GIS Officer (1 Vacancy)
Department: Operations
Job Title: GIS Officer – (1 Vacancy)
Reports To: GIS Specialist
Job Purpose:
To execute all frontline activities for GIS and Automated Mapping/Facilities Management (AM/FM), including conducting acquisition and preparation of GIS data, including spatial analysis, data integrity and high-quality map production.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Acquire and prepare primary GIS data.
- Support the GIS Specialist in the development of robust yet flexible databases for existing and new GIS layers.
- Administer GIS applications.
- Trouble-shoot and maintain GIS systems and tools.
- Maintain professional relationships with software vendors.
- Administer the GIS databases and tools.
- Supervise external service providers for GIS data and related work.
- Work with Partner Project Teams to gather GIS data for joint projects.
- Any other duties as may be assigned.
Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree (Hons) in Geography or Information Management Systems or Surveying or related studies.
- At least four (4) years of direct work experience in GIS data collection, evaluation and analysis.
Skills and Competencies
- Data collection and evaluation.
- Geospatial Intelligence Tools and Techniques.
- Visualization.
- Remote Sensing Techniques.
- Geo Mapping.
- Data Modelling.
- GIS Data Capture and Analysis Techniques e.g. Airborne Imagery and Satellite Data.
- Proficiency in use of Proprietary data tools ArcGIS, Python etc.
- Project Planning.
- Information Management.
- Project Management.
- Presentation Skills.
- Coordination and Collaboration.
