GIS Developer

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• FAO is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality, background and culture.
• Qualified female applicants, qualified nationals of non-and under-represented Members and person with disabilities are encouraged to apply;
• Everyone who works for FAO is required to adhere to the highest standards of integrity and professional conduct, and to uphold FAO's values
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• All selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks
• All applications will be treated with the strictest confidentiality

Organizational Setting

The key mission of the FAO Representation in Somalia, which is led by FAO Representative (FAOR), is to assist and support the national government to develop policies, strategies and programme aimed at accelerating the Implementation and achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the area of FAO's global mandate and Strategic Objectives. More specifically, FAO's response aims to address national needs and priorities in achieving food security, reducing hunger and malnutrition, developing agricultural, fishery and forestry sectors, and ensuring the sustainable use of environmental and natural resources and respond to recurrent emergencies. The current portfolio of activities of the FAO Representation in Somalia includes a wide scope of technical support interventions ranging from policy support through livestock and crop production, to natural resource management, Nutrition, value chain, food security analysis and water and land information management. FAO is also implementing several emergency, resilience-building and development interventions, with the support of its five field offices and close to 400 staff in partnership with the Federal and State line ministries.

Reporting Lines

Under the overall guidance of the FAO Officer in Charge for Somalia, the direction of the Technical Advisor and the direct supervision of the Remote Sensing/GIS Team Leader.

Technical Focus

The incumbent will be responsible for developing scripts to be used in analysis of geospatial datasets and satellite imagery, generating information on land and water sources, supporting agricultural/livestock/water infrastructure monitoring including change detection and environmental monitoring activities.

Tasks and responsibilities

• Maintain and support data publication in GeoNode with the help of GIS/RS team to ensure all datasets are updated and well documented.
• Assist in development of GIS web applications and geoprocessing tools.
• Provide maintenance and support of the Database and Geospatial Servers.
• Assist in quality assurance checks on SWALIM’S GIS Web based systems and recommend updates or new technology when applicable.
• Develop tools to automate processing of remote sensing data including image classification, support onscreen digitization, extraction of features and generation of tabular information to support SWALIM and other FAO Somalia sectors.
• Assist in producing scripts for image processing and analysis through Google Earth Engine and other web based geospatial platforms.
• Develop tools for geospatial data analysis using open source software, including QGIS.
• Design and implement data work-flow processes for web applications.
• Document and develop user manuals for all GIS/RS applications developed.
• Develop and document GIS related training material.
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the RS/GIS Team Leader and/or by SWALIM TA.

CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING

Minimum Requirements

• University Degree/Diploma in one of the following areas: Geographic Information System, Information management and Database Management, Mapping or any other intensive training / post graduate course on above-mentioned related fields.
• At least 3 year of work experience in remote sensing data interpretation
• Working knowledge (level C) of English, French or Spanish and limited knowledge (level B) of one of the other two or Arabic, Chinese, Russian. For PSA, Working knowledge of English, French or Spanish is required.

FAO Core Competencies

• Results Focus
• Teamwork
• Communication
• Building Effective Relationships
• Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement

Technical/Functional Skills

• Experience with cloud-based geospatial platforms, especially Google Earth Engine.
• Experience with Open Source GIS Software, Standards, SDKs and APIs like GeoServer, MapServer, OpenLayers, Leaflet
• In-depth knowledge about GIS data formats like shapefiles, and geospatial exchange data formats such as KML, GML, GeoJSON.
• Familiarity with the Software Development tools including Git and GitHub.
• Experience with development of AI/ML is a strong asset.
• Knowledge of Environmental Sciences would be an advantage.
• Ability to work under minimum supervision and effectively with people of different national and cultural backgrounds.

Please note that all candidates should adhere to FAO Values of Commitment to FAO, Respect for All and Integrity and Transparency