Country: Jordan
Closing date: 14 Dec 2016
GIS Specialist, USAID/Jordan Monitoring & Evaluation
Support Project (MESP), Amman, Jordan
Company Profile:
MSI, a Tetra Tech Company, is a Washington, DC metro area international development firm with a 35-year history of delivering development results across the world. Our core expertise is in the fields of monitoring and evaluation (M&E), institutional development, public sector management, governance and anti-corruption. MSI implements nearly 100 projects in 90 countries around the world such as Jordan, Morocco, Lebanon, Syria, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Colombia, and Mexico. As one of the leading companies in our field, MSI has partnered with more than 80 organizations across all sectors of international development with clients ranging from large bilateral and multilateral donors such as USAID, the World Bank and the UNDP to national and local governments, NGOs, think tanks, foundations and universities. For more information on MSI, please visit our website at www.msiworldwide.com.
Project Summary:
The Monitoring & Evaluation Support Program (MESP) provides evaluation assistance, M&E training and support, and strategic communications assistance to the USAID Mission in Jordan as well as local implementing partners. The program enables the Mission to fulfill its performance monitoring, evaluation, reporting, and information sharing as mandated by Agency guidance.
\Please note: Only Jordanian citizens are eligible for this position.**
Position Summary:
The GIS Specialist will be responsible for managing spatial datasets and creating maps and other cartographic products as required by USAID/Jordan and MESP. The GIS Specialist will be required to work effectively with USAID, the GoJ, and other third parties to collect, update, and maintain geospatial datasets. Building collaborative, positive, and mutually beneficial relationships with MESP partners is imperative. Additionally, the GIS Specialist may be tasked with leading field data collection efforts.
The position will be full-time during the term of this contract and will be located in Amman, Jordan.
Responsibilities:
- Assist USAID and MESP in developing effective tools and processes to collect, manage and combine spatial datasets.
- Build and maintain relationships with the GoJ, USAID, and third party partners to establish and maintain library of geospatial data including project specific datasets and base data.
- Standardize and clean geospatial datasets and associated attributes across project specific datasets.
- Lead field data collection efforts as necessary using smartphones, paper surveys, and other data collection techniques.
- Create maps, infographics, and other cartographic products on a regular and ad-hoc basis.
- Conduct basic geospatial analysis on collected datasets per the direction of USAID and MESP.
Qualifications:
- Five (5) years of professional experience in GIS, geography, or related field.
- Bachelor's degree or higher in geography, cartography, GIS, earth sciences, or related field
- Five years' experience with ArcGIS Desktop 9x, 10x.
- Experience with QGIS, other open source GIS software, and ArcGIS Online.
- Experience in supporting field data collection utilizing mobile data collection devices and applications.
- Excellent data management skills and experience working with datasets in multiple formats including shapefile, geodatabase, CSV, and XLS.
Only candidates who have been selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls, please.
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