Sunday, November 15, 2015

Call for Application: GIS SPECIALIST (Dec 7-20, 2015)

I.                    POSITION/ TITLE:
GIS Specialist
II.                  PROJECT NAME:
Mentoring UN Joint Team and UNDAF M&E Group in the Development of Maps of HIV Epidemiology and HIV and STI Programs using Quantum GIS
III.                GENERAL BACKGROUND
In the past 3 years, UNAIDS has supported national and local partners in generating programmatic, geographic and spatial data on HIV. With the availability of new GIS freeware (Quantum GIS), UNAIDS would like to engage a GIS  special to capacitate the UN Joint Team on AIDS and UNDAF M&E Group on the use of Quantum GIS.
IV.                OBJECTIVES OF THE ASSIGNMENT
To capacitate selected members of UN Joint Team on AIDS and UNDAF M&E Group GIS Maps for HIV Epidemiology and HIV and STI
V.                  SCOPE OF WORK
On the job mentoring of UN Joint Team on AIDS and UNDAF M&E  Group to develop GIS Maps for HIV Epidemiology and HIV and STI
VI.                DELIVERABLES and FINAL PRODUCTS
1. Workplan
2. GIS file containing HIV Epidemiology and HIV and STI Program Data
3. Philippine Digital Maps with city, provincial, and regional boundaries containing the following[1]:
1.      HIV Epidemiology
                1.1 City and Provincial Population (total) and income class
                1.2 Reported and Estimated HIV cases
                1.3. Estimated key affected population – MSM, PWID, FSW, Clients of FSW
2.       HIV and STI Programs
                2.1 Priority Cities for HIV Intervention
                2.2 HIV Testing Centers (clinics, hospitals)
                2.3 ARV Treatment Hubs
                2.4 Presence of donor agencies
VII.              PROPOSED TIME FRAME and LEVEL OF EFFORT
December 7 to 20, 2015, 5 days 
VIII.            QUALIFICATIONS
Junior to Middle Level GIS Officer
·         Advanced degree in geography, social sciences, or related field
·         At least 5 years relevant experience in spatial and geographical analysis and map making and/or similar tasks
·         Excellent oral and written communication skills in English



[1] These data are already available in both excel and stata file formats. A crude ArcGIS file is also already available.

Send CV and sample work on or before Nov 27, 2015 to:
Zimmbodilion Mosende, UNAIDS Philippines
mosendez@unaids.org.