Environment and Natural Resources / GIS Officer Job in Kenya

Vacancy: Environment and Natural Resources / GIS Officer

Indepth Research Services is a capacity development and research services firm in Africa.
We offer research support and capacity development programmes to development institutions and professionals in Monitoring and Evaluation, Data Management and Analysis, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing.
Our programs are aimed at strengthening data management, monitoring and evaluation (M&E) and performance management capacity of development actors across the continent to achieve their development objectives.
We provide managers and practitioners with the tools they need to manage and evaluate programs, and projects at the local, county, national, regional, and global levels.

We are currently interested in a young dynamic and results driven candidate who is passionate about developing his/her research skills and experience in practical environmental management, disaster risk reduction and GIS.
This position is based in Nairobi, but with occasional travels to the field within and outside the country.

Roles and Responsibilities

Training and curriculum development

• Establish a publishable GIS and Disaster Risk Management course catalog, to include target audiences, learning objectives, and maintenance.
• Develop consistent curriculum framework for all trainings in alignment with strategic goals, and education credits where applicable.
• Utilize a variety of media to maximize training effectiveness.
• Develop and maintain training compliance database to track course completion for target audiences, as dictated by regulatory requirements.
• Complete pre- and post-course work that includes, but is not limited to: pre-course assessments, grading and processing final exams, updating attendance records, and reporting course or student issues.
• Provide feedback and suggestions on course design and materials to support any areas that need improvement.
• Review all course curriculums on a regular basis to be prepared to conduct any course assigned on short-notice.

Business Development

• Preparing proposal and responding to related EOI and RFPs
• Following up new business opportunities and setting up meetings
• Planning and preparing presentations
• Communicating new product developments to prospective clients
• Overseeing the development of marketing literature
• Writing reports
• Providing management with feedback

Desired background qualification and experience and competencies

• A degree in Natural or environment science, Disaster Management, Natural resource management.
• A certificate in Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing.
• At least 2 years’ experience working in humanitarian or development related work environments
• At least 1 year experience in Geographic Information Systems.
• Strong communication and writing skills
• Experience with open source GIS software.
• Proven ability to conceptualize, plan and execute ideas.
• Ability to transfer knowledge and skills.
• Fluency in written and verbal English
• Working knowledge of Advanced Excel, Stata, SPSS and R will be an added advantage.

How to Apply

Female Candidates are highly encouraged to apply.
Only shortlisted candidates shall be contacted.

Interested candidates should send their CVs (with 3 referees) and a cover letter to hr@indepthresearch.org before July 14th 2015. (SOFT COPIES ONLY).
The subject line should be clearly marked ‘Environment and Natural Resources/ GIS Officer’.