Digitalization Expert

Place of Work: Permanent Secretariat of the IGC TRACECA, Baku, Azerbaijan

Preliminary Date of the Competition Commission Meeting: 17 July 2026

Main objective of position: 

• Promotion of transport digitalization within the Europe-the Caucasus-Asia corridor, taking into account the objectives set out in the Basic Multilateral Agreement, TRACECA agreements and policy documents;
• Promotion and further assistance in the implementation of information technologies in border crossing procedures and the implementation of initiatives and projects aimed at digitalization of transportation and transport documents.

Key tasks: 

• General monitoring of implementation of the MLA, TRACECA agreements and policy documents, including the preparation of relevant working documents/studies/statistics/information on digitalization of transportations, border-crossing procedures and transport documents;
• Development of drafts of TRACECA policy documents, Action Plans for the implementation of policy documents in the field of digitalization;
• Monitoring the implementation of decisions and recommendations of the IGC and the PS IGC TRACECA applicable to implementation of information technologies;
• Initiating the development of new legal acts and amending existing TRACECA legal acts in the field of digitalization;
• Monitoring of implementation of the Digital Concept of the International Transport Corridor TRACECA, updating it and preparing proposals for amendments or additions;
• Study of current data on application in the TRACECA countries of national and international rules, conventions and contracts related to digitalization of transportations;
• Development of proposals and approaches for digitalization of transport procedures and border crossing between the TRACECA countries;
• Study of the international experience of digitalization of transport documents and preparation of appropriate recommendations for the introduction and application of digital transport documents within TRACECA;
• Study and collection of information on the current level of digitalization of transportations in the TRACECA countries and collection of information on the prospects for the introduction of information technologies in the field of transport in the TRACECA countries;
• Preparation of proposals for the implementation, development and functioning of the TRACECA information system, mobile application and other solutions;
• Preparation of proposals, implementation and functioning of the TRACECA smart map;
• Elaboration of proposals on possible measures to stimulate digitalization in the TRACECA countries at the national level;
• Other.

Minimum qualification requirements: 

• Higher technical education (preferably in the field of information technologies, programming or information security);
• 3-year work experience in government agencies and/or organizations for information technologies and digitalization, mainly with experience in international organizations/ companies/ projects in the field of digitalization.     

Skills and abilities requirements:

• Expertise in the implementation of international initiatives and projects on digitalization in the field of transport;
• Skills in developing strategies/policies/work plans, programming or functioning of corporate information systems;
• Knowledge of the TRACECA legal documents regulating digitalization issues; 
• Ability to operate databases of scientific, technical, statistical data in the field of digitalization;
• Fluency in the English language. Russian language will be considered as an advantage;
• Good knowledge of standard computer office and application programmes;
• Time management skills, experts’ team management skills, as well as the ability to work both independently and in a team;  
• Good skills in presentation of materials, negotiation and mediation; 
• Initiative, desire for self-improvement, ability to analyse, ethical behavior.

Employment conditions: 

• Remote work. In case of necessity, permanent work at the TRACECA Headquarters in Baku. Contract period – 2 years, with the possibility of the extension for the next two-year period, five-day working week (days off – Saturday and Sunday, non-working holidays – in compliance with the legislation of the Republic of Azerbaijan). 

All candidates must submit their applications by e-mail before the deadline for submitting documents. Applications submitted in incomplete form and/or after the official deadline for submitting documents will not be considered.

Documents required for participation in the Competition:

• application in the form, in accordance with Appendix 1 to these Rules of conducting a competition for filling vacant positions of the Permanent Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Commission TRACECA;
• CV (in pdf format) with photo (no less than 300 DPI),
• a copy of an identity document or passport;
• copies of the documents confirming the required professional education, qualifications and work experience:
• copies of the documents confirming the improvement or qualification assignment based on the results of additional professional education (optional),
• copies of the documents on awarding an academic degree, academic title (optional).
• Motivation letter.

Note: On the first stage documents shall be provided with notarized translations into the Russian or English languages, if they are issued or drawn up in the languages of the MLA countries that are not the Russian or English languages, except the documents confirming the required professional education, qualifications and work experience.

Participants of the Competition can provide additional information about education, experience, professional level and reputation (characteristics, recommendations, scientific publications, etc.).

The documents sent by e-mail should be in the MS Word or PDF format and are forwarded to the e-mail address in the Apply for job button marked “Application for a vacancy of the Digitalization Expert of the PS IGC TRACECA”.

The candidates in the short list only will be notified. 

More details are available via link: https://traceca-org.org/en/home/vacancy/