Uganda: GIS Intern Uganda

GIS Intern Uganda

ACTED is a French humanitarian NGO, founded in 1993, which supports vulnerable populations, affected by humanitarian crises worldwide. ACTED provides continued support to vulnerable communities by ensuring the sustainability of post-crisis interventions and engaging long-term challenges facing our target populations, in order to break the poverty cycle, foster development and reduce vulnerability to disasters. Our interventions seek to cover the multiple aspects of humanitarian and development crises through a multidisciplinary approach which is both global and local, and adapted to each context. Our 4000 staff is committed in to responding to emergencies worldwide, to supporting recovery and rehabilitation, towards sustainable development.

Our teams in the field implement some 380 projects in 35 countries covering the following sectors emergency relief, food security, access to health, education and training, economic development, microfinance, advocacy, institutional support, and regional dialogue, cultural promotion.

Based on considerable experience addressing the needs and situations of vulnerable communities, ACTED contributes to the international agenda towards reaching the Millennium Development Goals, through a wide range of partnerships, innovative initiatives, and campaigns.

ACTEDis currently looking for a ****GIS Intern****in Uganda.

Title: GIS Intern

Duration: 6 months

Start date: June 2015 (as soon as possible)

Location: Uganda

Context

ACTED has been active in Uganda since May 2007, both in the northern region and Karamoja. In the North, ACTED supports the early recovery process with a specific focus on the needs of returning populations displaced by years of conflict. It also expands access, retention, equity and quality of primary education. In Karamoja, the focus is enhanced food security and resilience to disasters, especially droughts, as well as improving the primary education sector.

ACTED focuses its intervention on strengthening livelihoods through improved resource management, conflict mitigation and capacity building. In Northern Uganda, as internally displaced persons (IDPs) have returned home and gained access to land, ACTED is working with farmers on infrastructure and capacity development to rebuild agricultural livelihoods. In the Karamoja/Pokot area, ACTED responds to severe food insecurity caused by the drought in the Horn of Africa, providing support to agro-pastoral communities to increase their purchasing power and protect their assets, reducing vulnerability to natural disasters. As part of its integrated cross-border strategy between Uganda and Kenya, ACTED maintains its community-driven disaster risk reduction (DRR) focus and promotes conflict mitigation to ensure peaceful and sustainable access to shared resources.

In 2013, ACTED maintains a strong focus on this approach and looks at extending it further along the border with Kenya. ACTED continues working with community-level structures and initiatives such as the APFS, the CDMCs or the DEWS to continue building the communities’ resilience to disasters.

Tasks

The GIS Intern will be responsible for:

• Supporting the development and maintenance of a global database for the consolidation of all project-related, assessment-related and GIS data at the country level
• Assisting in project-level mapping and planning participatory GIS activities
• Increasing the capacity of national staff in GIS and spatial data management

Supporting project-level database creation and information management mechanisms

A. Supporting the maintenance of a global database for the consolidation of all project-related, assessment-related and GIS data

Support the Database Officer(s) and GIS team in maintaining the global database, consolidating data collected from all ACTED /partner activities within country

Review database management guidelines and ensure capitalization of tools and procedures

Support the collection and management of spatial datasets, and verify and update collected data

Monitor the accuracy of collected data

Support the integration of existing information between ACTED units and maintain regular updating mechanism

• Propose and implement new technical solutions and partnerships
• Respond to information requests from ACTED Units
• Streamline process moving raw data to mapped end products
• Solicit information from partner organizations to be incorporated into database

B. Technical Support to the DB/GIS team

• Provide technical backstopping of database to GIS/DB team
• Provide capacity-building to GIS/DB team related to database maintenance and advanced GIS techniques

C. Regular interactions and reporting with key partners including cluster lead agencies, UNOSAT, UNOCHA and technical partners

• Support the development of joint database tools and processes with ACTED partners in country
• Respond to information requests from ACTED partners related to MIS data and mapping
• Liaise with partners to ensure that data is shared with ACTED MIS team when required
• Support the collection of spatial datasets

D. Field level support of online mapping tool and other GIS tools

• Participate in continued development of web-based mapping tools at the field level
• Ensure the update process from field to web publishing is organized and well documented

REQUIREMENTS

v Master degree or equivalent experience in Information Systems, GIS, or a relevant discipline

v Good experience in database and general computer software (such as SQL Server, PostgreSQL and Access)

v Experience with industry standard mapping tools, especially ESRI products

v Ability to think creatively in terms of tool and process development

v Ability to travel to the field

v Good organizational, communication and interpersonal skills

v Flexibility and adaptability to ever-changing needs and responsibilities

Remuneration

Field Intern benefits include:

• 300 USD per month living allowance
• Coverage of all accommodation, guesthouse, food, and travel costs, a luggage allowance of 50 kg
• The provision of medical, repatriation, and life insurance.

Application documents: Curriculum Vitae and cover letter

Submit applications to: jobs@impact-initiatives.org

REF : UGANDA/GISINTERN

Please indicate the reference in the subject line of your email.

Deadline: 27^th June, 2015