[Application deadline]
[Place of work]
Surabaya and Jakarta, Indonesia
[Background]
Humanitarian
OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) has been working in Indonesia since 2011
focusing on projects related to disasters. In 2016, HOT has the
opportunity to do mapping in several cities in Indonesia, the first year
we will be focusing on Jakarta and Surabaya. This 24-month project
extension is designed to build upon the initial success of the USAID
OFDA-funded, PDC-implemented InAWARE program as well as investments and
activities carried out by DMInnovation (InaSAFE), HOT (OSM), and
PetaJakarta.org to build capacity to incorporate crowdsourced
information into existing disaster monitoring and early warning
platforms to increase capacity within Indonesia's disaster management
agencies at the national level (BNPB) and within selectes provincial
centers (BPBD) for effective disaster early warning and decision
making.
Project outcomes include enhanced
capacity within BNPB for national-level disaster monitoring, early
warning, and decision support; local community participation to supply
needed information content via crowdsourcing methods to provide
up-to-date information on hazars and critical infrastructure; enhanced
staff skill and capacity within relevant disaster management agencies
for use of ICT-based tools for DM decision making.
[Profile]
This position will be responsible for checking the quality of the data collected and input during the Data Collection mapping:
* Review data input by 5 mappers on the team
* Responsible for data random check on the field one every 2 weeks
* Create reports on quality of data being collected monthly
* Develop procedures for checking data quality under the direction of the Mapping Supervisors
[Eligibility Criteria]
* 2 years of professional GIS and mapping experience
* Undergraduate degree with a focus in GIS or Geography
* Previous experience performing data quality checks
* Fluent in Indonesian
* 4 years experience using GIS software (before and after graduated from university)
* Experience in using QGIS, OpenStreetMap, and InaSAFE is highly desired
* Experience in disaster management, open data or open source is strongly desired
[Practicalities]
This
position is based in Surabaya and Jakarta, Indonesia with the primary
place of work being at an office that HOT provided. Housing in Surabaya
will be provided. Currently the position is budgeted and approved for 5
months working in Surabaya and continue 5 months in Jakarta until mid
2017.
To Apply, send your cover letter and CV to recruitment.id@hotosm.org by June 26th, 2016 with subject: [PutYourNameHere_ DataValidator]
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