IT Advisor; USAID Power Central Asia Activity

Scope of Work

USAID Power Central Asia Activity

IT Advisor in Tajikistan

Background

Tetra Tech is implementing the USAID Power Central Asia Project (PCA) project in Central Asia. PCA assists the five Central Asian countries – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan – to meet their national energy priorities and reap economic benefits from cross-border energy trading and improve energy security through more excellent regional connectivity. Under these contracts, Tetra Tech support national governments, utilities, and other stakeholders to develop domestic energy market reforms, strengthen the regional electricity market, and promote greater adoption of clean energy technologies from conventional and renewable sources.

Tajikistan's energy system is overly dependent on local hydroelectric generation resources, with hydroelectricity accounting for approximately 99 percent of the country's total energy consumption. Specific energy consumption in Tajikistan, measured as total electricity consumption per unit of GDP, is twice the world average and three times the energy consumption of average developed countries. The U.S. Agency for International Development and the Ministry of Energy and Water Resources (MEWR) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to support Tajikistan in reforming its electricity sector. An action plan to implement the MOU has been developed and agreed upon with the MEWR, indicating specific areas of cooperation.

Energy reform requested improvement of coordination and communication between MEWR and energy companies. PCA support MEWR with implementation of Electronic Document Management System (e-DMS). PCA procured necessary IT equipment, e-DMS software and conducted trainings for MEWR personnel. MEWR requested PCA to support further implementation of e-DMS and hire local IT Advisor to MEWR IT systems setup and optimization, consulting MEWR personnel, promotion and control of systems reliability.

The local IT Advisor will have the following responsibilities:

Installation, customization, and monitoring of e-DMS software
Optimization of IT services in the Ministry
Customization of cyber security systems in the Ministry building
Monitoring cyber security systems for incident prevention
Conducting trainings on e-DMS for new Ministry personnel
Consultation of Ministry personnel on e-DMS functions
Optimization of exchange documents between the Ministry and other entities
Optimization of document flow and processing
Administering of e-DMS and other information systems and services
Monitoring of e-DMS software and reporting to the management on any problems causing delays in document flows
Help desk for solving IT problems
Training and transferring IT functions to Ministry IT manager to be hired by the Ministry in 6 months

Qualification requirements

Technical or IT background
Deep knowledge of modern IT technologies and systems
Experience in IT administration and management
At least 15 years of experience in planning designing and implementation of IT systems
Experience in IT services and systems optimization
Advanced training skills and experience
Experience in developing technical recommendations/measures to improve IT systems and services

Deliverables
The local expert shall provide monthly reports summarizing his assistance during the reporting period regarding IT systems improvements, changes in configuration and optimization, number of personnel trained and consulting, utilization of e-DMS system, number of documents proceed by e-DMS, cutting document processing time. Monthly reports should be specific in a technical sense and comprehensive and include appropriate reasonable explanations and justifications for the required changes.

Outcomes: Monthly reports on assistance to revise and update the Tajikistan Energy Law.

Acceptance/ Reporting: Team Leader of the Power Central Asia Activity

Expected LoE: 72 days

Location: Dushanbe

To apply: Interested candidates are invited to submit their CV and a cover letter of no more than one page detailing their relevant educational background and professional experience to Aisana Bekisheva at aisana.bekisheva@tetratech.com before May 29, 2024.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.