Reference:
GISI/IRA/SA
Department: Program
Contract: Internship
Country: Iraq
Duration 6 months
City: Erbil
Starting date: ASAP
Background on ACTED
ACTED is a French humanitarian NGO, founded in 1993, which
supports vulnerable populations, affected by humanitarian crises worldwide.
ACTED provides continued support to vulnerable communities by ensuring the
sustainability of post-crisis interventions and engaging long-term challenges
facing our target populations, in order to break the poverty cycle, foster
development and reduce vulnerability to disasters. Our interventions seek to
cover the multiple aspects of humanitarian and development crises through a
multidisciplinary approach which is both global and local, and adapted to each
context. Our 3,300 staff is committed in to responding to emergencies
worldwide, to supporting recovery and rehabilitation, towards sustainable
development.
Our teams in the field implement some 340 projects in 34
countries covering the following sectors emergency relief, food security,
access to health, education and training, economic development, microfinance,
advocacy, institutional support, and regional dialogue, cultural promotion.
Based on considerable experience addressing the needs and
situations of vulnerable communities, ACTED contributes to the international
agenda towards reaching the Millennium Development Goals, through a wide range
of partnerships, innovative initiatives, and campaigns.
Country profile
Capital Office : Bagdad
National Staff : 125 (July 2012)
International Staff : 6 (July 2012)
Areas : 2 (Erbil, Kut)
On-going programmes: 2
Bugdet : about 3 M€ (2011)
ACTED began work in Iraq in 2003. ACTED has one base in
southern Iraq in Kut and in 2007 opened a base in Erbil to better respond to
IDP needs in the Kurdistan region. ACTED originally focused on improving the
health, water and sanitation conditions of vulnerable populations in southern
Iraq, but the deteriorating security situation and drastic increase in the
number of displaced people have resulted in a new focus on meeting IDP and host
community needs, based on the experience in IDP camps in Lebanon. The ACTED
Iraq national team includes around 100 people who implement multi-sector
emergency relief projects including WATSAN activities, gender based violence
awareness, health promotion, economic rehabilitation, food security, and
distribution of basic relief commodities.
Supporting long-term impacts through sustainable livelihoods
and support to local civil society - For ACTED Iraq, 2011 was a year of
transition from emergency relief and rehabilitation to development. To support
the slow march towards peace and stability, ACTED implemented a dynamic range
of programming from the distribution of basic necessities to internally
displaced families to apprenticeship programs, gender-based violence awareness
and capacity building of local authorities and Iraqi civil society.
In 2011, ACTED partnered with an Iraqi NGO for the first
time in order to jointly implement a project providing assistance to Iraq’s
displaced populations. Moving forward, ACTED will prioritise partnership with
local Iraqi NGOs to better deliver assistance through their detailed knowledge
of and experience with target communities, build the capacity of Iraq’s civil
society and move toward increasingly sustainable and longer-term interventions.
Position profile
The GIS Intern will be responsible for:
- Supporting the development and maintenance of a global
database for the consolidation of all project-related, assessment-related and
GIS data at the country level
- Assisting in project-level mapping and planning
participatory GIS activities
- Increasing the capacity of national staff in GIS and
spatial data management
Supporting project-level database creation and information
management mechanisms
A. Supporting the maintenance of a global database for the
consolidation of all project-related, assessment-related and GIS data
Support the Database Officer(s) and GIS team in maintaining
the global database, consolidating data collected from all ACTED /partner
activities within country
Review database management guidelines and ensure
capitalization of tools and procedures
Support the collection and management of spatial datasets,
and verify and update collected data
Monitor the accuracy of collected data
Support the integration of existing information between
ACTED units and maintain regular updating mechanism
• Propose and implement new technical solutions and
partnerships
• Respond to information requests from ACTED Units
• Streamline process moving raw data to mapped end products
• Solicit information from partner organizations to be
incorporated into database
B. Technical Support to the DB/GIS team
• Provide technical backstopping of database to GIS/DB team
• Provide capacity-building to GIS/DB team related to
database maintenance and advanced GIS techniques
C. Regular interactions and reporting with key partners
including cluster lead agencies, UNOSAT, UNOCHA and technical partners
• Support the development of joint database tools and
processes with ACTED partners in country
• Respond to information requests from ACTED partners
related to MIS data and mapping
• Liaise with partners to ensure that data is shared with ACTED
MIS team when required
• Support the collection of spatial datasets and integration
with REACH activities
D. Field level support of online mapping tool and other
REACH program products
• Participate in continued development of web-based mapping
tools at the field level
• Ensure the update process from field to web publishing is
organized and well documented
• Liaise with IMPACT Geneva to guarantee a quality product
that suits the needs of the field office
Qualifications
Master degree or equivalent experience in Information
Systems, GIS, or a relevant discipline
Good experience in database and general computer software
(such as SQL Server, PostgreSQL and Access)
Experience with industry standard mapping tools, especially
ESRI products
Ability to think creatively in terms of tool and process
development
Ability to travel to the field
Good organizational, communication and interpersonal skills
Flexibility and adaptability to ever-changing needs and
responsibilities
Conditions
Field Intern benefits include:
- 300 USD per month living allowance
- Coverage of all accommodation, guesthouse, food, and
travel costs, a luggage allowance of 50 kg
- The provision of medical, repatriation, and life
insurance.
Submission of applications
Please send, in English, your cover letter, CV, and three
references to stages@acted.org
Ref : GISI/IRA/SA
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