GIS Systems Developer Jobs Kenya

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The Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD) is an Intergovernmental organization which provides services in surveying, mapping, remote sensing, GIS and ICT to its member States, partners and clients.

It currently has twenty member States in the Eastern and Southern Africa Region.

Our Mission is to promote sustainable development through generation, application and dissemination of geo-information and allied ICT services and products in the member States and beyond.

RCMRD wishes to fill the following vacant positions:

RCMRD is implementing SERVIR Africa Project in collaboration with NASA with funding from USAID and wishes to fill the following positions in the project.

GIS Systems Developer

Under the supervision of the Director, RS, GIS and Mapping the main responsibilities are as follows:

• Develop and implement geospatial applications to integrate models and model data into the SERVIRAfrica portal.


• Produce system designs and implementation plans for software components and/or applications.


• Research, test, build, and coordinate the conversion and/or integration of new components based on client requirements.


• Test developed applications to ensure required functionality and performance requirements are met.


• Produce user manuals or other methods of user guidance (e.g. online help) and provide technical assistance to application users.


• Design, document, code, and test GIS solutions and GIS applications.


• Participate in knowledge sharing mechanisms, capacity development and knowledge exchange processes at RCMRD and the SERVIR network.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree with emphasis in GIS and computer science or related field.


• Minimum 3 years’ experience in Geospatial Analysis and GIS software.


• A geospatial analyst background or similar work experience, computer programming expertise, database management systems and using Structured Query Language is required.


• Proficiency in the use of propriety and open source GIS packages and corresponding developer tools, development and use of scripts multiple data formats is essential.

Contract Duration: One (1) year renewable.

Interested candidates, who should be Kenyan citizens, should submit their applications, along with a detailed Curriculum Vitae as well as copies of relevant certificates and testimonials to:

Director General,Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources forDevelopment,P.O Box 632, 00618, Ruaraka,Nairobi

Or through e-mail: jobs@rcmrd.org so as to be received not later than 23rd April, 2014.

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