GIS Specialist
Job Description
Title: GIS Specialist
Company Name: Medecins Sans Frontieres/ Doctors Without Borders (MSF)
Vacancy: 1
Job Location: Cox's Bazar
Employment Status: Full-time
Educational Requirements:
∎ University Diploma in Geographical Information System
∎ Skills Required: GIS/ Mapping
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 2 year(s)
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following area(s):
Database Development , Database maintenance, Geographical Information System
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Defining procedures and ensuring the implementation, monitoring, maintenance and correct functioning of the mission's geographical information system. Liaising directly with the staff to identify GIS needs and developing appropriate GIS products
∎ Managing the technical activities in support to and in close collaboration with the field responsible of the sector of activity he/she is primarily in support to i.e. epidemiologist, medical coordination, logistics coordination, and project or mission managerial team. This includes the following tasks:
∎ Managing response and prioritization requests for map products and services and supporting all medico-operational activities such as logistics, supply, outreach, WHS, security, project and mission leadership, communication and reporting, health promotion, etc.
∎ Managing the development, quality control and reproduction of products in appropriate formats for clients. Uses and advocates data and mapping standards
∎ Identifying, gathering and incorporating external datasets into the MSF repository. Maintaining and expanding the archives and working with the data to create themes and layers for use in GIS and to create analytical products
∎ Carrying out assessment and feasibility studies in the project to provide line managers with alternatives and possible solutions to challenges concerning GIS
∎ Where standard protocols are not available or appropriate, developing a protocol seeking extensive feedback and pilot tests to ensure its functioning.
∎ Acting as a technical referent, providing technical advice and oversight of quality and strengthening knowledge of the team. Managing training and skills development support to staff with simple mapping, Google Earth, use of GPS
∎ Performing delegated tasks as defined in his/her job description and according to the line manager
∎ Provision of well produced GiS maps for operational planning of all MSF activities in the project.
∎ Serving as a data provider to the project staff and responding to data requests rapidly as required.
∎ Assiting in the planning of community based interventions
∎ Daily management of a data collection team and ensurnig that the data they collect is of a suffiucient qulaity.
∎ Communicating information on any significant changes in the environmental health of the community that may come from the GiS data collection team, with the WTL or PC.
∎ Performing spot checks to ensure data quality from collection team.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Work experience with MSF and other NGOs
Salary:
∎ Tk. 83580 - 100296 (Monthly)
∎ Salary according to level Eight (08) of the internal MSF salary grid is 83480 Taka BDT.
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Medical allowance
∎ Festival Bonus: 2
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 21 Oct 2021
Company Information:
∎ 14 Oct 2021
∎ Medecins Sans Frontieres/ Doctors Without Borders (MSF)
∎ Address : 5th Floor, Khawaja Palace, Plot N. 76, Ro-11, Banani, Dhaka-1213, Bangladesh.
∎ Business : Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organization working in many countries worldwide. MSF has been working in Bangladesh since 1992. MSF was awarded the prestigious `Nobel Peace Prize` in 1999 for its pioneering humanitarian activities since 1971 in several continents.
Category: NGO/Development
: • All incomplete applications or those not clearly labelled will be rejected.• Females are encouraged to apply. • Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews/testing.• Application documents are non-returnable; please do not submit original documents.• No applications will be accepted after the deadline.• Only Bangladesh citizens will be considered for this position.• No monetary, goods or service offers, nor favoritism, will be tolerated in a recruitment process. MSF reserves the right to refuse any candidate having benefited from such acts. Any illicit solicitations can be reported to the justice system. MSF reserves the right to refuse any candidate having benefited from such acts and will stop collaboration with any workers involved in such acts.
