Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, September 28, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Key Responsibilities & Duties:
• Relay and support Technical Engagement opportunities in the region in coordination with Regional Stakeholder Engagement (GSE) and Government Engagement (GE) teams.
• Promote the Security, Stability and Resiliency best practices for the Internet’s systems of unique identifiers in the region.
• Coordinate, plan and deliver training and capacity building programs across the region in line with the regional engagement strategy.
• Monitor published technical documents, blogs, social media postings, etc., and relay relevant and significant content to the regional community.
• Contribute to processes for consulting and collecting inputs from internal and external technical stakeholders at the regional level. This includes contributing to regional strategy development processes.
• Maintain all necessary equipment and materials relevant to an effective delivery and measurement of training and capacity building activities.
• Liaise with regional Communications, Global Stakeholders Engagement (GSE) and Government Engagement (GE) teams to identify capacity building needs and effectively communicate key ICANN technical messages.
• Follow-up on execution of technical cooperation agreements with partner organizations or third parties.
• Monitor regional technical events calendars and identify events where ICANN technical mission/work can be promoted, and coordinate with Speaker Bureau to secure participation as appropriate.
• Contribute to the regular and consolidated Technical Engagement reporting process.
• Relay technical topics that need close attention and/or a formal position from ICANN to the Vice President for Technical Engagement.
• Support any other activities as identified by the Vice President for Technical Engagement.
• Study publications, periodicals, mailing lists, and other news sources to stay informed of relevant changes in the Internet industry and apply that knowledge to work.
• Ensure the production of a report after every training event within four (4) weeks after the conclusion of the event.
• Other duties as assigned or requested.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs):
• Excellent understanding of the Internet Protocol (IPv4 & IPv6) technology and associated services such as DNS, DNSSEC, WHOIS, and other relevant protocols and technologies.
• Be a seasoned facilitator and trainer capable of imparting knowledge and skills to meet ICANN technical capacity building objectives.
• Ability to quickly grasp technical concepts, particularly those related to the operation of the Internet.
• Good understanding of ICANN’s technical ecosystem.
• General understanding of the Internet Governance ecosystem.
• Sound judgment, diplomatic skills, and tact when interacting with various stakeholders.
• General project management skills including the ability to effectively manage multiple projects with overlapping tasks.
• Self-motivated, ability to work independently.
• Excellent interpersonal, collaboration, and communication skills, including the ability to work and interact in a highly diverse, multi-cultural, and globally distributed team.
• Ability to remotely coordinate project/work with team members using online tools.
• Ability to clearly communicate complex and sometimes controversial information, concepts, policies or positions, both verbally and in writing, to internal and external audiences.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office products and Google Apps services.

Education and Experience Requirements:
• Bachelor's Degree required, with study in Computer Science or a related field
• Minimum of five (5) years of relevant experience in a technology driven organization
• Minimum three (3) years of operational experience in Internet services delivery
• Experience in delivering technical training
• Prior international experience is strongly preferred along with working for a Community driven Organization
• Experience within an Internal Technical Coordination Organization strongly preferred.
• Candidate must be based in the particular region where this job is located, preferably in country where ICANN already has presence.

Languages:
• Fluency in both written and spoken English is required.
• Fluent written and spoken language skills in any of the other official United Nations languages is strongly preferred.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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