REF: AD/10/104/22

The GIS Specialist will be engaged in the following research activities:

• Support the development of a spatial database on: Climate hazards (highest resolution probabilistic data); Infrastructure networks and assets - energy, water, roads, rail, ports, airports, and ICT assets; Critical physical assets that rely on infrastructure systems, such
• as hospitals, clinics, and schools; Natural assets that can play a role in protecting or substituting infrastructure assets and services; and Related economic and social services that rely on these networks (e.g. trade flows and traffic flows)
• Together with Post-Doctoral Fellow – GIS and the Post-Doctoral Fellow – Climate Change & Adaptation, map climate hotspots where infrastructure systems and assets
• are exposed to climate related hazards
• Perform spatial analysis in collaboration with other project team members to support quantification of climate impacts on physical assets and the cost of disruptions on services.
• Provide technical support in the Master class on PPPs training.
• Any other duties as may be prescribed by the Supervisors.

Requirements:

Essential

• Hold a BSc degree in Geospatial Engineering or equivalent
• Hold an MSc degree in GIS or equivalent
• Competent in using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) tools
• Strong spatial database development, statistical and modelling skills
• Knowledge of climate change and adaptation and the policy contexts
• Desire to learn and explore new intellectual territory
• Motivation and ability to work collaboratively in a large trans disciplinary project including multiple disciplines, cultures, languages and environments
• Willingness to undertake field and stakeholder-based research
• Demonstrate strong communication skills, both oral and written
• Ability to work with minimum supervision

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REF: AD/10/105/22

The Post-Doctoral Fellow will be engaged in the following research activities:

• Detailed literature review & identification of sources of data and information
• Identification of adaptation needs through assessment of infrastructure system resilience to climate hazards and with respect to (1) enabling environment, (2) built environment, (3) natural environment.
• Establishment of an inventory of spatial data on: Climate hazards (highest resolution probabilistic data); Infrastructure networks and assets - energy, water, roads, rail, ports, airports, and ICT assets; Critical physical assets that rely on infrastructure systems, such as hospitals, clinics, and schools; Natural assets that can play a role in protecting or substituting infrastructure assets and services; and Related economic and social services that rely on these networks (e.g. trade flows and traffic flows)
• Identify climate hotspots where infrastructure systems and assets are exposed to climate related hazards and work with others to quantify climate impacts on physical assets and quantify the cost of disruptions on services.
• Support multi-stakeholder climate risk dialogues and contribute to the development of the Masterclass on PPPs.
• Any other duties.

Requirements:

Essential

• Hold a PhD degree in Climate Change and Adaptation or equivalent such as in Environmental Sciences and Civil Engineering with a thesis research focus on climate change and adaptation in the infrastructure and related sectors (e.g. water, energy, transport, ICT).
• Knowledge of climate change and adaptation and the policy contexts
• Experience of undertaking high quality research in climate change and adaptation
• Knowledge of sustainable development, climate change mitigation and adaptation, East African environmental and developmental policies
• Strong skills in statistical analysis and modelling, including of spatial datasets
• Experience of using a Geographical Information Systems (GIS) platform
• Desire to learn and explore new intellectual territory
• Motivation and ability to work collaboratively in a large transdisciplinary project including multiple disciplines, cultures, languages and environments
• Willingness to undertake field and stakeholder-based research
• Demonstrated strong communication skills, both oral and written
• Ability to work with minimum supervision and to coordinate and oversee research assistants

Desirable

• Experience of reporting and presenting research findings to a variety of audiences
• Familiarity with multidisciplinary/trans disciplinary approaches to research
• Strong in data analytics, including programming languages such as Structured Query Language (SQL), R or Python-Statistical Programming
• Good data visualization and presentation skills