TCNR is looking for GIS expert

Project description:

The Mediterranean Forum for Applied Ecosystem-Based Management (MED4EBM) project aims to enhance the capacities of various stakeholders and institutional actors involved in managing coastal and marine areas. In addition, the Project will help to establish a cooperation and coordination platform to implement Ecosystem-Based Integrated Coastal Zone Management (EB-ICZM) effectively. The MED4EBM Project will tackle this issue by assisting ICZM actors in four coastal areas of Jordan, Italy, Lebanon, and Tunisia. In this context, Tyre Coast Nature Reserve (TCNR), partner of Med4EBM project, is looking for GIS Expert. 

Main responsibilities:

• Following the biological data collected during the Project
• Creation of maps related to data collected 
• Analyzing and reporting the data on a scientific way
• Train TCNR team on GIS software (quantum/ Arc)
• Coordinate and cooperate with the Project Manager of the project and TCNR
• Participate in all the technical workshop related to the Project
• Coordinate with the Integrated Coastal Zone Management of the Project in TCNR.
• Collecting data from reports and articles and using them to create a GIS database for TCNR.
• Work and create a mapping database for TCNR
• Analyzing and interpreting the data related to Med4EBM.
• Preparing Maps based on the need of TCNR
• Creating TCNR shapefiles
• Cartography of ecosystems and associated biodiversity in TCNR

Qualification and Skills

• GIS expert (PhD is an added value)
• Good knowledge on collecting data from articles and reports
• Good biological knowledge
• Already work with biological data
• Already working on project and publishing reports/ articles.

How to apply

The application shall include the following:

• An updated CV of the applicant
• The application can be submitted by e-mail to the project Manager: Dr. Ali BADREDDINE ([email protected]), and [email protected], specifying in the email subject "MED4EBM– Project Manager".

This is an urgent call; we might decide to close the CV collection at our earliest convenience.

Deadline: 8th August 2023