Job Description
Dutystation: Bangkok, Thailand
Functional responsibilities
Summary of Key Functions: - Project Delivery and Performance
- Coordination and Stakeholder Engagement
- Monitoring and Reporting
- Capacity Strengthening, Knowledge Sharing and Innovation
1) Project Delivery and Performance: - Deliver GIS mapping capabilities and intuitive data visualizations (both static and interactive) in accordance with UNOPS established standards;
- Create and produce digital maps, graphics, and geospatial data outputs in standardized formats such as shapefiles, geographic databases and other formats usable in GIS and spatial analysis;
- Identify, organise and maintain relevant geospatial data of varied standards and formats including but not limited to Earth observation satellites, probabilistic models and primary data;
- Conduct spatial data analysis on climate, livelihoods, food security, poverty and nutrition according to cartographic standards;
- Extract key features from remote sensing products and analyse them using GIS and image processing tools, standardizing data from various sources into unified database formats;
- Support initiatives by providing relevant maps, visual products, and dashboards as needed.
2. Coordination and Stakeholder Engagement: - Collaborate with various team members to understand requirements, share geospatial content, and produce multi-disciplinary analyses to enhance the understanding of poverty, understand vulnerability better;
- Establish and maintain excellent working relationships with various partners.
3. Monitoring and Reporting: - Develop and continuously update a geo-referenced database in compliance with UNOPS’ corporate spatial data infrastructure standards;
- Prepare a range of information products (reports, infographics,Presentations, dashboards etc) from GIS spatial analysis as required.
4. Capacity Strengthening, Knowledge Sharing and Innovation: - Responsible for creating, maintaining countrywide knowledge and capacity transfer in GIS and related tools;
- Facilitate knowledge sharing within internal teams and across partners ensuring the integration of best practices and lessons learned in food security, nutrition, climate and livelihoods analysis;
- Dissemination of GIS analysis and mapping products.
Education/Experience/Language requirements
Education: - An advance university degree (Master’s Degree) in GIS, Geography, Geomatics or a related field is required.
- A first level university degree (Bachelor’s Degree), preferably in the above professional fields, with two (2) additional years ofrelevant experience, could be considered in lieu of the Master’s Degree.
Experience: - A minimum of two (2) years of experience in GIS, data analysis and remote sensing is required.
- Extensive knowledge of geospatial analysis, cartography, cartographic and GIS concepts, database management, and production/development of products in easy-to-read, actionable formats for decision making is required.
- Experience with ESRI ArcGIS pro/ desktop, ArcGIS Online and Enterprise, QGIS and remote sensing software for satellite image processing is required.
- Experience in the usage of computers and office softwarepackages (e.g. MS Office newer versions, Google SuiteApplications) is required.
- Advanced knowledge of satellite image processing and land dynamics classification/assessment is desirable.
- Knowledge of information management and data visualization is an advantage.
- Experience in working in development or humanitarian projects is highly desirable.
- Experience working with the UN or international organizations is highly desirable.
Language Requirement: - Fluency in English is required.
About the Organization
TOGETHER, WE BUILD THE FUTURE
UNOPS – an operational arm of the United Nations – supports the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by successfully implementing its partners’ peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world.
Our mission is to help people build better lives and countries achieve peace and sustainable development.
We are proud of our people and embrace diversity and are committed to equal employment opportunities. Our workforce brings together approximately 160 nationalities, represented by over 5,000 UNOPS personnel as well as some 7,800 personnel recruited on behalf of our partners. Spread across 80 countries from a range of backgrounds, and languages and have different gender identities, sexual orientations, and abilities.
We encourage women and candidates from underrepresented groups in UNOPS to apply. These include candidates from racialized and/or indigenous groups, members of minority gender identities and sexual orientations, and people with disabilities.
