The Conservation Finance Division of Conservation International (CI) is seeking a GIS (Geographic Information Systems) Associate to assist on a number of projects focused on sustainable landscapes and reducing greenhouse gases emissions from deforestation and degradation. CI has developed a framework to monitor and evaluate the sustainability of the landscapes from key aspects, such as: natural capital, economic production, governance and human well-being.
The employee will be tasked with a number of assignments:
- Contributing to the design of key indicators;
- Assisting in the gathering of socio-economic data;
- Supporting the Carbon Fund team to analyze spatial data and generate basic maps, and
- Gathering scientific literature.
Other activities that could be assigned by supervisor include compiling project results in charts or tables, preparing simple reports, and developing dashboards.
Key areas of expertise include quantitative analyses, spatial analysis and art design skills – especially a thorough knowledge of ArcGIS and Tableau. Other desired skills include, flexibility to switch tasks and respond to tight timelines.
Qualifications:
- Student of an undergraduate program in a quantitative field (geography, natural science, GIS, or related field);
- GIS & cartography skills with experience in ArcGIS;
- Experience with Microsoft Office package (Excel, Word and Powerpoint);
- Ability to work independently;
- Excellent communication skill;
- Strong organizational skills and close attention to detail
Preferred:
- Student of Master’s program, or bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field (geography, natural science, GIS, or related field);
- Interest in conservation GIS and application development;
- Familiarity with Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) projects and landscape approach;
- Skills with image processing software (ERDAS, ENVI) and batch processing (ArcMap Model Builder, Python);
- Skills with business intelligence software (Tableau); strong analytical skills
