Tuesday, May 24, 2011

GIS Coordinator – Resilient Villages, Safe House Construction

We are trying to find the best possible candidates to make the Mercy Corps team stronger.

Duty station; West Sumatera

The Geographic Information System (GIS) Coordinator is responsible for developing a community mapping plan utilizing open source resources such as streetmaps.com and walking papers – within the Resilient Village: Safe House Construciton project sites. S/he will coordinate with the Resilient Village: Safe House Construction team to provide information and collect data..  She/he will work with multiple volunteers to provide community mapping training and oversight to the development of the mapping project as it relates to Resilient Villages. This person must be able to coordinate with community volunteers, University volunteers and interns, NGO’s, INGO’s and government officials (specifically provincial and national level.

Qualifications:

The candidate must have a strong technical background on geographic information system;ability to develop systems for accurate and timely program for data collecting, displaying and sharing the information to understand urban condition and changes as a result after implementing program;The candidate must have experience collecting, entering and analyzing data;  The candidate must also be able to work effectively with and communicate well at both governmental and community levels;He or she should be familiar with the concepts of using data for decision-making.  Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Open Street Maps, etc as well as English language oral and writing skills capacity. 

This position will be as temporary staff for 6 months.


Please send your CV with position applied on the email subject to: hrd@id.mercycorps.org 

Vacancy will be closed 29 May 2011.

We look forward to hearing from those who are interested in taking this opportunity to grow and develop with us.


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