The information and communication technology specialist will support the executing and implementing 
agencies in project preparation, ensure project readiness, and avoid implementation delays after loan 
effectiveness.

The objectives of TA 6534-MON are to: (i) design the project, ensuring the design is suitable for ADB 
financing through identifying the most appropriate 
project components and providing innovative ideas, concepts, management approaches, and technology 
including pilot testing to enhance project impacts; 
(ii) review proposed project components based on detailed due diligence assessment of technical, 
economic and financial, governance, safeguards and 
poverty and social, and project risk and mitigation measures; (iii) provide training to the executing 
agency, implementing agency, their project 
implementing units, local design institutes, and other relevant stakeholders, to increase institutional 
capacity on effective project development and 
implementation; (iv) coordinate the project activity at all levels; (v) maintain high quality of project 
design and reporting; (vi) maintain firmly the 
schedule and project processing milestones; and (vii) prepare inputs to project documents, including 
feasibility study reports, safeguard documents, and 
ADB’s draft report and recommendation of the president. The project being prepared under the TA will 
include components involving high level technologies which require a special technical consideration and 
due diligence.

The consultant will work with the executing and implementing agencies, TA consultant team, and ADB to 
coordinate timely and efficient project preparation. The consultant will work with the disaster early 
warning expert and project coordinator and project procurement specialist to deliver the TA outputs: 
feasibility study report and draft project design and monitoring framework and procurement plan which 
includes market analysis and supply positioning: bidding documents of all urgent project packages.

The information and communication technology specialist will (i) facilitate on system analysis, business 
process reengineering, system requirement specification preparation, system designs, and data center 
preparation; (ii) coordinate with relevant department and agencies for integrating and interfacing 
internal and external software systems, and data migration; (iii) develop ICT strategy, and identify the 
challenges and opportunities in operating software systems; (iv) collaborate with specialized 
departments dealing in different stages of EWS cycle and identify needs for ICT inputs and outputs; and 
(v) prepare terms of reference for any related consulting work including disaster portal 
upgrades/enhancements including detailed scope of work for selection of agency required to implement a 
new website/portal for disaster risk management in the country.

The consultant will have a graduate degree in ICT, computer science, IT, or any other relevant 
discipline. The expert will have 10 years of experience in delivering ICT solutions for government 
preferably on disaster early warning system.