Geospatial Web Developer

About Asian Disaster Preparedness Center

ADPC is an autonomous international organization with a vision to reduce disaster and climate risk impacts on communities and countries in Asia and the Pacific by working with governments, development partners, international organizations, NGOs, civil society, private sector, media, and other key stakeholders. Established in 1986 as a technical capacity building center, ADPC has grown and diversified its expertise across social and physical sciences to support sustainable solutions for risk reduction across a broad range of specialist areas. With over 100 staff from 19 different nationalities and a wide range of professional expertise from atmospheric scientists to social scientists with experiences from all levels of engagement typically required for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Resilience (CR) in an effective manner. ADPC is a competent regional resource center and has seven thematic departments: ADPC Academy, Risk Governance, Climate Resilience, Urban Resilience, Health Risk Management, Preparedness for Response and Recovery, Geospatial Information. These are supported by Finance, Human Resources and Administration, and Strategic Planning departments. In addition to the departments, ADPC works on three cross-cutting themes: Gender and Diversity, Poverty and Livelihoods, and Regional and Transboundary Cooperation through permanent working committees. ADPC Strategy 2020 guides the organization in providing comprehensive risk reduction support to countries and communities in Asia and the Pacific. ADPC recognizes the importance of examining the linkages between disaster risk management, poverty reduction, gender equality, sustainability, rights-based approaches, climate change and regional cooperation. For details please refer to ADPC website at http://www.adpc.net/

Background

The overall goal of the Geospatial Information Department of ADPC is to increase uses of geospatial technology, data, and information by countries in Asia for supporting decision making related to disaster risk management and climate resilience. The department supports all thematic areas of focus of ADPC to achieve their goals, mainly through:

• Increased accessibility and technical capacity to develop, maintain, and use geospatial information including disaster and climate risk maps, forecasted and real- Safer communities and sustainable development through disaster risk reduction.
• Disaster data for early warning, and damage data for post-disaster assessment and recovery planning.
• Increased awareness by decision-makers on applications of geospatial information in disaster risk management and climate resilience decision making, and
• Geospatial solutions, such as maps, tools, models, and data, customized to the demands of stakeholders ADPC, together with its consortium partners, is implementing a project “SERVIR-Mekong,” a joint initiative of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

SERVIR-Mekong brings NASA's scientific and technical know-how to help developing countries use the information provided by Earth-observing satellites and geospatial technologies to sustainably prepare for and respond to disasters, manage natural resources, and improve food security in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. The Geospatial Information Department of ADPC is seeking highly qualified candidates to fill this position and work closely with our team of scientists, GIS and remote sensing specialists, and other developers working for SERVIR-Mekong to achieve the aforementioned goals.

Statement of Intent

The Geospatial Web Developer is a technical expert in the SERVIR-Mekong hub, hosted at ADPC. Primarily, s/he will be responsible for maintaining existing and developing new geospatial web portals for SERVIR-Mekong. This position is located in Bangkok, Thailand, but may require occasional travels to project sites as requested by the supervisor. Note: It is not the intent of this Position Description to cover every aspect of the position requirements, rather to highlight the most important areas of personal and joint responsibility.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead the front- and back-end development of geospatial web portals as requested.
• Provide support on code versioning along with code maintenance especially in the GitHub.
• Troubleshoot bugs and errors during the product development and maintenance life cycles.
• Develop data ingestion and processing pipelines for various remote sensing products.
• Design UI/UX for spatial web application and develop a prototype or wireframe of a new tool.
• Test and implement various AI technologies to improve geospatial products.
• Provide training on cloud based remote sensing technologies to partners and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Remote Sensing, Geo-informatics or related field.
• At least 2 years of professional experience in GIS web development Safer communities and sustainable development through disaster risk reduction.
• Familiarity and ability to build web mapping applications using multiple web frameworks such as Django, Tethys, Node.js (Express).
• Proficiency in Python, JavaScript, HTML, jQuery, Ajax, Angularjs and CSS.
• Familiarity with an open source server for sharing geospatial data such Geoserver or Thredds server.
• Ability to work and deploy a web application on Linux operating system.
• Ability to set up a time-based job scheduler or cron job in Unix computer operating systems.
• Able to design UI/UX for spatial web application.
• Creative skills and good at designing and understanding of both typography and color theory.
• Understanding of the basics of optical and radar satellite remote sensing and GIS.
• Familiarity with Google cloud storage and computing technologies.
• Familiarity with Google Earth Engine.
• Knowledge of relational database models such as PostgreSQL and MySQL.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English Personal Qualities and Competencies.
• Self-motivated, proactive, and takes initiative.
• Self-directed, dynamic, pays attention to details, independent with excellent organizational skills.
• Demonstrated ability to plan and organize work and time independently.
• Ability to coordinate, motivate, and lead diverse teams to accomplish complex goals.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, team-oriented work style, and experience in working in a multi-cultural environment.
• Strong desire to learn, undertake new challenges, must be a creative problem-solver, must have self-confidence.

Reporting Relationships

Direct Supervisor: SERVIR-Mekong Science and Data Lead, Geospatial Information Dept. Qualified applicants may be evaluated through a competency-based interview and/or other assessment methods. We encourage diversity in our workplace and support an inclusive work environment. Women are especially encouraged to apply.