Consultant - Flood and Drought Toolbox Developer at International Water Management Institute

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Detailed architecture design document
• Fully functional web application dashboard with frontend and backend components (The tools should also be standalone to ensure they can be adopted by national partners)
• Comprehensive presentation of historical to current climate hazards and their impact from the continental to sub-national level
• Climate risk assessment integrating approximately 25 indicators to visualize water, agriculture, and nutrition impacts at the continental to sub-national level
• Visualization of AWS-generated flood/drought forecasting model products through a simple tool for visualization and dissemination to country-specific partners
• Flood and Drought Impact Assessment tool that utilizes DEA data assets, AWS ODR, and other geospatial products (e.g., NOAA/IRI forecast, NASA Earth Data Cloud, and several others) to visualize pre-, during-, and post-flood/drought assessments
• Source code repository with version control (e.g., Git)
• Documentation, including user manuals, API documentation, and deployment guides
• Training sessions for our team members on maintaining and operating the web application

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:

Essential:

• Experience in geospatial data integration, spatial analysis, and environmental risk analysis
• Expertise in collaborating with CGIAR centers on projects involving geospatial data aggregation, index calculation, and analytics creation
• Expertise in handling hazard datasets and other environmental data, such as water, agriculture, and nutrition

KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

Essential:

• In-depth knowledge of geospatial data sources and the ability to aggregate and compute indices for advanced analytics
• Proficiency with GIS services and spatial data visualization for hazard and risk analysis
• Expertise in integrating multiple data sources, such as Digital Earth Africa APIs, AWS ODR, and other cloud-based platforms
• Extensive experience in data aggregation, standardization, and generating actionable insights from diverse environmental datasets
• Demonstrated success in collaborating with CGIAR centers on similar environmental and agricultural projects

Desirable:

• Familiarity with climate risk assessment and environmental impact modeling
• Experience with systems thinking, equity, and transformative planning in environmental projects

SKILLS & ABILITIES REQUIRED:

Essential

• Ability to work with large geospatial datasets, aggregating and analyzing data for decision-making
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, R, or SQL for data processing and analysis
• Expertise in developing user-friendly, responsive web applications that visualize complex geospatial data
• Strong communication skills to effectively present technical data insights to stakeholders, particularly in the context of environmental or agricultural decision-making
• Effective collaboration with CGIAR centers and multidisciplinary teams across various sectors

Desirable:

• Knowledge of machine learning and AI tools for predicting hazards and enhancing decision support
• Familiarity with natural language processing (NLP) for decision support systems
• Expertise in cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure) for scalable and secure data management.