Overview
The GIS and Mobile Mapping Specialist will support the implementation of the Mobility Tracking Matrix (MTM) in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, by establishing a geodatabase and providing technical support to enumerators to enhance data quality.
Key Responsibilities
- Review project objectives, mobility indicators, and data collection methodology;
- Design and configure SW Maps projects, including layers, attributes, validation rules, and naming conventions;
- Deliver structured training sessions for enumerators on map reading, GPS, cartographic concepts, and SW Maps application;
- Provide technical support to enumerators during fieldwork, including troubleshooting SW Maps and GPS-related issues;
- Conduct regular quality checks to identify missing values, duplicate entries, spatial inconsistencies, and out-of-bound records;
- Consolidate and clean collected datasets, ensuring completeness, consistency, and accuracy;
- Validate spatial and attribute data and prepare analysis-ready geospatial datasets;
- Document data structures, limitations, and quality considerations;
- Establish a simple database, document datasets and ensure proper handover of GIS and mapping outputs;
- Produce updated base maps of Bishkek integrating collected spatial data;
- Produce base maps and thematic maps related to internal mobility in Bishkek;
- Develop thematic maps related to mobility, including hotspots, concentration areas, key locations, service access points, and mobility patterns and spatial trends;
- Ensure maps meet cartographic standards and are suitable for operational use, reporting, and presentations;
- Support handover of GIS files, cleaned datasets, and map products to the host entity;
- Contribute to drafting brief technical notes or reports summarizing methodology, findings, and recommendations.
Required Experience
- Minimum three (3) years of relevant professional experience in GIS, mobile data collection and mapping.
- Experience with GIS and spatial data, including production of thematic maps;
- Experience in mobile data collection tools, particularly SW Maps or similar applications;
- Experience training and supporting enumerators or field teams;
- Experience in data cleaning, validation, and quality assurance;
- Experience working on mobility, migration, urban assessments, or humanitarian/development projects is an asset.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree or higher in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Geography, Information Management, Computer science, Urban Planning, or a related field.
