Summary
Date Posted: Friday, June 17, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Company description
• The Rainforest Alliance is a growing network of people who are inspired and committed to working together to achieve our mission of conserving biodiversity and ensuring sustainable livelihoods. Through creative, pragmatic collaboration, we aim to rebalance the planet by building strong forests and healthy communities around the world.

Position summary:
• At the Rainforest Alliance we are looking for a collaborative and results oriented Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Officer to strengthen our collaborations in Africa. This position will support the spatial component implementation of the 2020 certification program risk-based assurance. The GIS officer will also document geo-datasets, produce analyses and visualizations for Landscape & Communities projects/programs and will act as a regional point of contact to update and streamline relevant regional data quality and processes in the geodata ecosystem.

Responsibilities:
• The Rainforest Alliance’s Core Values are Impact, Change, Collaboration, Openness and Trust and as such they form the basis of the behaviours we demonstrate;
• Validate and analyse GIS data to produce risk maps for deforestation and encroachment in Protected Areas.
• Assist the Assurance team in responding to questions and providing information to internal and external stakeholders;
• Support the targeting, design and monitoring and reporting of regional L&C projects and programs (e.g. ILM) with spatial analytics, geodata collection and visualizations;
• Support GIS data and process owners/stewards to ensure data are well-versioned and documented in the system;
• Contribute to drafting, updating and distributing geodata-oriented information, and materials; and
• Contribute to disseminating good regional use of GIS resources and best practices.

  Qualifications:
• Minimum 1 year experience in a functional area (volunteer and intern work considered).
• Bachelor’s degree in geoinformation, forest conservation, land and water management or related field.
• Ability to organize and manage data and good knowledge of Excel. Work experience in data management/processes is required
• Ability to understand and analyze data in various formats, aggregate information and report on trends and findings
• Knowledge of the ESRI platform and a remote sensing background.
• Knowledge of programming language (Python, R), or Goggle Earth engine is a plus;
• Knowledge of Certification Programmes (UTZ/RA) and /or any of our supply chains is a plus i.e. coffee, tea, cocoa is a plus
• Fluency in English and French is a mandatory requirement.
• Ability to work in a cross-functional, multi-cultural team with members in different parts of the world.
• Strong personal ethics and integrity and commitment to uphold the rules and values of the Rainforest Alliance.


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 12

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure

Follow the link to apply https://rainforest-alliance.hirehive.com/Embed/Job/95821?utm_ 
• Deadline: June 27, 2022

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