Oil Careers – Senior Geographical Information System (GIS) Officer – Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU)
Job Title: Senior Geographical Information System (GIS) Officer
Organization: Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Manager Data Management
About US:
The Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) is a statutory body established under Section 9 of the Petroleum (Exploration, Development and Production) Act 2013, and in line with the National Oil and Gas Policy for Uganda which was approved in 2008. The PAU’s mandate is to monitor and regulate the exploration, development and production, together with the refining, gas conversion, transportation and storage of petroleum in Uganda. This includes ensuring that petroleum operations in Uganda are carried out in accordance with the relevant laws, regulations, guidelines, statutes and in line with international best practice for the petroleum industry.
Job Summary: The Senior Geographical Information System (GIS) Officer will be working in liaison with the Data Administration, Data Management and Information Technology teams, and will be responsible for integrating customized GIS applications and tools and maintain software programs to support the needs of the Authority.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Tasked with creating and maintaining the equipment necessary for GIS data storage.
- Oversee the development of the tools for loading/transferring GIS data between different systems.
- Overseeing manipulation, analysis and presentation of geographical information through the creation of programs to convert GIS information from one format to another.
- Manage the development of internet applications to present GIS data and tools on corporate websites.
- Lead the use of tools to join together different GIS data sets and create new information or investigate patterns.
- Coordinate the development, testing, debugging and maintenance of an array of custom web based GIS applications, tools and supporting web services using standard software lifecycle processes.
- Support the infrastructure by maintaining and developing new capabilities in Microsoft Net.
- Develop software in an agile development process by working with stakeholders to refine developed products.
- Perform web and mobile application development using JavaScript, HTML5, CSS, AJAX for the Esri ArcGIS platform.
- Offer support, troubleshooting, modifications, enhancements and maintenance for existing GIS applications, scripts, tools and web services.
- Create and maintain system related documentation.
- Perform any other duties as may be assigned from time to time.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant for the Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) Senior Geographical Information System (GIS) Officer job placement must hold a Master’s degree in computer science or Geographical Information Systems from an internationally recognized University / Institution.
- An honours Bachelor’s degree in Computer science or Geographical Information Systems from an internationally recognized University / Institution.
- At least five years’ working experience in GIS applications.
- Previous experience working in a leadership role in an organization/business unit/project with diverse professionals.
- A qualification in oil and gas from an internationally recognized university is desired
- Membership of at least one internationally recognized professional body.
- Microsoft database administration certification ITIL version 3.
- Project management certifications in either Prince2 or PMP.
- Innovative and with a proven high level of integrity.
- Ability to work independently and in a team.
- Proven track record of outstanding performance.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Possess good administrative and negotiation skills.
- Track record of coaching and mentoring others.
- Excellent research and analytical skills.
- Proficiency in computer packages like Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Access, among others.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates are encouraged to apply online by clicking on the link below.
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Deadline: Wednesday, 18th April 2018 by 11:59 pm.
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