GIS Specialist

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international humanitarian organization that delivers impartial medical care to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from health care in over 70 countries.

MSF has been working continuously in Lebanon since 2008. Today our operational teams work all over the country delivering quality, free of charge medical care to those who need it.

MSF Lebanon Branch office is part of the MSF international movement. Our team is composed of 20 full time employees based in Beirut and Cairo working together in the areas of international field recruitment, communications and medical operational support.

From Lebanon and Egypt, we work regionally and contribute globally to MSF’s medical humanitarian response.

Main Purpose

Carrying out assessments and ensuring the implementation, maintenance and monitoring of the mission's geographical information systems and producing in real time, a spatial analysis of the situation in the field, according to MSF protocols and standards in order to ensure an optimal running of the project

Accountabilities

• Defining procedures and ensuring the implementation, monitoring, maintenance and correct functioning of the mission's geographical information system. Liaising directly with the main actors to identify and understand their needs and developing appropriate GIS products under the supervision of the GIS regional referent supervision.
• Managing the technical activities in support to and in close collaboration with the field responsible of the sector of activity he/she is primarily in support to i.e. epidemiologist, medical coordination, logistics coordination, and project or mission managerial team. This includes the following tasks: 
• Managing response and prioritization requests for map products and services and supporting all medico-operational activities such as logistics, supply, outreach, WHS, security, project and mission leadership, communication and reporting, health promotion, etc.
• Managing the development, quality control and reproduction of products in appropriate formats for clients. Uses and advocates data and mapping standards
• Identifying, gathering and incorporating external datasets into the MSF repository. Maintaining and expanding the archives and working with the data to create themes and layers for use in GIS and to create analytical products
• Carrying out assessment and feasibility studies in the project to provide line managers with alternatives and possible solutions to challenges concerning GIS
• Where standard protocols are not available or appropriate, developing a protocol seeking extensive feedback and pilot tests to ensure its functioning.
• Acting as a technical referent, providing technical advice and oversight of quality and strengthening knowledge of the teams. Managing training and skills development support to staff with simple mapping, Google Earth, use of GPS and data collection tools.
• Performing delegated tasks as defined in his/her job description and according to the line manager.

MSF Section/Context Specific Accountabilities

• You will be based in Beirut and mainly work for the three sections present in Lebanon. That being said, as you will be part of a GIS Middle East regional entity, you could be involved remotly  in missions from other countries (Syria, Irak, Yemen…)
• Assisting the GIS Regional Referent for Middle East in the achievement of the following tasks:

1. Giving support to the projects
2. Carrying out assessments
3. Ensuring the implementation
4. Maintenance and monitoring of the mission's geographical information systems
5. Producing in real time, a spatial analysis of the situation in the field, according to MSF protocols and standards in order to ensure an optimal running of the project

Experience        

• Essential experience in managing data collection, entry and maintenance and in managing or developing databases
• Skills in mapping design and statistics
• Strong practical experience in using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) softwares: QGIS, ArcGIS pro and ArcGIS on line.
• Knowledge in data collection tools (KoboCollect, OSMand)
• Pedagogical skills is a strong asset
• At least 1 year’ demonstrable experience in GIS and mapping specialist area.
• Work experience with MSF, other NGOs and in developing countries desirable
• Fluent English is mandatory, speaking Arabic and/or French is an asset.