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14. October 2024
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GovStack Technical Specifications Release Manager

Start of employment: ASAP
Recruitment by GovStack founding partner: ESTDEV

Duration of employment: until end of June 2025, with the possibility of extension     

Location: hybrid/remote  

GovStack was founded by Estonia, Germany, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), and DIAL in 2020. The initiative supports countries and organizations with building cost-effective and efficient digital public services that are easy to scale, so that citizens can seamlessly access health records, manage identity documents, make digital payments, and utilise other government services. The GovStack approach is based on the SDG Digital Investment Framework and promotes the use of interoperable, generic, and reusable “building blocks” to digitalize any service. By offering governments and institutions essential tools and guidance for digital services design and implementation that are based on international best practices, GovStack makes it easier, faster, and more reliable for national, municipal, or local stakeholders to implement digital government services.   

Since its foundation, GovStack has engaged with more than 20 countries in different regions of the world and has mobilized a community of more than 260 experts and specialists to contribute to development of reliable, secure, and effective digital services.   

GovStack is looking for a Technical Specifications Release Manager for one or more working groups by which the technical specifications of Building Blocks are being drafted. The Technical Specifications Release Manager will be responsible for overseeing and managing the prioritization of issues, requests, or incidents with regards to the technical specifications. He/She will also lead the process of review and publication.  

Responsibilities of the role: 

  • Lead the review and publication process of GovStack’s technical specifications.  
  • Support creating working group’s backlogs and managing respective Jira tickets. 
  • Monitor the progress of open issues and ensure they are resolved in a timely manner. 
  • Read through specifications and provide feedback (format and where possible content) 
  • Manage the GovStack GitBook environment to follow common layout and formatting standards among all released specifications 
  • Act as a liaison between working group members, working group lead and the broader tech community to ensure issues and pull requests are routed to the right person for resolution. 
  • Active collaboration with GovStack CTO. Participation in general architecture related workgroups if deemed necessary by the CTO. 
  • Support the working group in the documentation, moderation of working group meetings, drafting of presentations and administrative tasks if needed. 
  • Continuously analyze the triage process to identify bottlenecks or inefficiencies and suggest improvements. 

Required skills and competencies:  

  • Experience in standardization initiatives 
  • Experience in the use of project or release management tools: Github, Gitbook, Jira and Confluence. 
  • Experience in coordinating cross-functional work teams 
  • Experience in technical writing or requirement documentation 
  • Experience in IT community work 
  • Excellent English skills – both written and spoken. 
  • Social compatibility: a respectful and result-oriented team player with good communication skills. 

Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications, including the following:  

  • A cover letter outlining their suitability for the role  
  • A CV highlighting relevant experience and qualifications  
  • Salary expectations  

As ESTDEV is responsible for the recruitment, applications should be submitted to [email protected] by Mon, 14 Oct 2024 EoB (17.00 EEST). 

For any additional information, please contact GovStack CTO, Mr Kristo Vaher, e-mail: [email protected] or +372 5692 0873 (WhatsApp).