultants Jobs in Kenya - DAI East Africa Trade and Investment Hub - 2015

The East Africa Trade and Investment Hub (EATIH)
 

Call for Applications for Individual Consultants (IC)
 

The East Africa Trade and Investment Hub (the Hub) is the U.S. government’s flagship project under the presidential Trade Africa initiative, launched in 2013 to boost trade and investment with and within Africa. 

The Hub partners with East African and U.S. businesses to attract investment needed to transform the East African private sector into vibrant global trading partners. 

Improving the region’s trade competitiveness, encouraging the diversification of exports beyond natural resources, and promoting broader, more-inclusive economic growth will lead to more food secure and resilient East African communities.
 

 

The goal of the Hub is to deepen regional integration, increase the competitiveness of select regional agricultural value chains, promote two-way trade with the U.S. under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) and facilitate investment and technology to drive trade growth intra-regionally and to global markets.
 

The project pursues these goals through four integrated components:

1. Investment and technology


2. Agriculture and agribusiness


3. Trade promotion and African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA)


4. Trade policy and regulatory reform

Under the EATIH project components 2 and 4, we invite qualified consultants (Individuals) with technical expertise and a proven record to develop an Electronic Notification System (ENS) for Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) measures and Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) regulatory and conformity assessments for the East Africa Community (EAC) member states.

Member countries of the World Trade Organization (WTO) are required under the SPS Agreement and the TBT Agreement to report to the WTO, all proposed SPS measures and technical regulations that could affect trade with other member countries. 

The WTO Secretariat distributes this information in the form of “notifications” to all member countries. 

By using the electronic SPS and TBT notification systems, EAC member states’ private and public sector users will receive, via e-mail, notifications of drafts or changes to domestic and foreign technical regulations for manufactured and other products.
 

Specific Tasks
 

The Consultant will undertake a short-term assignment to develop the ENS, under the guidance of the Hub, existing sector players and EAC member states. 

The consultant will be responsible for, but not limited to, the following tasks:

1. Review of recent IT SPS/TBT ENS activities


2. Incorporate Sanitary and Phytosanitary notifications into the TBT ENS platform


3. Regional rollout of ENS in collaboration with USAID, The Hub and EAC member states’ TBT teams


4. Train and sensitize public and private sectors on ENS

Details on the specific tasks and the complete Scope of Work can be found here: 

Qualifications:
 

The minimum qualifications required for this position are:

• An IT Specialist with at least 5 years of web-based multi user systems development, database interfacing systems and user training skills


• Bachelor’s degree in computer science / information systems / business analysis


• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with institutional and private sector partners and stakeholders in a multi-country setting

DAI will only respond to written questions regarding this Call for Applications through the email address: ProcurementTIH@eatradehub.org. 

Questions must be submitted no later than Friday, August 21st 2015 at 11:59 PM

How to Apply:
 

Interested candidates should send their proposal to procurementTIHInbox@eatradehub.org by Friday, August 28th 2015, 5.00pm East African Time. 

The proposal submitted should have:

• Curriculum Vitae (not more than 5 pages).


• Proposed technical approach to the development of the ENS


• Past work experience schedule stating assignment title, brief description of the assignment, client name, value of work done and point of contact.


• Three (3) referees (references listed should be from supervisors or other individuals who reviewed consultancy work completed).


• A copy of the highest awarded education certificate