United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is an international development agency that promotes the right of every woman, man and child to enjoy a life of health and equal opportunity. UNFPA supports countries in using population data for policies and programmes to reduce poverty and to ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every birth is safe, every young person is free of HIV/AIDS, and every girl and woman is treated with dignity and respect.
Closing date: 30 Nov 2009 -- (CLOSED)
Location: Sudan (the) - Juba
The Geographic Information Systems Consultant will be under the supervision of the UNFPA/CTA for the population census and continuous interaction between staffs of GIS/RS & Cartography department and management of SSCCSE, the consultant will perform the following tasks:-
Key Responsibilities:
Guide and assist the GIS/RS & Cartography Department in planning and executing technical tasks that include:
- Keeping project documentation up to date
- Provide input and guidance in the overall operational planning and operations of the Department within SSCCSE
- Arrange and maintain data sets (vector and raster) – including metadata
- Serve as the link between the mapping and related SSCCSE statistical/demographic and UNFPA Population Census Support Unit activities
- Ensure good operation and maintenance of GIS lab hardware and software
- Assist in planning, map production and map reading training to household survey SSCCSE activities
- Assist and provide guidance on analysis and map product development based on census and other statistical variables
- Provide methodology and 'hands-on' practical guidance in planning, managing and collecting new field data
- Assist with hands-on practical data preparation and the integrating of newly collected field data, improving existing data layers
- Assist in marketing the use of mapping data for government authorities through presentations
- Play an active role in the Southern Sudan geo-information society and assist in building GIS and mapping capacity and Geospatial Data Infrastructure.
Reference Code: RW_7XXL9W-91
