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    News » Jobs in Africa » Recruitment Senegal : GIS Expert ACAPS

    Recruitment Senegal : GIS Expert ACAPS

    By Admirable Dansi6 July 2022Updated:6 July 2022

    The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) hiring GIS Expert ACAPS.

    Job Description

    ACAPS is dedicated to helping humanitarians make better decisions. We want to put evidence at the heart of decision-making. To achieve this, we collaborate with a variety of partners across the humanitarian sector and beyond. We strive to be an evolving platform providing:

    Independent analysis to support evidence-based decision making for humanitarian operations.

    Innovative approaches to collect more reliable and timely data and conduct rigorous analysis.

    Capacity development of humanitarian actors to carry out better needs assessments and analysis.

    Purpose of the position 

    The post holder will contribute to enhance ACAPS work by developing a geospatial analysis workflow, designing fit-for-purpose maps that will help understand and better communicate our analysis, and by developing the organisations capacity on map production. This will ultimately contribute to that ACAPS is perceived as a leading voice on humanitarian needs analysis.

    Roles and Responsibilities

    Standardise the in-house workflow on production of maps

    Develop maps on request from different teams

    Ensure that ACAPS maps convey the message in the most appropriate way and in line with the analysis produced

    Build internal mapping capacity

    Strengthen relationship with key partners

    Specific responsibilities:

    Lead on in-house map production

    Build and maintain a GIS resource library, as well as up-to-date documentation for reference purposes

    Be responsible for the harmonisation of templates, data sources, colour schemes, and all the necessary tools to produce on-brand maps

    Ensure effective map production

    Design a new standardised process for GIS data management and mapping

    Engage with ACAPS analysts and ensure existing workflows are understood and taken into account when designing new processes.

    Capacity building

    Provide internal mapping and information visualisation training

    Qualifications, skills and experience

    Relevant university degree or higher education, preferably in GIS, cartography, Computer science, Geography, Engineering, or any other related field.

    2-3 years’ experience of using Geographic Information Systems (GIS), proprietary and open source (such as ArcGIS, QGIS etc.)

    Proficiency in English, both verbal and written

    Knowledge of programming languages, such as Python or R is desirable

    Experience from the humanitarian sector desirable

    Good understanding of GIS processes and workflows with experience in designing and implementing new processes

    Strong internal and external stakeholder engagement skills

    Proven high level of expertise in cartography, data visualisation and infographics and related tools

    Proficient in developing designs, visualisations, and presentations from different type of data and a variety of sources

    Strong familiarity with Excel, and with Adobe Suite or other graphics editing tools

    Knowledge of remote sensing techniques, applications and software

    Behavioural competencies

    Communicating with impact and respect

    Deciding and Initiating Action

    Planning and delivering results

    Adapting and Responding to Change

    Adhering to Principles and Values

    What do we Offer

    Duty Station: Dakar, Senegal

    Contract Length: 12 months

    Salary: According to NRC Senegalese National grade 7 Salary scale

    Start date: As soon as Possible

    Closing date: 12 July 2022.

    For more informations, visit this site

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