Planet Geo Indonesia

CARDI, an international NGO consortium providing support to persons affected by conflict and natural disaster is looking for qualified national candidates to fill in position to be based in Sarmi Town, Sarmi District,Papua :

GIS/Cartography Officer (Code : GCO - PUA)

Scope of Work:

The GIS/Cartography Officer (GCO) is responsible for designing a training program/-workshop for introduction to participatory sketch mapping. (S)he also plays an important role following the workshops to assist the community to record/plot important landmarks and sites of cultural/historical value land-use as well as proposed boundaries of the area claimed by the community on their sketch maps and transfers these onto existing digital maps. These digital maps should then be compared with each other and with existing land-use maps at, for example, the Provincial and Regency Forestry Offices,to provide feedback to the Community Mobilization Officers to assist with negotiations between stakeholders. (S)he seeks the involvement of and collaborates with government cartographers.

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