New Job Opportunity at The Jane Goodall Institute Tanzania (JGI-TZ) – GIS Analyst
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About Us
The Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) is a global
comunity conservation organization that advances the vision and work of
Dr. Jane Goodall by conversing chimpanzees and inspiring communities to
conserve the natural world we all share, we improve the lives of people,
animals, and the environment, we strongly believe everything is
connected and everyone can make a difference.
The Jane Goodall
Institute Tanzania (JGI-TZ) is a reputable and rapidly expanding
non-governmental organization committed to wildlife research,
conservation, socio-economic development, and environmental education.
The Jane Goodall Institute Tanzania (JGI-TZ) was founded in 1977 by Dr.
Jane Goodall. The JGI Tanzania with its partners – USAID and many others
makes a difference through landscape and community-cantered
conservation, chimpanzees research projects, environmental education to
young generation, the innovative use of science and technology, we work
closely with local communities in Tanzania inspiring hope through a
collective power of individual action.
JGI Tanzania is currently
seeking to recruit suitably qualified and competent Tanzanian to fill
the following vacant position below:
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GIS Analyst
Job Position: GIS Analyst
Program: Landscape Conservation in Western Tanzania (LCWT)
Duty Station: Kigoma
Reporting Line: Deputy Chief of Party
Job Summary:
The
GIS Analyst shall execute and implement activities funded by the United
States Agency for International Development (USAID) as part of the
Landscape Conservation in Western Tanzania (LCWT) program. The GIS
Analyst will support monitoring of Chimpanzee and their habitat and
other wildlife particularly on Village Forest Reserves and on wildlife
corridors. The job holder will provide geospatial technical expertise in
remote sensing and spatial planning, field data collection, mapping
with special attention to online mapping platforms particularly ArcGIS
Online for data storage, management and sharing hands on experience Web
Mapping and Web Apps is also desired.
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Key Job Responsibilities & Duties:
Main technical responsibilities will include, but not limited to:
- Provide
regular technical support and advice to Village Forest Monitors (FMs)
across the project area particularly during data uploading and sharing
of data and derived information with village governments. - Consult
with FMs to ensure that their efforts in monitoring village forests are
consistent as agreed to avoid gaps which could be used by trespassers
to encroach reserved village forest reserves. - Evaluate FMs performance and update respective FMs to improve their monitoring efforts.
- Organize short term trainings to FMs to improve their monitoring and data collection skills using Survey 123 and smartphones.
- Coordinate
recruitment of Village Forest Monitors in close collaboration with the
district officials and village authorities as may be needed. - Nurture smooth collaboration between FMs, VLUM Teams and their respective village authorities.
- Analyze and produce FM Quarter Report showing status and trend of wildlife and threats within village forests and corridors.
- Analyze,
produce, and communicate to stakeholders’ weekly wildlife,
deforestation and fire alerts using a Decision Support and Alert System
(DSAS) running on ArcGIS platform - Work closely with Program GIS
Officer and Land Use Planning Officer in supporting planning and mapping
tasks particularly Land Use Plans. - Support Mapping tasks and
printing of paper maps and satellite images of program staff and
districts to effectively communicate geospatial information. - Manage
and maintain GIS database as part of the DSAS and hardware resources
including mobile devices (smartphones, GPS, tablets, WakaWaka), servers,
plotters, workstations, and laptops including organizing for repairs
for defect devices. - Coordinate with IT to ensure reliable operation and access to the Internet for data uploading and downloading.
- Coordinate maintenance of shared resources like plotters and GIS laptops.
- Prepare and submit activity reports in a timely manner
- And any other job as may be assigned to you your Supervisor or Management.
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Minimum Job Qualifications and other Requirements:
- Graduate
degree in GIS, Geoinformation, Geography & Environment Studies, or
related field with practical experience in using GIS Software. - At
least 5 years working experience in Geospatial Technical support to
large conservation programs particularly community conservation
projects. - Ability to use GIS Applications preferably ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online.
- Ability
to customize and use electronic data collection tools such as ArcGIS
Survey123, Survey123 Connect for editing XLS Form for publishing to
ArcGIS Online and create feature layers based on form specification for
data collection. - Ability to use data analysis programs such as
R, SPSS, Ms Excel etc. and other computer programs for communication
such as Ms Word, PowerPoint, Outlook etc. - Experience working in rural and remote areas of Tanzania implementing spatial data collection mapping to support programs.
- A track record of successful work on complex donor funded projects in a rural context
- Previous
knowledge and experience in working to support conservation and
sustainable natural resources management projects is desirable. - Ability
to work under pressure, tight deadlines and less supervision,
self-motivated person, team player, reporting and presentation skills.
Able to spend extended periods in rural settings. - Good
Communication skills – fluent in Swahili and English, both verbal and
written. This position involves working with a wide range of people
within the institution, local communities, local and international
partners, including technical and non-technical colleagues.
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Method of Application
All
applications should be submitted together with the most recent
Curriculum Vitae (resume), copy of relevant certificates, testimonials,
three names of reputable referees, active mobile phone number or e-mail
address, and should be send to the below e-mail address:
Send by e-mail to: E-mail: jgi-tanzania@janegoodall.or.tz
Only the short-listed candidates will be contacted for interview.
The deadline for submitting the application is 13th September 2021.
JGI Tanzania is an equal opportunity employer and considers all
applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, national,
tribal origin, religious belief, sexual orientation, and marital status.
QUALIFIED WOMEN ARE HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.
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