GIS ANALYST

FAO seeks gender, geographical and linguistic diversity in its staff and international consultants in order to best serve FAO Members in all regions.

• 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
• FAO, as a Specialized Agency of the United Nations, has a zero-tolerance policy for conduct that is incompatible with its status, objectives and mandate, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination　　
• All selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks
• All applications will be treated with the strictest confidentiality
• FAO staff are subject to the authority of the Director-General, who may assign them to any of the activities or offices of the Organization.

Organizational Setting

The Hand-in-Hand (HiHI) initiative is an evidence‐based, country‐led and country-owned initiative to accelerate progress in achieving Sustainable Development Goals 1, 2, and 10 to eradicate poverty, hunger and all forms of malnutrition, through the use of the most sophisticated tools available, including geospatial information and analytics. The HiHI initiative aims to identify opportunities to raise incomes and reduce the inequities and vulnerabilities of rural populations, who constitute the majority of the world's poor.
In Tanzania, innovative HiHI tools and methods have been used to allow for the identification and prioritization of investment opportunities. These tools ensure the integration of information on agriculture and food systems’ potential with farmers’ efficiency to generate incomes, revenues or profit in locations where poverty is pervasive, thus allowing for more targeted agriculture interventions. These innovative methods, therefore, ensure that interventions with the highest and most sustainable impacts are selected for investment.

The objective of the assignment is to facilitate and conduct the geospatial information analysis needed in supporting the operationalization of the HiHI-Geo spatial platform and the development of the HiHI investment plans in Tanzania. Where necessary the incumbent will also be responsible for supporting obtaining relevant geospatial and or metadata from relevant local and international organizations.

Reporting Lines

The incumbent will be reporting to Assistant FAO representative program under the supervision of the FAO HiHI focal person in close collaboration with the HiHI task team responsible for HiHI Geo-Spatial platform.

Technical Focus

• Preparing, documenting, and publishing tabular and geospatial data
• Assessing hand-in-hand value chain infrastructure suitability, location analysis, and mapping.
• Undertaking geospatial analysis
• Publishing geospatial and tabular data and metadata on cloud-based platforms and systems (hand-in-hand geospatial analysis).

Tasks and responsibilities

Under the supervision of the HiHI focal person, she/he will perform the following duties with respect to Geospatial Information System development:

• Assist in sourcing and preparing geospatial data.
• Perform value chain infrastructure suitability assessment, location analysis, and mapping for hand-in-hand initiative.
• Document geospatial metadata for hand-in-hand geospatial platform publishing.
• Publish geospatial and tabular data and metadata on cloud-based platforms and systems (hand-in-hand geospatial analysis).
• Extract, transform and upload tabular data on the Hand-in-hand Data Catalog Portal.
• Create, style, and publish views for uploaded datasets on the Data Catalog Portal.
• Document and report activities and tasks.
• Ensure coherency and compliance with appropriate organizational standards.

CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING

Minimum Requirements

• MSc degree in Geography, GIS, Geomatics, environmental sciences, or related discipline.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in geospatial data handling and analysis
• Working knowledge of English
• National of Tanzania or a legal resident in the country with a valida work permit

FAO Core Competencies

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

Technical/Functional Skills

• Extent and relevance of experience in the use of Geo-Spatial tools and information.
• Extent and relevance of experience in sectors related to agriculture.
• Familiarity with:
- GIS software.
- GIS metadata.
- Cloud-based geospatial solutions.
- Python
- JSON
• Ability to manage own time and work effectively individually and as part of the team.
• Communicate technical matters to non-technical individuals.

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