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Data and GIS Officer job
Location: Jobs in Uganda 2025 - 2026
Work Hours: Full-time, 08 hours per day
Salary:
UGX
No. of vacancies: 01
Deadline: 28 December 2025
Hiring Organization: ReliefWeb
Job Details:
Background
The position is based in Kampala, the Data & GIS Officer provides cross-cutting technical support to IMPACT’s assessment and field teams, and also leads on individual GIS and remote-sensing research cycles.
Key roles and responsibilities
OBJECTIVES
Under the line management of the IMPACT Research Manager in Uganda, the Data & GIS Officer is responsible for implementing all geographic information systems (GIS) activities (including remote sensing) and supporting data management and analysis activities. This includes relevant aspects of research design, support in designing data collection tools, ensuring (spatial) data quality, geo-spatial analysis, drafting of maps, and (as relevant) production of web maps and information management systems. The Data & GIS officer will provide technical inputs in all stages of the research cycle. The Data & GIS officer is responsible for preparing, conceptualizing, and producing maps and analytical remote sensing outputs in coordination with the IMPACT HQ team. The Data & GIS Officer will also support (Senior) Assessment Officers and (Senior) Field Officers in organizing and managing the data collection enumerators.
The Data & GIS Officer also supports the continuous capacity building program for national and international team members.
FUNCTIONS
Research Planning
- In coordination with relevant assessment officer(s), support assessment planning in line with project and program objectives and with IMPACT’s research cycle and other relevant guidelines;
- Map and analyse secondary data in coordination with the assessment officer(s);
- Contribute to draft assessment ToRs with a specific focus on the analysis plan, and related mapping, as well as data management plan;
- Contribute to external engagement in design stages to understand response/partner needs;
- Support the development of qualitative and quantitative data collection tools, ensuring GIS requirements of research cycle/assessment are met;
- Develop geo-spatial analysis of assessment areas to be used in developing daily assessment plans, field movement plans and accompanying operational maps for field teams;
- In coordination with relevant assessment officer(s), support construction of quantitative sample;
- Keep track of progress and delays of all assigned tasks throughout the research cycle. Ensure that delays or identified problems are reported by writing and orally in a timely manner.
Research Implementation
- Lead on individual GIS and remote-sensing research cycles;
- Train Field Officers on relevant GIS and data quality aspects for primary data collection;
- When relevant, support the training of enumerators for primary data collection;
- When relevant, support oversight of data collection, in line with agreed TORs (including their Annexes), including spatial verification and validation as part of daily assessment checks;
- Ensure that collected data is properly geo-referenced, enabling the production of maps and related products;
- In coordination with relevant assessment officer(s), document all changes in data collection that lead to a modification in the agreed TORs, ensuring that the IMPACT CC and IMPACT HQ are informed and agree on the modifications.
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WE WISH YOU GOOD LUCK!
Date Posted: 2025-12-20
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