GIS Specialist at Maryland Global Initiatives Corporation Nigeria (MGIC)

Duration: One year with the possibility of renewal subject the availability of funds.

Description

• The Organization is seeking qualified candidates to work on its recent award on "the Nigeria Indicator and Impact Survey (NAIlS), a Population-based HIV Impact Assessment (PHIA) Survey that was developed to enable countries obtain HIV-specific indicators, including the impact of the expansion of HIV prevention and treatment programs to facilitate effective monitoring of national HIV programs.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Administer geodatabases and coordinate with to create and maintain feature data and ensure workflow changes are documented
• Develop GIS based analysis for operational decision making for NAIIS field activity plaining
• Design and update GIS and other information systems and databases
• Develop and enhance interfaces to other systems, create custom tables and views in SQL Server for GIS and other information systems
• Perform GIS and other software installation and maintenance operations on hardware and software
• Assist staff in evaluating databases for GIS and other connectivity
• Participate in GIS and other budget planning
• Provide on-going review of applications to identify and perform corrective actions needed to improve overall performance

Qualifications
Education:

• Master's in Applied Geographical Information; or equivalent demonstrable experience.

Experience:

• 5 years systems work with Geographical Information Systems.

Required skills:

• Experience using ESRI softsware or other mapping software to perform complex queries and spatial analysis
• Experience analyzing, designing and revising existing programs and databases to improve and enhance functionality in an ESRI or ether mapping software environment
• Experience in the design and production of cartographic maps
• Experience interpreting legal descriptions and COGO generating a GIS feature
• Experience researching documentation relevant to a specific dataset (i.e. Subdivision Plans, Construction Plans, Legal Descriptions, etc.).