Vacancy Announcement "GIS Programmer"

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1. Background 

DAI, an international consulting firm based in the United States, is currently accepting applications from candidates for a Climate and Weather Information Specialist position in Jakarta to support the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Adaptasi Perubahan Iklim dan Ketangguhan Project in Indonesia (APIK).  APIK will support the Government of Indonesia to strengthen climate and disaster resilience, working in an integrated manner from the national level down to the community level. APIK will help to mainstream climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction into national and sub-national governance frameworks, build the capacity of local communities and the private sector to address climate change and weather-related natural hazards, and support the use of information for climate and disaster risk management among key stakeholders.

In PY3-Q1 and PY3-Q2, APIK has completed the development of the first version of Otoklim Software and BMKG Websites of the Provincial Scale for East Java, Southeast Sulawesi and Maluku. Training for BMKG staff in the regions has also been implemented in December 2017 and January 2018. From the training results and several interactions with the stations in the regions, it has been noted some evaluation and input from the staff concerned to improve the products of Otoklim and the Website. Before the revision begun, the evaluation meeting need to be conducted with the end user (e.g. Malang climatological station).

Through this SoW, GIS Programmer is needed to support in processing GIS data, producing several set of maps and merge the maps in the Reports. He / She will also conduct a series of evaluation and refinement activities from the province's Web and Otoklim products.

2. Objectives and Duties:

• To conduct evaluation meeting with the end user

• To improved the existing Otoklim and Website BMKG Provincial level based on inputs from the end user

3. Output:

• MoM from evaluation meeting

• Revised version of Otoklim & BMKG Website Provincial level, including:

o Several bug fixing on Otoklim & Website

o Fixing unit of rainfall & percentage on website

o Input Interpolation IDW parameter on Otoklim

4. Qualifications: 

• Min. Bachelor Degree (Preferred in Geodetic Engineer/Geoscience), others are welcome if have strong knowledge or experience below.  

• 1-3 year(s) experienced in layout map and geospatial data processing

• Experienced with:

o QGIS

o Python Scripting

5. Base of Operations: 

• Jakarta, Indonesia 

6. Reporting: 

• The GIS Specialist will report to Climate Change Adaptation Advisor & Climate Information Services Advisor

7. Schedule:

• The GIS Specialist is expected to join by April 2018 - July 2018 (STTA - Short Term).

7. Application Send:

• Interested applicants are invited to send their CV to apik_recruitment@dai.com. Please send application no later than 19 April 2018. Applicants are instructed to write "STTA - GIS Specialist- Name" as the subject line of their email. we regret that we are unable to acknowledge receipt of all applicants and only shortlisted candidates will be notified.