LAND SURVEYOR CUM GIS SPECIALIST (Ref. No.GIS/nhc/4)
The Land Surveyor cum GIS Specialist will report to Real Estate Manager (Operations) and has overall responsibility for compiling geographic data from a variety of sources including censuses, field observation, satellite imagery, aerial photographs existing maps and analyzing spatial data for geographic statistics to incorporate into documents and reports.
The applicant should possess a Bachelor of Science in Geo-informatics or Land Surveying discipline or its equivalent with a high level GIS hands-on experience in major GIS applications. He/She should have proficient in MapInfo, ESRI ArcGIS, Google Earth, and experience in Adobe Suite will be added advantage.
DIRECTOR GENERAL
NATIONAL HOUSING CORPORATION
P.O.BOX 2977,
DAR-ES-SALAAM.
Specific duties include:
• Carry out land and building surveying operations
• Create maps and graphs, using GIS software and related equipment.
• Meet with users to define data needs, project requirements, required outputs, or to develop applications.
• Conduct research to locate and obtain existing databases.
• Gather, analyze and integrate spatial data from staff and determine how best the information can be displayed using GIS.
• Design and update database, applying additional knowledge of spatial feature representations.
• Enter new map data through use of a digitizer or by direct input of coordinate information using the principles of cartography.
• Operate and maintain GIS system hardware, software, plotter, digitizer, color printer, and video camera.
Qualifications and experience• Carry out land and building surveying operations
• Create maps and graphs, using GIS software and related equipment.
• Meet with users to define data needs, project requirements, required outputs, or to develop applications.
• Conduct research to locate and obtain existing databases.
• Gather, analyze and integrate spatial data from staff and determine how best the information can be displayed using GIS.
• Design and update database, applying additional knowledge of spatial feature representations.
• Enter new map data through use of a digitizer or by direct input of coordinate information using the principles of cartography.
• Operate and maintain GIS system hardware, software, plotter, digitizer, color printer, and video camera.
The applicant should possess a Bachelor of Science in Geo-informatics or Land Surveying discipline or its equivalent with a high level GIS hands-on experience in major GIS applications. He/She should have proficient in MapInfo, ESRI ArcGIS, Google Earth, and experience in Adobe Suite will be added advantage.
Very attractive REMUNERATION package is offered as per NHC scheme of Service.
If you think you meet the job requirement, please apply in strictly confidence indicating post you are applying to the undersigned enclosing an application letter, photocopies of certified relevant certificates
and names of two referees.
and names of two referees.
Closing date is 15th June, 2011.
Only short-listed applicants will be contacted for interview.
Only short-listed applicants will be contacted for interview.
NATIONAL HOUSING CORPORATION
P.O.BOX 2977,
DAR-ES-SALAAM.
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