Hand in Hand Afghanistan Organization (HIHAO) is a not-for-profit organization based in Afghanistan. It started operations in 2007. HIHAO is part of the international Hand in Hand (HiH) network of independent organizations, working together towards a shared vision to alleviate poverty through job creation. The overall Hand in Hand mission is to promote the economic and social empowerment of women, by supporting the creation of sustainable enterprises, improved livelihoods and jobs.

HIHAO has implemented projects funded by DFID, European Union, CAFOD, WFP, GIZ, USAID, WB, DANIDA, Sida, Hilti foundation, UNOCHA and Hand in Hand International through its main office in Mazar-e-Sharif, Balkh province of Afghanistan.

Hand in Hand Afghanistan is implementing the World Bank funded project managed by UN FAO to support emergency and resilience aimed to support vulnerable smallholder communities and farmers through Emergency Food Security Project. The project is to restore rangelands and improve the management practices in degraded rangeland. Improve and implement Agroforestry Practices in existing crop lands to improve the production and productivity of existing lands as well as provide alternative support to the farming communities through additional fruit and nuts production.

Under the supervision of the design engineer, the GIS Engineer is overall responsible for the project WRI source mapping and pointing and site selection.

The GIS Engineer will perform the following duties with transparency and integrity, and in adherence to the policies as provided by the HIHAO.

Key Responsibilities:

• Creating geospatial database for all existing irrigation and water supply schemes (Codes, intake, daily-monthly-annual discharge, length, command area, type of cropping, demand and other parameters)
• analysis and integration of existing geographical information data
• Performs GIS analysis, modeling and reporting to support designing.
• Working closely with other employee to determine best practices for data storage and access.
• Analyzing spatial data through the use of mapping software.
• Discovering patterns and trends through spatial mapping of data.
• Designing digital maps with geographic data and other data sources.
• Creating "shape files" to merge topographical data with external data by layering external data over a topographical map.
• Producing maps showing the spatial distribution of various kinds of data, including properties statistics and petrol station locations etc.
• Developing mapping applications and tools.
• Converting physical maps into a digital form for computer usage.
• Performing data munging and cleaning to convert data into its desired form.
• Produce reports on geographic data utilizing data visualizations.
• Managing a digital library of geographic maps in various file types.
• Collaboration with Engineering team for developing concept note and feasibility study of potential irrigation schemes and to assess the impact of each infrastructure project on water allocation, demand and availability
• Provide technical Capacity Building support to the engineering staff of irrigation and water supply management directorate

Education

• A Bachelor’s degree Geography, Surveying, Engineering or related field from a recognized, accredited university.

Experience

• A minimum of 4 years' experience in GIS modelling and Mapping
• Experience with mapping tools such as ArcGIS, QGIS and Carto.
• Experience with ArcGIS Online and Geo Portal.

Interested applicants are requested to submit their applications comprised of a one-page cover letter explaining their interest and suitability for the position along with an updated CV to the attention of following address: jobs@handinhand.org.af and copy to kunduz.PM@handinhand.org.af please note that applications received after the closing date (June 12, 2024) will not be considered.

Kindly mention vacancy number and position title in your email's subject line, otherwise you won't be shortlisted. All shortlisted candidates will be directly contacted through their emails for test/Interview.