[SDI-Europe] Job position: GIS Coordinator, European Topic Centre on Spatial Information and Analysis - Malaga (Spain) - SHORT NOTICE!

[Oscar Gomez]

I've been told by the organizers that they will extend the deadline for
receiving applications. More information to follow.

Best,

Oscar

On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 10:31 PM, Oscar Gomez <ogomez2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I'm sorry for the short notice, but I've just received the official call.
>
> This position is to work from the ETC/SIA, which has its coordinating unit
> in Malaga, Spain. The ETC/SIA works for the European Environment Agency.
>
> Please note that closing date is the 22nd of February, and that more
> documents than the CV are requested (please see below for more details).
>
> I'm forwarding this information, I'm not the one responsible for this job
> opportunity. Please find below the e-mail of the contact persons.
>
>
>
> February, 11, 2011
> Vacancy: GIS Coordinator
>
> The European Topic Centre for Spatial Information Analysis (ETC/SIA) is an
> international consortium assisting the European Environment Agency (EEA) in
> its mission to deliver information on the state and trends of the
> environment. The lead is the University of Malaga, Spain (UMA).
>
> ETC/SIA is organizing a competition to recruit a highly motivated and well
> qualified candidate to work as a GIS coordinator. This position seeks to
> reinforce ETC´s support to the EEA by coordinating the data management
> within the core team and the consortium partners.
>
> The GIS coordinator will be motivated, professional team player who can
> demonstrate excellence in data management for environmental assessments,
> ability to innovate and have the potential to take increasing
> responsibilities.
>
> The place of work is Malaga, Spain.
>
> *Main Functions & Requirements:***
>
> ·         Being the EEA interlocutor to contribute defining spatial
> analysis solutions to needs expressing in the Annual Implementation Plan
> (IP), adjusting methodologies to data availability
>
> ·         Coordination of the ETC/SIA GIS core team to implement EEA
> requirements as well as to provide the expertise required at internal level.
>
> ·         Conducting complex and heavy spatial analyses for Europe.
> Proficiency in ESRI GIS (ArcGIS / ArcInfo / ArcView and its extensions /
> modules, especially GRID / Spatial Analyst, ArcSDE) software and relational
> DB management (i.e.PostGreSQL, mySQL)  is a key requirement
>
> *Formal requirements:* Candidates applying must satisfy the following
> general requirements on the closing date for the submission of applications:
>
> ·         Citizenship of one of the Member Countries of the EEA;
>
> ·         Enjoy full rights as a citizen;
>
> ·         Have fulfilled any obligation imposed by law concerning military
> service;
>
> ·         Meet the educational requirements
>
> *Education certificates and diplomas:*
>
> ·         A university degree relevant to the field concerned attested by
> a diploma or an official Master
>
> *Range of professional experience and skills:*
>
> ·         A minimum of five years of relevant professional experience in
> an international environment, in particular in the area of data management
> for environmental information
>
> ·         Knowledge and understanding of the European environmental and
> regional  policies, as well as the European data policy such us INSPIRE and
> SEIS
>
> *GIS/DB/system management*
>
> ·         Responsible for server hardware and software licenses
> maintenance
>
> ·         Server software administration and maintenance of the data (i.e.
> SQLServer, ArcSDE) through backups, query optimisation, development of
> procedures and triggers (i.e. T-SQL in SQLServer), DB configuration, or
> security administration
>
> *Data management*
>
> ·         Knowledge of working with spatial databases (ArcSDE for
> SQLserver)
>
> ·         Knowledge of setting up quality control procedures and workflows
> for spatial data
>
> ·         Ability to design and implement spatial relational data models
>
> ·         Ability to combine license and open source technology
>
> ·         Thematic knowledge of environmental data, especially land use
> and land cover
>
> ·         Hands-on knowledge on GIS and river systems (hydro systems, i.e.
> ArcHydro would be an asset
>
>
>
> *Analytical work*
>
> ·         Familiar with the techniques of modelling. Modelling is
> understood as the construction of analytical workflows
>
> ·         Experience with commercial software such us ESRI (i.e. ArcGIS)
> and open-source software (i.e. Grass, GvSIG, Kosmo, QGIS, etc)
>
> ·         Able to apply and research new methodologies to the data
> analysis and spatial data processing as well as developed new custom
> analytical tools using any programming language (Java, VB, ArcObjects,
> Python, etc)
>
>
>
>
>
> *Visualisation and dissemination work*
>
> ·         Ability to design and implement shared environment information
> system (SDIs / Geonodes)based on license-commercial solutions and open
> source technology
>
> *Coordination work*
>
> ·         Team-orientated and exhibit strong oral and written
> communications skills.
>
> ·         Ability to lead multi-cultural team within a complex,
> decentralized organization,
>
> ·         Ability to communicate and present the ETC’s position in
> international workshops and conferences
>
> ·         Good organizational skills and highly developed interpersonal
> skills.
>
> ·         Ability to guide and train other analysts in the use of advanced
> spatial analysis techniques would be an asset.
>
> ·         Good command of English. Good command of Spanish would be an
> asset.
>
> *Characteristics of the contract:*
>
> ·         Contract start: 1 April 2011 (probation period 6 months).
>
> ·         Foreseen Duration: 1 year with possibility of extension till the
> end of the project.
>
> ·         Working period and place: 35 hours a week, from Monday to Friday
> (9h-17h). Parque Tecnológico de Andalucía (PTA), Málaga, Spain.
>
> *Benefits and Compensation*
>
> Compensation and benefits are determined by the rules of the UMA. The
> starting salary will be 43.257,96 € and depends on experiences. It is a full
> time position.
>
> We value and support diversity and equal opportunities for employment.
>
> *Necessary application materials:*
> in English:
>
>    - Application
>    - Euro CV
>    - References, Publications
>    - 2 referees
>    - Scans of university degrees
>
>
> The application has to be provided before February 22nd 2011 to:
>
> Andreas Littkopf, Manager of the ETC/SIA
>
> E-mail: andreas.littkopf at uma.es and Cc: jrosillo at uma.es
>
>
>
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