Job Description
GIS Technician for
Village Boundary Setting and Resource Mapping (VBS/RM) Kecamatan Technical Team

Description

Abt Associates has been selected by the Millennium Challenge Account-Indonesia to implement the one-year Participatory Mapping and Planning (PMaP) 6 project. Through this project Abt Associates will help over 300 rural villages in fifteen districts throughout the country to delineate and demarcate their boundaries and map their resources to attract future investment in areas that will improve rural livelihoods in an environmentally sustainable manner. In this project, Abt Associates and its team of Indonesian specialists and subcontractors will implement the 21-step Village Boundary Setting/Resource Management (VBS/RM) methodology in collaboration with local communities and government through a participatory process. 

Abt Associates is seeking GIS Technicians who will work closely with village participation teams, villagers, local governments, and project staff for three to five villages to delineate and demarcate village administrative boundaries and map community resources in a participatory and coordinated manner. This position will work within an assigned interdisciplinary Kecamantan Technical Team which will include approximately nine other staff, half working on social components and half working on geospatial components. Reporting to the Cartographer/GIS Specialist, the GIS Technician will assist to collect spatial data in three to five villages to map village boundaries and community cultural and natural resources. The position will be based in sub-district locations in Sumatra Barat or Jambi for five to six months. Frequent travel to assigned villages within the Kecamatan will be required.

Role and Responsibilities
a.     Assist acquiring spatial information (topographical maps, satellite imagery, aerial photos, etc.) from various sources of the geographic area assigned;
b.     Help check spatial accuracy of the data, make accuracy improvements if necessary;
c.    Assist with orthorectification of any high resolution airborne imagery (satellite and UAS) to be used, ensure the spatial accuracy is equal or superior to the spectral resolution of the imagery;
d.     Help develop GIS database by integrating available spatial digital data (raster and vector) from various different sources (BIG/One Map, satellite images, UAS acquired imagery, Bappeda, Public Works, etc.);
e.     Assist in map layout preparation for various maps according to BIG standards and templates provided by the GIS Coordinator of the Core Technical Team; 
f.     Help prepare training materials and training methods on mapping to villagers;
g.     Assist digitizing the village boundary resulting from the cartometric mapping discussion;
i.    Help integrate final boundary line and accurate boundary marker position from surveyor, into the village GIS database, plot it and print hard copy map;
k.     Help prepare data and materials related to the fieldwork for use in for technical reports and presentations.

Minimum Qualifications

a.     Degree in natural resource management, forestry, geography, or geodesy;
b.     Some experience using GIS for natural resource analysis and mapping;
c.     General understanding of image orthorectification process and the ability to implement orthorectification processes on satellite and airborne imagery;
e.     Some skills in interpreting satellite imagery and/or aerial photos for map production;
d.    Five month posting commitment in Sumatra Barat or Jambi. Extensive travel within region is required;
e.     Fluency in Bahasa Indonesia, some knowledge of English helpful;
f.    Experience and local knowledge in the Provinces of Sumatra Barat and Jambi are a plus.

Interested candidates may send a CV and cover letter to [email protected] before Oct 03,2017. Only qualified candidates will be contacted.