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IMPACT Initiatives Reach GIS Officer Jobs in South Sudan

Reach GIS Officer South Sudan

Background

REACH was born in 2010 as a joint initiative of two INGOs (IMPACT Initiatives and ACTED) and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT).

REACH’s purpose is to promote and facilitate the development of information products that enhance the humanitarian community’s decision making and planning capacity for emergency, reconstruction and development contexts, supporting and working within the framework of the humanitarian reform process.

REACH facilitates information management for aid actors through three complementary services: (a) need and situation assessments facilitated by REACH teams; (b) situation analysis using satellite imagery; (c) provision of related database and (web)-mapping facilities and expertise.

IMPACT Initiatives is humanitarian think tank, based in Geneva, Switzerland. The organisation manages several initiatives, including the REACH Initiative. The IMPACT team comprises specialists in data collection, management and analysis, GIS and remote-sensing.

ACTED is a French humanitarian NGO, founded in 1993, which supports vulnerable populations, affected by humanitarian crises worldwide.

ACTED provides continued support to vulnerable communities by ensuring the sustainability of post-crisis interventions and engaging long-term challenges facing our target populations, in order to break the poverty cycle, foster development and reduce vulnerability to disasters.

Our interventions seek to cover the multiple aspects of humanitarian and development crises through a multidisciplinary approach which is both global and local, and adapted to each context. Our 3,300 staff is committed in to responding to emergencies worldwide, to supporting recovery and rehabilitation, towards sustainable development.

We are currently looking for a REACH GIS Officer to support our programming in South Sudan.

Position: REACH GIS Officer

Contract duration: 12 months

Starting Date: ASAP

Location: Juba, South Sudan with minimum 25% of the time in field and deep field settings

Country profile

IMPACT, through its own activities, or through REACH, has been implementing programming in South Sudan since 2012.

Responding to the Sudan Border Crisis, REACH initially engaged through coordinated information management support – in the form of refugee camp mapping and service provision analyses, thematic assessments, and multi-sectorial needs assessments – in Maban County, Upper Nile State and Pariang County, Unity State.

IMPACT was engaged by DFID to provide a series of impact evaluations of their BRACE programming across Greater Bahr el Ghazal and Upper Nile States in 2013; a programme with run for two years, included 5 total assessments, and touched a total of more than 20,000 households.

Immediately following the conflict of December 2013, REACH expanded its programming to include the IDP response, participating in Initial Rapid Needs Assessments of conflict affected areas, providing mapping and monthly service provision analyses for major IDP sites around the country, and running large-scale IDP return intentions assessments.

2016 has seen the expansions of both IMPACT and REACH programming to 9 of 10 states, spanning the refugee, IDP and development responses, and covering diverse activities such as cross-border port monitoring, assessments of hard to reach areas, flood mapping and vulnerability analysis, market monitoring and supply chain analysis, analysis of tensions and conflicts over access to natural resources, and third party monitoring of humanitarian and development programming.

In the coming year, IMPACT and REACH programming will focus on integrating ongoing assessments into a common data stream, expanding the geographic scale of activities, connecting information streams to surrounding countries that are impacted by events in South Sudan, and continuing to adopt a beneficiary-centric approach to data collection that puts that needs of affected populations, and the return of information to them, at the centre of our work.

Supervision

The GIS Officer will report to the REACH GIS Manager. The GIS Officer may be responsible for other members of the GIS and DB team including GIS Junior Managers, interns and assistants.

Working relations

Internally, the GIS Officer will work closely with REACH Assessment staff and where required IMPACT HQ. These relations will also extend to ACTED country staff including Program Development, AMEU and Area Coordinators.

Externally, the GIS Officer will be expected to liaise with national and international partners, notably IM focal points in

NGOs, UN agencies and clusters.

Functions

The REACH GIS Officer will fulfill the following functions:

1. GIS Activities

a. Preparation, conception and production of maps

Identify map information needs;

Identify and access map information sources;

Ensure accurate linkages between spatial databases and assessment data;

Ensures that the produced maps meet the requirements of REACH and concerned partners.

b. Supervision and monitoring of mapping related data collection

Conceptualize methodologies for collecting data in the field, as according to need;

Organize and supervise GIS field missions;

Monitor accuracy of data collected;

Cross check data collected in the field, ensure regular updates and solve eventual discrepancies.

2. Data Management and Analysis Activities

a. Supervision and monitoring of remote data collection

Monitor accuracy of data collected;

Cross check data collected in the field, ensure regular updates and solve eventual discrepancies;

Manage, update and deploy monthly questionnaire.

b. Data cleaning, management, and merging

Manage data received monthly from the team;

Maintain, update and expand R-based system of data management and analysis for data dissemination and reporting;

Maintain, update and expand R system from automated data analysis and map production for factsheets

Organize and expand the system to other REACH projects across South Sudan

c. Product production

Create and update monthly factsheets for areas of analysis across South Sudan;

Provide mapping support for supplementary products developed by the assessment team.

3. Technical Support

The REACH GIS Officer will contribute towards the identification and implementation of effective and adapted technical solutions for assessments and projects for REACH South Sudan.

The REACH GIS officer will provide technical support assessments and analysis for REACH South Sudan.

These responsibilities will include creation and management of data collection tools, training on data cleaning and management techniques, support for data analysis, and ad hoc mapping support upon request.

4. Internal Communication Processes

The REACH GIS Officer will liaise with IMPACT in Geneva to guarantee a quality product that suits the needs of the field office. He/she will respond to information requests from IMPACT Initiatives and keep Geneva informed of the MIS activities in the field.

5. Confidentiality and Data Protection

The REACH GIS Officer will maintain the strictest confidentiality of data and processes. He/she will actively take measures to prevent the unauthorized sharing of information and data.

Accountability to Communities and Beneficiaries

The staff member is responsible for ensuring that all relations with the communities REACH and partners work are conducted in a respectful and consultative manner.

Due attention must be paid to ensuring that communities are adequately consulted and informed about REACH programme objectives, activities, beneficiary selection criteria, and methodologies.

This is the responsibility of every REACH staff member.

Requirements

A good sense of humour about bugs, snakes and bucket showers required;

Master degree in Geography/GIS or a related discipline;

2 years of experience in GIS / Database management, preferably in humanitarian context;

Considerable experience analysing complex data with R mandatory; knowledge of other statistical programming languages and packages a plus;

Previous experience with mobile data collection (ODK, ONA, KOBO);

Knowledge of the Adobe Suite, particularly Illustrator and InDesign;

Excellent team management skills;

Ability to operate in a cross-cultural environment requiring flexibility;

Familiarity with the aid system, and understanding of donor and governmental requirements;

Prior knowledge of the region an asset;

Fluency in English required;

Ability to operate Microsoft Word, Excel and Project Management Software;

High level of autonomy and willingness to spend time in deep field locations away from IMPACT/ ACTED support;

Ability to work independently.

Conditions

Salary defined by the IMPACT salary grid; educational level, expertise, hardship, security, and performance are considered for pay bonus

Additional monthly living allowance

Free food and lodging provided at the organisation’s guesthouse or housing allowance (depending on contract length and country of assignment)

Transportation costs covered, including additional return ticket + luggage allowance

Provision of medical, life, and repatriation insurance + retirement package

How to apply:

Please send, in English, your cover letter, CV, and three references to jobs@impact-initiatives.org

Ref: 17/SSD/GISO01

Please indicate the above reference code in the subject line of your email.

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