Geographical Information Systems (GIS) Graduate Intern for Gatsby’s Commercial Forestry Programme at Gatsby Africa

Key responsibilities

• Develop and manage a holistic GIS database for forest planning and commercial decision making.
• Conducting GIS analysis to develop key insights for influencing stakeholders.
• Map production showing various data points to support the programme and branch.
• Develop mapping applications and tools.
• Work on GIS projects as assigned.
• Create new GIS datasets based upon existing standards.
• Edit existing Shapefiles, Geodatabases, & relational databases.
• Acquire, download, correct, integrate, & document GPS data from the field to existing GIS datasets.
• Data entry into a GIS related database.
• Assist in map production using ESRI ArcGIS and other GIS tools.
• Propose innovative ideas for the application of GIS to enhance OTI programming
• Assist in any other roles as assigned by the programme.

Experience and personal qualities required

• Gatsby is looking for star-performers that have the following capabilities. The ideal applicants have the following skills and experience:
• A recent graduate of Cartography, GIS, Geography, or related field with first class honors or second-class upper division.
• Interest in a career in international development.
• Familiarity with ESRI ArcGIS software required.
• Knowledge of geospatial data from a wide array of sources.
• Experience with data management best practices and data cleaning.
• Must have strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Position requires the ability to work in high pressure situations under short deadlines.
• Dynamism combined with a strong work ethic and a sense of initiative.
• Ability to prepare technical reports & documents in a clear & concise manner.
• Prior work experience is not mandatory but a similar role prior and after graduation is considered advantageous.
• Experience with scripting languages such as python or statistical programming languages such as R is a plus