GIS Assistant

13 سبتمبر، 2022

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GIS Assistant

الوصف الوظيفي

– GIS Assistant
Company: Industry: Non-Profit and Social Services Job Location: Al Zaatari, Jordan Career Level: Junior (With some experience in the field) Date Posted: 12-09-2022 Ref. Number: 153211 Citizenships Jordan Residence Country Jordan Years of Experience 1 – 4
GIS Assistant
Job Description and Requirements
Job Function/ Description:

Provide GIS technical advice, skill development, and mentoring to RefuGIS team members with GIS skill levels ranging from novice to expert.

Manage GIS projects assigned to the RefuGIS team in terms of allocation of project technical tasks to RefuGIS team members, quality control of final products, and curation of final products and datasets.

Train and mentor RefuGIS team members on how to teach GIS to other refugees.

Develop GIS learning pathways for RefuGIS team members to advance from novice to expert levels.

Liaison with UNHCR and implementing partners on RefuGIS activities and outreach.

Responsible for aiding in all project information services, primarily data management, GPS support and data collection and processing and reporting quality control.

Managing geospatial and file based documents to ensure data quality standards are maintained, editing geospatial data and preparing cartographic products.

Perform GIS data quality control of field data. The process of quality control includes reviewing the data for completeness and accuracy, identifying, correcting errors or omissions in the data and insuring that that data is stored correctly in the project GIS database, including, correct coordinate projection and metadata.

Perform GIS data quality control of data collected from external sources. The process of quality control includes reviewing the data for completeness and accuracy, identifying and correcting errors or omissions in the data and insuring that that data is stored correctly in the database and updating metadata.

Create map layouts, map templates, map icons, generate maps, generate reports and insure that the maps and reports are stored in the database correctly.

Provide information and details in support of monthly reports on all activities.

Perform all other duties as assigned by Blumont senior management.
Required Education & Experience:

University level degree in GIS or any related field.

Years of experience is between 1-4 years in GIS field

NGO background is preferable.
Skills Required:

Excellent knowledge of English and Arabic language (reading, writing and speaking).

Excellent interpersonal skills, including patience, diplomacy, willingness to listen and respect for colleagues.

Must be capable of working both individually and as part of a team.

Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, stressful environment.

Must have knowledge with ESRI ArcGIS for Desktop software, Strong GIS skills with two or more GIS packages.

A basic understanding of the concepts behind data management in a relational database.

knowledge of cartographic projections, survey techniques,

Knowledge of Microsoft Office, (Excel) skills.

Understanding of and/or willing to learn math and statistical analysis
* Genuinely excited and enthusiastic about learning and pushing technical limits / finding new solutions
Company: Industry: Non-Profit and Social Services Job Location: Al Zaatari, Jordan Career Level: Junior (With some experience in the field) Date Posted: 12-09-2022 Ref. Number: 153211 Citizenships Jordan Residence Country Jordan Years of Experience 1 – 4