UN Habitat GIS and Mapping Expert Jobs 2024 – Kenya NGO Jobs.
UN Habitat Kenya looking for “GIS and Mapping Expert”.
Applicants with a Bachelor’s Degree may apply on or before 29th May, 2024.
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) is the United Nations programme for human settlements and sustainable urban development. It was established in 1978 as an outcome of the first United Nations Conference on Human Settlements and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat I) held in Vancouver, Canada, in 1976. UN-Habitat maintains its headquarters at the United Nations Office at Nairobi, Kenya. It is mandated by the United Nations General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all. It is a member of the United Nations Development Group.
UN Habitat GIS and Mapping Expert Jobs 2024
The UN Habitat has published a job vacancy announcement on 20th May, 2024 for qualified Kenya’s to fill in the vacant post of GIS and Mapping Expert to be based in Nairobi, Kenya.
| Recruiter | United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN Habitat) |
| Position | GIS and Mapping Expert |
| Location | Nairobi, Kenya |
| Country | Kenya |
| Total Vacant Post | N/A |
| Qualification | Bachelor’s Degree |
| Experience Required | A minimum of Four (04) year’s |
| Application Deadline | 29th May, 2024 |
UN Habitat Job Vacancy 2024
Duties and Responsibilities:
The consultant will undertake the following tasks:
- 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;
- Produce a compiled report on the GIS data collected and analyzed;
Position In Organization:
- Position Title: GIS and Mapping Expert
- Job Opening ID: 235128
- Job Network: –
- Job Family: HST
- Category and Level: Consultants, CON
- Duty Station: NAIROBI
- Department/Office: United Nations Human Settlements Programme
- Date Posted: May 20, 2024
- Deadline: May 29, 2024
Minimum Requirement:
Education Qualifications:
- Bachelors Degree in Cartography, Geography, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and/or related field of studies is required.
Work Experience:
- A minimum of four years professional experience in geographic information system integration including IPB (Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield), geographic/terrain analysis, image processing, mapping, GPS, geospatial related information technology, ArcGIS (ArcInfo, ArcEditor, ArcView and its extensions), ERDAS Imagine (preferred) is a required. 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.
How to Apply UN Habitat GIS and Mapping Expert Jobs 2024
Note: Before you apply, please download (link is given below) the full advertisement and read it carefully.
Then to apply, go to https://careers.un.org/jobSearchDescription/235128?language=en
The Closing Date: 29th May, 2024
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.
| Particulars | Details Link |
| Job Advertisement | Download |
| Official Website | www.unhabitat.org |
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