GIS and Mapping Expert at UN-Habitat

Job Description

The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-Habitat, is the UN agency for human settlements. It is mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all. The Urban Economy Branch of UN-Habitat has the mandate to promote local capabilities of local governments to develop financial instruments to keep pace with the demands of rapid urbanization. The Urban Economy Branch has the mandate to promote plans and provide support for more efficient, socially inclusive, better integrated and connected cities that foster sustainable urban development.

Duties and Responsibilities

BACKGROUND

The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) is mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable human settlements development and the achievement of adequate shelter for all. For close to forty years, UN-Habitat has been working in human settlements throughout the world, focusing on building a brighter future for villages, towns, and cities of all sizes. Because of these four decades of extensive experience, from the highest levels of policy to a range of specific technical issues, UN-Habitat has gained a unique and a universally acknowledged expertise in human settlements development. This has placed UN-Habitat in the best position to provide answers and achievable solutions to the current challenges faced by cities. UN-Habitat is capitalizing on its experience and position to work with partners in order to formulate human settlements for tomorrow. It works to ensure that cities become inclusive and affordable drivers of economic growth and social development. The consultant will work under the direct supervision of the manager of the Planning Finance and Economy Section within the planning for Humanitarian and Development Programme. She/he will contribute to the implementation of Humanitarian and Development practice projects specifically related to the 3 programmes (Cities Alliance, EUTF, UPIMC) in Kenya, Egypt, Cameroon and Jordan. The consultant will perform the following responsibilities: Part time: Update GIS baseline data of assigned projects through regular monitoring and assessments, gathered by partners; Undertake satellite imagery analysis if areas are inaccessible during operations to re-take the city; Prepare and draw GIS work needed for additional projects; Prepare spatial analysis and thematic mapping of individual districts within GIS environment; Share the projects spatial data and mappings with staff, when required; Carry out any GIS relevant needs within the projects; Carry out required data entry process and initiating the templates needed within the GIS environment; and Produce a compiled report on the GIS data collected and analyzed

Qualifications/special skills

Academic Qualification:

Bachelors Degree in Cartography, Geography, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and/or related field of studies is required.

Work Experience:

A minimum of two years professional experience in geographic information system integration including IPB (Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield), geographic/terrain analysis, image processing, mapping, GPS, geo-spatial related information technology, ArcGIS (ArcInfo, ArcEditor, ArcView and its extensions), ERDAS Imagine (preferred) is a requirement. Knowledge of geographic information system design and development, geodatabase design and management, software programming languages and web technology is desirable.

Languages

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the post advertised, fluency in oral and written English is required.