Consultant: Core Technical Requirements for Lebanon's Electronic Asset Declaration System

About the role

The Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) is seeking a consultant to prepare the core technical requirements and an implementation roadmap for Lebanon's electronic asset and interest declaration system, in collaboration with the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC). The work is remote, lasts about three months and sits under the supervision of the Governance and State-Building section. It produces a practical basis for future design, procurement and donor engagement, without developing the system itself.

Key responsibilities

• Review background material (Law No. 189 of 2020, declaration forms, procedures, institutional arrangements) and confirm with NACC legal advisers the current baseline and open questions.
• Carry out a focused desk review of standards and comparable practices on data protection, cybersecurity, authentication, confidentiality and auditability.
• Map business processes and user workflows, from registration and declarations to submission, validation, reporting and archiving.
• Prepare a prioritized matrix of functional and non-functional requirements (access control, authentication, forms, validation, audit logs, encryption, backup, accessibility, etc.) with identifiers, priorities and acceptance criteria.
• Prepare requirements for data governance, confidentiality and verification, and identify optional registry cross-checks.
• Prepare a phased implementation roadmap and a donor concept note, with risks, safeguards, capacity-building needs and indicative cost categories.
• Submit a final technical specifications document in English and a PowerPoint summary, with inclusive, gender-sensitive language.

Required profile

• Master's degree in digital government, information systems, public administration, governance, public policy, law, anti-corruption, cybersecurity, ICT business analysis or a related field.
• At least seven years of professional experience in digital government, public-sector information systems, governance, anti-corruption, cybersecurity, data governance or related areas.
• Demonstrated experience preparing functional or technical requirements and implementation plans for public-sector systems, and experience with confidentiality and access controls for sensitive data.
• Fluency in English and Arabic, including reviewing Lebanese legal documents in Arabic and writing technical outputs in English.
• Legal right to live and work in Beirut; recruitment is on a local basis.

Required skills

• Knowledge of data-protection, cybersecurity, authentication and digital-service standards is desirable.
• Previous experience with Lebanese public institutions or donor-facing project documentation is desirable.
• Familiarity with asset and interest declarations, financial disclosure or anti-corruption frameworks is desirable.