Key Expert 3: Key Expert Digital Future

Key expert 3: Key expert Digital future

(minimum 440 working days)

Qualifications and skills

• Academic background in telecommunications engineering / information and communication technologies / applied telecommunications and engineering management (degree awarded by a university or an equivalent institution), or 5 years of equivalent relevant professional experience (in addition to the required years of General professional experience);
• English language proficiency.

General professional experience (post-graduate)

• Minimum 7, but preferably 10 years of professional experience with digital infrastructure projects.

Specific professional experience (post-graduate)

• Professional experience in digital connectivity / broadband networks is mandatory, experience in an additional digital infrastructure sub-sector (e.g. data centres, high performance computing, high capacity research and education networks, digital services, etc.) is an advantage;
• Minimum 5, but preferably 7 years of professional experience in preparing digital infrastructure projects for the investment/implementation phase (e.g. pre-feasibility and feasibility studies, environmental, social and climate impact assessments, cost-benefit analyses, designs, tender documents, support during procurement phase);
• Professional experience in the Western Balkans is an advantage;
• Professional experience in working with international financial institutions (e.g. AFD, CEB, EIB, EBRD, KfW, WBG) is an advantage.