Jobs - 60767- UN Programme Mapping IT Consultant / GIS Expert

UN Programme Mapping IT Consultant / GIS Expert

Location :

Phnom Penh, CAMBODIA

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

01-Dec-2015

Application Deadline :

22-Oct-15 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

International Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

15 working days

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

15 working days

UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

Background

The United Nations Country Team (UNCT) has agreed to develop an inter-active mapping of UN agencies’ programmes and activities at the provincial level in Cambodia. The envisaged online map “Who is doing what and where” intends to promote coherence and collaboration as well as increase transparency and accountability with the information being made publicly available on the UNCT website in the future.

Duties and Responsibilities

The UNCT aims to recruit external assistance to develop an interactive mapping of the UN’s programmatic activities in Cambodia. In preparation for the GIS mapping exercise, data of UN programmes and projects has been collected in an excel spreadsheet. The geogreaphical representation of this data shall be focused at the provincial level.

The functions and outputs of the consultant are as follows:

Review existing technical solutions for interactive mapping available to the UN System in Cambodia, if any;
Create a user-friendly, web-based interactive map based on provided data set, using mangomaps, cartodb or other available online solutions, appropriately hosted to ensure data security as well as availability;
Present an interactive draft map to UNCT and make changes to the system based on comments received from UNCT;
Collect and integrate missing programming data from UN agencies into the system.

The consultant will work in close collaboration with the Office of the UN Resident Coordinator under the overall authority of the UN Resident Coordinator.

The consultant is required to provide all orginal data before conversion and its final related documents.

Deliverables

First draft of interactive online map;
Final draft of interactive online map including all data provided by UN agencies.

Interested offeror must read the Individual Consultant (IC) Procurement Notice, which can be viewed at http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=25862 for more detail information about term of references, instructions to offeror, and to download the documents to be submitted in the offer through online

Competencies

Demonstrated ability of data transfer, data analysis, data mining, and data inventory using basic spreadsheet applications (e.g., Excel, Access, ArcGIS attribute tables);
Knowledge of ArcSDE, ArcServer, Python, .NET, Java, PHP, HTML, key markup language is a plus;
Ability to translate user needs to solutions;
Good communication skills;
Detail oriented.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Technical Certificate related to ArcGIS.

Experiences:

At least 3 years of experience in the field of GIS/GPS;
Excellent knowledge of MapInfo, ArcGIS and/or other software necessary to perform the task;
Experience of working with online GPS mapping systems;
Work experience on projects financed by international organizations will be an asset;
Demonstrated experience with ArcGIS 10.0-10.1 or higher as well as knowledge of cartography and computer mapping including design principles and understanding map creation procedures in ArcGIS required.

Language:

Good oral and written skills in English language.

Interested offeror must read the Individual Consultant (IC) Procurement Notice, which can be viewed at http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=25862 for more detail information about term of references, instructions to offeror, and to download the documents to be submitted in the offer through online.

UNDP reserves right to reject any applications that is incomplete.

Please be informed that we don’t accept application submitted via email.

Interested Offerors are required to submit application via UNDP jobsite system as the application screening and evaluation will be done through UNDP jobsite system. Please note that UNDP jobsite system allows only one uploading of application document, so please make sure that you merge all your documents into a single file. Your on-line applications submission will be acknowledged where an email address has been provided. If you do not receive an e-mail acknowledgement within 24 hours of submission, your application may not have been received. In such cases, please resubmit the application, if necessary.

Any request for clarification/additional information on this procurement notice shall be communicated in writing to UNDP office or send to email chanpisey.ky@undp.org and cc procurement.kh@undp.org. While the Procurement Unit would endeavor to provide information expeditiously, only requests receiving at least 5 working days prior to the submission deadline will be entertained. Any delay in providing such information will not be considered as a reason for extending the submission deadline. The UNDP's response (including an explanation of the query but without identifying the source of inquiry) will be posted in Individual Consultant (IC) Procurement Notice page as provided above. Therefore, all prospective Offerors are advised to visit the page regularly to make obtain update related to this Individual Consultant (IC) Procurement Notice