GIS Officer

Job Description

AssignmentWe are currently looking for a REACH GIS Officer Supervisor: REACH HSOS Senior Assessment OfficerTitle: REACH GIS OfficerLocation: Amman, JordanContract duration: 6 monthsStart date: ASAPInto its ninth year of conflict, conditions The scale, complexity, and severity of humanitarian needs extends the necessity for up to date, timely, and accurate information. Evidence-based planning and programming remains paramount to ensure that the response adequately meets the needs of the most vulnerable people and is tailored to different realities across communities and over time. However, informing operational and strategic planning remains highly challenging, as accessibility and security issues impede systematic data collection. A lack of predictable and consistent data undermines the ability of humanitarian actors to review their approach in light of the dynamic context.?REACH has been conducting assessments on the humanitarian situation since 2013 and has over the years grown significantly both in size and in influence as an actor in the Syria response. REACH works in opposition-controlled parts of coordinates closely with OCHA, nearly all clusters, key working groups (IM and technical) within various NGO fora to identify, address, and raise awareness of key information gaps, as well as to uphold the quality of data used to inform the response.?Through these engagements, REACH has identified that the following key challenges remain: (1) the lack of a needs tracking system that brings together and shares timely and regular information on changes in needs from a variety of sources; (2) the ability to conduct coordinated large scale data collection on a more regular basis ? particularly critical in the highly volatile context, and during key humanitarian milestones such as the HNO; (3) the lack information from harder to reach areas with some of the most acute needs (4) lack of ability to quickly mobilize data collection in areas experiencing sudden escalations in conflict, due to accessibility, operational and security constraints; (5) the lack of more granular and detailed information on needs and response capacity on specific newly accessible geographic areas.Job PurposeThe GIS officer will play a lead role in coordinating REACH HSOS assessments and delivering camp profiles and camp mapping outputs in both northeast and northwest.This includes assessment conceptualization, research design, consultation with clusters and working groups, planning data collection, supporting as needed on training of field staff and partner enumerators, data cleaning, follow-up and analysis, creation of factsheets and map outputs and dissemination of information products.?The overall goal of the GIS Officer will be to support in developing the technical capacity and expertise of the HSOS team in order to strengthen the quality and efficiency of REACH assessments/research cycles and mapping products.Duties and Responsibilities?

• Under the supervision of the HSOS Unit Manager, develop data collection tools and questionnaires (KoBo) to address information gaps throughout northwest and northeast through engagement with clusters, sectoral working groups and other key humanitarian actors;
• Supervision and monitoring of data collection
• Organize and facilitate field data collection in collaboration with the northeast Research Manager and REACH Country Coordination;
• Monitor the accuracy of data collected, undertake appropriate checks on data collected in the field and resolve discrepancies and quality issues.
• Develop R-based system of data management and analysis for data dissemination and reporting;
• Develop R or Python-based system of automated data analysis and map production for factsheets
• Preparation, conception and production of outputs
• Create detailed mapping outputs for assessed locations
• Provide mapping support for supplementary products developed by the broader HSOS team.
• Identify map information needs;
• Identify and access map information sources;

Ensure accurate linkages between spatial databases and assessment data; Ensure that the produced maps meet the requirements of REACH and concerned partners.

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