HIGDA GIS Specialist at Palladium International

Key Responsibilities

• Enable real-time spatial data collection and updating of all the existing and new public health facilities offering treatment and care services for HIV/AIDS, reproductive health, maternal and child health, and malaria.

• Store in a geo-database all related attributes and environmental spatial datasets such as elevation, population distribution, climate variables, water bodies, derived indices (e.g., NDVI, VGI), derived metrics (health facility catchments), and locational data such as health facility locations.
• Support interactive dashboard geo-visualization of HIV/AIDS trends, facility-level clustering, and production of high quality static cartographic maps to support decision making on HIV/AIDS.
• Support both online and desktop spatial query analysis to enable system users to compare disease trends or extract facility data at different spatial units (county or sub-county levels).

• Provide advanced spatial analytical capabilities such as performance of hot spot analysis, interpolation of HIV data, and network accessibility analysis based on least-cost path algorithms.
• Support spatial data sharing across multiple formats and outputs such as GeoJSON, TopoJSON, TIFF, PNG, SVG, and JPEG.
• Support multiple overlays using satellite imagery base map such as Google Maps, Open Street Map, and other spatial datasets of interest.

• Work with the Sr. Performance and Analytics Advisor, NHIS Support Specialist, and HIS Leadership Advisor to incorporate GIS into user interfaces, dashboards, and data visualizations on various platforms for increased access of stakeholder data for evidence-based decision making

Requirements

Qualifications

• Minimum BSc Computer Science or BEng Software or Geospatial Engineering, or BA Geography, and accreditation in GIS, or degree in fields relating to human/biological sciences or social sciences with accreditation in GIS
• Experience with ArcGIS, GeoNode, Open Geospatial Tools, Architecture, Communities, others,
• Proficiency with providing GIS outputs in GeoJSON, TopoJSON, TIFF, PNG, SVG, and JPEG and others
• 5+ years? experience in a technology leadership position for a public health project, preferably USG funded
• Excellent coordination and information management skills
• The ability to work well under pressure and skilled in change management, crisis management, and problem solving
• Ability and willingness to travel frequently within Kenya and work under field conditions
• Must be available for domestic travel
• Fluent English and Swahili required

This position is based in Nairobi, Kenya. Kenyan nationals are strongly encouraged to apply.