GIS staff for DRR assessment in Papua - Oxfam GB

Oxfam GB is an international NGO working in over 70 countries to address poverty and suffering through supporting development, humanitarian and advocacy interventions.
In Indonesia, we currently work to improve the livelihoods of the poor, build participation in governance and save lives by delivering humanitarian assistance.

As part of its Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) work in Papua, Oxfam GB Indonesia is planning to conduct a Disaster Risk Assessment (DRA) in Papua and is looking for a GIS staff to take part in the assessment.


The main task of the GIS staff is to take part in an integrated disaster
risk assessment in Papua in two locations (Jayawijaya and Nabire). Papua
is one of the richest regions of Indonesia but which experience different
types of natural disasters. Drought, earthquakes, floods, diseases
outbreak disasters occur frequently in this region. The integrated
disaster risk assessment in Papua will be guided by the Hyogo Framework of
Action and give emphasis to understanding the public health and food
security and livelihoods situations, disaster management systems and
capacities, and the local knowledge, culture, values and beliefs in
relation to disaster hazards and community resilience to them and in a
gender perspective way.

Expected Result :

A. In general, the following types of data are requested as the
output of the GIS officer work:

Base & Hazard Related but not limited to:
Identification and data of Hazard on the disastrous phenomena (for
example, landslides, floods, earthquakes, malaria cholera epidemic, etc),
their location, zonation, frequency, intensity, magnitude, distribution,
etc.
Basic Data on the environment in which the disastrous events might take
place: route spread of diseases, topography, geology, geomorphology,
hydrology : water quality, land use/Land Cover, Agriculture & food
production, Agro-ecology, rain intensity, population (segregated) ,
population density, etc
Identifcation and data of Environmental degradation (Location, Zone,
Intensity): Many disasters are either caused or exacerbated by
environmental degradation for example, deforestation leads to rapid runoff
which contributes to flooding.
War and civil strife: War and civil strife are regarded as hazards or
extreme events that produce disasters or call away the attention to hazard
risk. War and civil strife often cause the displacement of the population.
The causal factors of war and civil strife include competition for scarce
resources, religious or ethnic intolerance, and ideological differences.
Vulnerability Related but not limited to :
Identification and data of social & health vulnerability. Who are the most
vulnerable affected people (for example number of the poor, elders, baby &
under 5 years and number of single parent mother, gender inequalities,
minorities, the poor's hygiene practice, etc).
Identification and data of physical & health vulnerability, what are the
most vulnerable affected (for example settlement/houses in flood prone
areas, poor environmental health such as sanitation, drainage, standing
water, etc).
Identification and data of economic vulnerability (for example no access
to finance sources, home industries in hazard prone areas, etc).
Locations distribution, zoning of three point above accordingly to risk
magnitudes, population details and assets at risk.
Lack of awareness and information: Disasters can also occur when people
who are vulnerable have not been educated on how to get out of harm's way
or take protective measures at the onset of a disaster

Capacity & Reduce Vulnerability Related but not limited to:

Identified capacity such as : evacuation centers : shelter, etc in
recurrent disaster areas, good road access, other infrastructures, etc.

Disaster Risk Analysis but not limited to:
Identified of Risk Areas and GIS Mapping product.

B. GIS / Mapping product as preparation for designing an awareness programme:
· Literacy rate and
· Media usage
· Plus Zonation of hazard, based on the risk, Land use, Population density,
When the hazard zonation map, land use map, population density map,
literacy map and media usage map have been available then a GIS analysis
is performed by giving weights and ranks to the various factors and the
result should give us areas where the awareness should be created.

C. Give input to update recent GIS / Mapping datas.

Requirement of the GIS staff :

Good knowledge and skills on Geo-information technology (GIS, Mapping,
Remote Sensing, Handheld GPS, Terrestrials Survey, Database) and its
application related Disaster such as hazard, vulnerability, Risk Mapping,
public/environmenta l health, emergency preparedness, response, & recovery.
Good Software Skills of ArcGIS / and or ArcView, Oziexlorer or other GPS
software, ILWIS and MSAccess skill also desirable but not must.
Willing to travel to remote areas in Papua
Having good contact/ wide networkings related GIS and understand the data
sources.
Having experinces on GIS application related to disasters risk and
conducting training to other people on disaster related mapping are
desirable.

Please only submit your application and CV, quoting the code of the post (GIS) on the subject of your email to yogya_hr@oxfam. org.uk no later than 5
December 2007.
Only short listed candidates will be contacted. Candidate can be contacted before the closing date.

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