1. Organization overview
Founded in 2006, CartONG is a French non-governmental organization committed to furthering the use of geographic information tools to improve data gathering and analysis for emergency relief and development programmes around the world.
New technologies including mobile applications, GPS and satellite images can be used to bring together vital information about people's needs as never before. From determining the locations and health of people trapped under buildings after an earthquake, to tracking cholera cases in an urban slum, up-to-date and geographically specific information helps save lives and improves the lives of people in the community. To find out more about how geographic information is used around the world to improve people's lives, see this list of CartONG projects and services.
CartONG enables emergency relief and development organizations and local governments to manage their own existing data, integrate other data sources and then use that data to plan programmes and monitor progress and impact. In our work, we focus on listening closely to the needs of the community, as well as training local people. This ensures that projects are sustainable and tailored to the needs and priorities of the people we are seeking to assist.
We are currently looking for a cartographer:
2. Offer
Type of contract: CDD – 12 months
Indicative start date: ASAP, starting from October 1st, 2015
Location: Chambéry (Savoie, France), with travels to Geneva
Weekly working hours: 39h
Mission:
Based at HQ in Chambéry, you will be responsible for creating maps for the requests coming from an international NGO, including during emergency activations.
You will be fully included in the ongoing project of building a Geographical Information System within the organization. You may have to work on other aspects of the projects depending on and related to various needs.
You will be responsible for:
- Data mining, data cleaning
- Managing the geographical database
- Achieving quality mapping products
- Reviewing guidelines and procedures
- Communicating with requesters and diffusing final products through a Geonetwork platform
You may have to frequently go to Geneva. The position requires availability and flexibility, two characteristics inherent in the humanitarian context of organizations responding to emergencies (evening work, rushes, stressed situations).
3. Profile requirements
Graduation level: minimum Bachelor in Geomatics/Cartography
Experience: 1 year in cartography is an asset
Technical requirements:
- ArcGIS 10.2, QGIS, Google Earth, Excel, Office pack, appetence for Computer Sciences
- Good knowledge in database management
- Knowledge in programming language(s) is an asset
- Knowledge in OSM, project and tools is an asset
Personal requirements: - Good knowledge in humanitarian problematics is desirable
- Autonomy, rigor
- Strong taste for dataviz, graphic and design
- Ability to communicate
- Self-starter
Language skills: working knowledge in both French and English required
HOW TO APPLY:
Send your resume and cover letter to info[at]cartong.org before September 27th, 2015.
