Digitalization Consultant

TRD has been in the process of organizational and financial transformation to meet the strategic commitments made by its Advisory Board:  to enhance TRD's effectiveness, increase its efficiency and strengthen ownership of the management along the International Society Agenda. 

TRD is seeking a motivated digitalization consultant to lead the conversion of the decision-making process into a more data-driven one with real-time monitoring for project management.

The consultancy aims at improving internal collaboration and external co-operation with partners, stakeholders and other organizations while reducing costs for human resource management by identifying tasks and activities that could be automated and optimized.

Description of tasks and deliverables

The consultant is to undertake the following tasks:

• review existing structures, guidelines, operating procedures, and tools utilized by the technical and administrative teams during the different phases of project implementation.
• Identify main gaps in the process, structure and resources and recommend possible digitalized solutions.
• Identify possible tasks/activities that can be carried out by artificial intelligence (AI) and suggest a way forward.
• Identify priority areas for main urgent intervention based on observations and interviews with relevant personnel.
• Draw, discuss, and finalize digitalization policy with a relevant action plan including necessary resources.

Main Deliverables:

• Digitalization strategy developed, discussed, and revised.
• Relevant resource system identified, discussed, and revised.
• Action plan in place and actioned.

Timeframe: A maximum of 45 business days is expected.

Working relationship and contractual arrangements

• The consultant will be working in close coordination with the CEO and CEO Deputies.
• TRD is responsible for contractual arrangements.
• The consultant is under the obligation of confidentiality: Information, data, database, knowledge resources in the forms of briefings, reports, proceedings, articles, essays, etc. issued by and for TRD will be TRD's property and require permission for use and/or disclosure.