Remote Sensing and GIS Specialist
Job Description
Title: Remote Sensing and GIS Specialist
Company Name: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Vacancy: Not specific
Job Location: Dhaka
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Master of Science (MSc) in Environmental Science
∎ University degree in Remote sensing, GIS, forestry, environmental sciences, or a closely related field;
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ Organizational Unit: FABGD - FAO Representation in Bangladesh Job Field Category :
∎ Job Type: Non-staff opportunities
∎ Type of Requisition: NPP (National Project Personnel)
∎ Grade Level: N/A
∎ Primary Location: Bangladesh-Dhaka
∎ Duration: 06 months with possibility of extension
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Coordinate the implementation of GIS/RS related activities, prepare maps of land use change and land degradation, forest cover and others to support the identification of key geographic areas where to implement activities;
∎ Work with the international and national colleagues to reinforce government capacities for RS and GIS based monitoring and information management;
∎ Provide technical support for providing recommendations for scaling-up sustainable land management at national scale in line with national strategies and plans;
∎ Participate and contribute in relevant national and international events for capacity building/experience sharing;
∎ Provide trainings to government partners in basic GIS applications such as making maps with forest inventory data;
∎ Coordinate the preparation of geospatial databases, maps and descriptive statistics for major land degradation types;
∎ Provide support for the calculation of the land degradation indicators;
∎ Provide support in the development of web based geospatial information sharing platform (geoportal);
∎ Examine the existing thematic maps on forestry and other land uses and assess their quality in terms of thematic details, dates of production, methods of production, and precision;
∎ Define the specifications of the land cover/use map to be produced and methodology to be applied;
∎ Define the specifications of the remote sensing data needed and help their procurement. Use should be made of existing data and resort to purchase only if the existing data is judged not suitable or incomplete;
∎ Assist in planning and organizing satellite image classification and interpretation including field checking and validation.
∎ Provide training to the national personnel in forest/land cover/use mapping and change detection;
∎ Assist in any other tasks under the projects at the instruction of the FAO Representative, the LTO, or Team Leader.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Five years of relevant experience related to software for remote sensing, GIS and database management
∎ Working knowledge of English (level C)
∎ National of Bangladesh.
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 15 Nov 2023
Company Information:
∎ 6 Nov 2023
∎ Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Category: Research/Consultancy
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Source: bdjobs.com
Deadline Expired on 15th Nov 2023
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