Manager - GIS and IM (Humanitarian and Climate Action program)
Job Description
Title: Manager - GIS and IM (Humanitarian and Climate Action program)
Company Name: CARE Bangladesh
Vacancy: 1
Job Location: Dhaka
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Masters in Management Information Systems (MIS)/ Statistics/ Disaster Management or relevant field.
Experience Requirements:
∎ 7 to 8 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ Location: Based in CARE Bangladesh Dhaka Office
∎ Duration: Duration of the contract will be for 01 (one) year
∎ I. Job Summary:
∎ CARE is one of the world`s leading international humanitarian and development organizations, committed to helping people in poor communities improve their lives and alleviate poverty. Founded in 1945, CARE is working in over 100 countries to fight global poverty and marginalization. CARE has been active in Bangladesh since 1949 and is one of the largest programs in the CARE confederation. Women and girls are at the core of all CARE programs because they represent half of the marginalized group. It is impossible to overcome poverty until everyone has equal rights and opportunities. CARE Bangladesh works to implement programs with long-term impacts that result in sustainable changes for the extremely poor and marginalized communities.
∎ CARE Bangladesh`s (CARE BD) Humanitarian and Climate Action Program is committed to providing people affected by climatic and geophysical disasters and conflicts with life-saving assistance and longer-term resilience support, with a special focus on women and girls who are disproportionately affected by shocks and stresses. Our action includes preparedness and early action, emergency response and recovery, and adaptation to climate change for sustainable and equitable development.
∎ The principal purpose of the position is to provide support in the Humanitarian and Climate Action programs` initiatives related to Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and Information Management (IM). The supports include, but are not limited to, managing related information from both primary and secondary sources, information generation, sharing and dissemination, data-driven decision-making, and managing/updating spatial databases. Primarily, this position will support initiatives of two UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) funded projects - Supporting Bangladesh Rapid Needs Assessment (SUBARNA III) and Nature Based Adaptation towards Prosperous and Adept Lives & Livelihoods in Bangladesh (NABAPALLAB). SUBARNA project has been crucial for ensuring data-driven decision-making in the humanitarian arena in Bangladesh. On the other hand, the NABAPALLAB is a new project, a consortium-driven project focusing on two ecologically critical areas - Sundarbans and Hakaluki Haor and will work on diverse areas.
∎ Furthermore, s/he will liaise with diverse stakeholders - consortium members, CARE program colleagues, and relevant government counterparts to ensure smooth operation regarding information collection/collation to produce efficient maps, joint needs assessment reports, data collection tools and processes, analytical framework, and other related knowledge products.
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 21 Nov 2023
Company Information:
∎ 14 Nov 2023
∎ CARE Bangladesh
Category: NGO/Development
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