Dear colleagues, The South Atlantic Environmental Research Institute ( http://www.south-atlantic-research.org/) currently has a vacancy for a "Project and data manager - GIS"
The job posting can be found here: https://www.environmentjob.co.uk/jobs/66074-project-and-data-manager-gis?from_rss=true Please contact Zoe James should you require any further information ( [email protected]). The GIS and Data Manager post focuses on three areas: 1. Maintaining the Falkland Islands IMS-GIS Data Centre and contributing to the sustainability of the data centres in other South Atlantic Overseas Territories. 2. Providing GIS services and training courses (from basic to advanced QGIS tools, spatial database and webGIS design and implementation) to SAERI employees, SAERI projects, FIG officers, NGOs in the Falkland Islands, South Atlantic Islands and to organisations working in partnership with SAERI. 3. Cross-cutting accountabilities linked to project and budget management and providing support for existing and new SAERI and partner projects. Essential criteria applicants should have include: - Qualified with to degree level greater in Geography, Informatics, Geoscience, Geomatics, Engineering or related subjects - Proven knowledge of GNU/Linux (Debian/Ubuntu distributions) server system administration - Proven long term experience of working with open source software/system administration - Remote sensing experience - Familiar and confident in writing SQL and spatial SQL codes for querying data in spatial databases (PostgreSQL) - Being a problem solver with good interpersonal skills who can listen and help a variety of audience, including international scientists, government officers, NGOs, private sector (Directors, CEOs) to clarify needs, set targets and find the best solutions to them.
