GIS/Cartography Officer (Code : GCO - PUA)

CARDI, an international NGO consortium providing support to persons affected
by conflict and natural disaster is looking for qualified national
candidates to fill in position to be based in Sarmi Town, Sarmi District,
Papua :

GIS/Cartography Officer (Code : GCO - PUA)

Scope of Work:


The GIS/Cartography Officer (GCO) is responsible for designing a training
program/-workshop for introduction to participatory sketch mapping. (S)he
also plays an important role following the workshops to assist the community
to record/plot important landmarks and sites of cultural/historical value
land-use as well as proposed boundaries of the area claimed by the community
on their sketch maps and transfers these onto existing digital maps. These
digital maps should then be compared with each other and with existing
land-use maps at, for example, the Provincial and Regency Forestry Offices,
to provide feedback to the Community Mobilization Officers to assist with
negotiations between stakeholders. (S)he seeks the involvement of and
collaborates with government cartographers.

Responsibilities:

* Serve as the project's primary designer of community mapping
workshops.

* Assist the project to procure appropriate base maps and a GIS
program, as well as materials for community map-making kits.

* Assist the Community Mobilizing Officers (CMO) with disseminating
the activities that are part of the mapping workshops at village level.

* Assist the CMO to help communities in producing sketch maps of the
areas around their villages indicating boundaries, land use as well as
important landmarks and man-made sites of cultural/historical value.

* Ensure that by using GPS readings, boundaries, landmarks etc can
be transferred to existing digital maps.

* Design a database that contains all important mapping details and
coordinates using consistent terminology throughout the project.

* Design a geographic information system that can contain the data
collected by the project, allow for analysis of the data and presenting
these in a visual and/or geographically referenced way.

* Design and arrange for printing of working maps throughout the
project, as well as final map printing.

* Liaise with the Regency and Provincial Forestry and BAPPEDA
Offices for mapping and land use data.

Job Requirements/ Experience Required:

* University degree in a related field (e.g. forestry, geography)
and 2 years of directly related work experience.

* Minimum 2 years experience in mapping land-use or forest cover,
developing GIS for land use or forest cover data.

* Experience with producing hand-drawing sketch maps and digitizing
maps.

* Experience with participatory mapping methodology in Indonesia and
community development.

* Experience organizing and facilitating workshops and
community-based activities.

* Knowledge of issues related to land and resource rights and legal
frameworks, natural resource management, poverty and development, and
indigenous communities preferred.

* Strong cross-cultural/ cultural competence skills necessary,
including strong communication skills.

* Documentation and report writing skills.

* Work experience with indigenous communities, familiarity with the
project area (Sarmi) and/or knowledge of the local language spoken in the
project area would be an additional advantage

* Willingness to live and work in a remote location and spend
significant time, including overnight visits, in the field.

* Ability to work independently for periods of time, as well as
collaboratively with a team.

Application should include a detailed CV and cover letter to be submitted by
e-mail to recruitment@ cardi.or. id at the latest Monday, 19 November 2007.
Please put the code of position applied in the subject of your e-mail. No
phone calls contact. Only short-listed candidates will be notified.