POSITION
DESCRIPTION:

SPATIAL SCIENTIST

INTRODUCTION:

Institut Penelitian Inovasi Bumi (INOBU) is an independent,
non-profit Indonesian research institute. Through innovative research, policy
analysis, technology and alliance-building, INOBU seeks to improve public
policies and strengthen civil society to sustainably manage Indonesia’s natural
resources and agricultural production systems, throughout the life-cycle of
products. INOBU is staffed by leading Indonesian researchers in the fields of
environmental policy, law, economics and spatial analysis. INOBU actively
engages government, civil society and communities in the design and
dissemination of the results of their research and innovation.

THE ROLE:

The Spatial
Scientist will be responsible for three areas:

1.     Land use and land cover analyses including
calculating deforestation rates and greenhouse gas emissions as well as land
suitability analyses and image classification;

2.     Geographical Information System (GIS)
analyses and system design for mobile devices and online systems; and

3.     Providing training in the areas of remote
sensing and GIS.

QUALIFICATIONS
AND EXPERIENCE:

·      
Master of
Geographical Sciences, Information Technology, Surveying or equivalent;

·      
Fluency in
Indonesian and English;

·      
Minimum five
years of experience in working in the fields of geographical sciences or
information technology;

·      
Experience
using ArcGIS, QGIS or other open source GIS software;

·      
Experience
using ENVI or other remote sensing and image classification software;

·      
Experience
in image classification and conducting land use/cover change analyses;

·      
Familiarity
with programming languages including R, Python, Java and C; and

·      
Experience
designing web and/or mobile applications for mapping, displaying and using
spatial data.

LOCATION:
Denpasar, Bali (with some travel throughout Indonesia).

CONTACT
PERSON:

John Watts

Email: info@inobu.org