Result of Service

The incumbent will be responsible to perform the following: • Digitized and classified national groundwater resources maps. • Monthly reports listing the number of maps prepared, their quality, updates and lessons learned from the digitization and review process. • Fact sheets on selected national and transboundary aquifers. • Output layers based on multi-layer analysis.

Work Location

UN-House ESCWA

Expected duration

6 Months

Duties and Responsibilities

Background: The individual contract is intended to support ESCWA to make significant use of geospatial information system (GIS) technologies for the review, digitization, classification and analysis of maps related to groundwater resources in the Arab region. The purpose is to facilitate the integration and analysis of various geospatial data layers that will contribute to the elaboration of a groundwater knowledge platform and analysis for informed decision-making. Duties and Responsibilities: • Digitize and produce hydrogeological maps based on received national data or ESCWA’s archive. • Perform quality checks on maps received in electronic formats, including cleaning of the attribute tables, verification of map classifications and colour coding. • Support preparation of the desk study on selected national and transboundary aquifers for the preparation of background briefs. • Assist in the preparation of the multilayer analysis using GIS software for the chosen aquifers. • Support in other activities drawing upon GIS tools as requested.

Qualifications/special skills

A Bachelor’s degree in geoscience, hydrogeology or related field is required. A Master’s degree in the above fields is desirable. All candidates must submit a copy of the required educational degree. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed. A minimum of 1 year of experience working in geoscience and GIS analysis is required. Knowledge in groundwater modelling is desirable. Knowledge of Python desirable.

Languages

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat; and Arabic is a working language of ESCWA. For this position, fluency in English and Arabic is required. Note: “Fluency” equals a rating of ‘fluent’ in all four areas (speak, read, write, and understand) and “Knowledge of” equals a rating of ‘confident’ in two of the four areas.

Additional Information

Recruitment for this position is on a local basis. The incumbent is required to have the legal right to live and work in the specified working location.

No Fee

THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.