Consultant m/f/d-Fondation Hanns Seidel Retour vers les opportunités

We live at a time of non-factual narratives, where simple answers to complex questions dominate the political ecosystem. Narratives are increasingly becoming the starting point for political decision-making processes and actual (data-based) facts, rationale and evidence-based judgement are taking a back seat. New technological development also means a shift of power from traditional governments to those who control and own Big Data, including large commercial entities. The impact of good political decision-making is much greater than it used to be. The Hanns Seidel Foundation is therefore creating a project aimed at utilising their collective knowledge and experience and to create a novel project in the interface between data and politics. 

To help us build the project, we look for a 

Consultant m/f/d 

for 55 days / over 4-6 months, temporarily based in Tunis, Tunisia. 

Profile: 

• Experience with the collection, interpretation, usage and disposal of data for evidence based policy making; 
• Experience in advising public institutions on opportunities and challenges of data usage for public policies; 
• Experience in designing and implementing evidence based decision making tools;
•  Experience with managing the elaboration of studies and publications as well as in organising international conferences; 
• Sound knowledge of the political and socio-economic context of African countries including the Maghreb region as well as the Middle East; 
• Knowledge of relevant national and international legal frameworks about the regulation of data;
• Ideally experience working with German political foundations and with the M&E procedures of the BMZ; 
• Fluency in German, English and French, working knowledge of Arabic, Portuguese and Spanish is an asset. 

Deliverables/tasks: 

• Inception report, incl. project matrix and logical framework; 
• Coordination of an initial study/publication on data in politics in Africa and the Middle East;
•  Elaboration of a strategy on how to engage the offices of the HSS and their local partners in the project and coordination of the HSS network on data in politics; 
• Stakeholder-mapping of relevant actors and initiatives in the realm of data sciences in Africa for potential collaborations; 
• Regular project reports in German as well as punctual analysis of relevant developments regarding data in politics in Africa and the Middle East; 
• Coordination of the development of data tools for evidence based decision making;
• Coordination of the organisation of a conference on data in politics in Africa and the Middle East;
•  Elaboration of a strategy on how to scale up the project data in politics at the global level.