Job Description
Description of Essential Responsibilities / Skill Sets:
- Good understanding of remote sensing concepts, hardware, and software employed in land cover mapping, including:
o Image quality assessment
o Digital image processing for land use land cover mapping and change detection
o Image classification techniques
o Knowledge of various Remote Sensing modeling languages (especially ERDAS gmd)
o Validation of land cover classifications
o Thematic map accuracy assessments
- Strong practical experience in using Digital Image Processing and Geographic Information System (GIS) software tools.is essential, for example: ESRI products such as ArcGIS and ERDAS Imagine
- Sound understanding of application of RS & GIS in the field of forestry and climate change.
- Expertise in the application of RS & GIS for forest carbon estimation and related tools and techniques
- Experience in identifying deforestation and forest degradation through spatial analysis
- Experience in RS & GIS capacity development
- Sound understanding of the spatial tools and analysis
- Prior experience of working with the forestry or related field institutions nationally and internationally
- Ability to perform data quality review on both raster and vector data formats to ensure data integrity
- Ability to perform well under minimal supervision and manage the responsibilities while working under pressure to meet strict deadlines
Job Requirements