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 desirable
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 2 year(s)
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 medical 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.
∎ Assisting in the planning of community based interventions
∎ Daily management of a data collection team and ensuring that the data they collect is of a sufficient quality.
∎ 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:
∎ Essential experience in managing data collection, entry and maintenance and in managing or developing databases
∎ Strong practical experience in using Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
∎ Teaching skills is a strong asset
∎ At least 2 years' experience in GIS/Mapping
∎ Work experience with MSF and other NGOs desirable
Salary:
∎ Tk. 86338 - 103606 (Monthly)
∎ Salary according to level Eight (08) of the internal MSF salary grid are 86,338 Taka BDT. 2 annual leave days per month worked. Medical insurance for employee and direct dependents.
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Medical allowance
∎ Festival Bonus: 2
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 20 Jul 2022
Company Information:
∎ 14 Jul 2022
∎ 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 over 80 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
: Only soft copies will be accepted for this position: Please send you resume (CV), motivation letter, working certificates and other relevant documents clearly mentioning the “position applying for and your last name” with the code “GISMSFH202207” clearly written in the subject line to the HR Manager to [email protected] by 20/07/2022All incomplete applications or those not clearly labelled will be rejected. Women are encouraged to apply. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews/testing. Application documents are non-returnable; please do not submit original documents. Applications will be not be accepted after the deadline. Only Bangladeshi 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.
