Médecins Sans Frontières en Suisse
Context
Médecins Sans Frontières is an international, independent medical and humanitarian organization that provides care to populations in need, to people affected by natural or man-made disasters and to victims of armed conflicts, without discrimination and regardless of their race, religion, belief or political affiliation (MSF Charter). GIS at MSF has been developed as a service to MSF operations since 2013 and is, since January 2021 an Intersectional Centre of Expertise & Services serving the full Movement. GIS core mission is to support informed decision making through better spatial comprehension, enhancing the focus of health services around patients, and increasing the impact and efficiency of MSF’s regular and emergency interventions. GIS service team aims to provide an intersectional operational support system, thanks to a framework of dedicated tools and services, that is reliable, agile, adapted to emergency contexts and needs, timely, and efficient. The GIS Centre is organised as a coordinated network, composed of GIS specialists dedicated to successfully providing MSF with GIS products & services. The GIS Centre works with a specific set of actors grouped around a common objective but who are of varying statutory natures (internal vs. external MSF, NGO, academic, industrial, vendors, etc.), and who’s physical locations are spread over several countries.
The position is to be based in an MSF Operational Centre or MSF section or a regional hub with which the GIS Centre can establish a hosting agreement, except Geneva, and providing the location is in +/- 2h of Western European time zone. This aspect will be managed on a case-by-case basis depending on the situation.
Mission
The GIS Server Manager is a central key role within the GIS Centre technical team. They are responsible for the availability and evolution of the GIS Server (ArcGIS Enterprise), central to the architecture of MSF Geographic Information System.
The GIS Server Manager manages the Portal for ArcGIS and ArcGIS Online content and access. Working closely with Data Manager and Developers they ensure the accessibility to GIS data, providing services and as a technical referent they defines and disseminate good practices regarding Portal, Data Store, ArcGIS Online and Mobile Data Collection app usage among MSF GIS community, ensuring technical support but also the definition of new products (processing data from mobile data collection to web application). The GIS Server Manager will report to the Head of GIS products and support the definition and evolution of MSF Geographic Information System architecture. They will work closely with the technical referents (Data Manager, Lead developer, DBA and Infra manager) depending on the actions to be put in place.
Your Profile
Education
- Bachelor or university degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, or related field.
- Post-graduate diploma / certificate in GIS or data management is a strong asset.
Experience
- Minimum 2 years of management of GIS Server
- Humanitarian / MSF experience is plus
- Operational or Support function at HQ experience with a project management component is an asset.
Languages
- Fluent in English and French (oral and written) is compulsory
Personal Abilities
- Solution Oriented
- Team player and pro-active
- Good listening and analytical skills
- Good sense of organization
- Ability to work with multidisciplinary and multicultural people
- Openness, curiosity, practical and pragmatic spirit
Skills/ Technical competencies
- Excellent overall understanding of IT matters (architecture, data, tailor-made and off-the-shelf business and IT solutions, IT organization, technologies)
- Mastery of GIS Systems (Esri ArcGIS Enterprise and full Esri stack mandatory)
- Excellent team working capacity
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Coordination, and information management skills
- Knowledge of Mobile Data Collection tools is an asset
- Knowledge of FME or other integration tools is a plus
- Judgment and decision making
Terms of Employment
- Full-time position
- Open-ended
- Working place : the MSF Hosting office or Partner section closest to the candidate’s residence
- Ideal start date: November 1st, 2022
- Gross annual salary: according the salary grid of the MSF Hosting office or Partner section
- The outcome depends on local legal limitations (residency, work permit, etc.) and on the agreement with the MSF Hosting office or Partner section
How to apply
Candidates submit their application following the requirements: CV 2 p. max. – letter of motivation 1p. max. – in French or English.
Deadline for application is September 4th, 2022
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The applications will be treated confidentially.
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
At MSF, we are committed to an inclusive culture that encourages and supports the diverse voices of our staff members. We strive to create workplaces where teams of people with diverse backgrounds, characteristics, perspectives, ideas and experiences work together for the social mission of MSF to create better outcomes for our patients and the communities we work with.
We welcome applications from individuals of all genders, ages, sexual orientations, nationalities, races, background, religions, beliefs, ability status, and all other diversity characteristics.
MSF does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of discrimination or harassment, including sexual harassment. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo reference checks.