GIS and Geospatial Analysis Consultants - Lead Consultant at Jhpiego - John Hopkins University

Responsibilities

• S/he will ensure that participants develop foundational understanding of QGIS tailored for epidemiological applications.
• S/he ensure that participants gain skills in mapping and analyzing disease occurrences for effective surveillance.
• S/he will support participant to acquire hands-on experience in importing, managing, and analyzing spatial health data in QGIS.
• S/he will build the capacity of participants to manipulate and visualize health data for evidence-based decision-making.
• S/he will ensure that participants can create informative health impact maps, integrating epidemiological data with environmental factors.
• S/he will ensure that participants can identify and communicate spatial patterns of health disparities for targeted intervention planning.
• S/he will ensure that participants can explore techniques for integrating diverse health datasets for comprehensive spatial analysis.
• S/he will be required to train participants on creation of maps and graphs, using GIS software and data collection equipment.
• S/he will support participants to enter map data using cartographic principles
• S/he will train on analysis and model relationships between geographic data sets
• Post training, consultancy will be required to support participants for 10 days creating maps and conducting geospatial analysis.
• Support in facilitating use of GIS by staff within the period
• S/he must provide evidence of relevant accreditation or its equivalence.
• The assistants will support the lead consultant to achieve these tasks.
• Address other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Education: PhD or Advanced Degree in Information Science, Computer Science, Geography Information System, Statistics, and any other related field
• Years of Experience: At least 5 years of experience Facilitating GIS training
• Language: If fluency in English Language is a must
• Travel: Ability to Travel to within Nigeria as required