Geospatial Analyst GIS Crisis e Security

DID S.r.l. ricerca un Geospatial Analyst (GIS) – Crisis, Conflict & Security per un incarico near-site presso un'Istituzione Europea a Ispra (VA). Di seguito il testo integrale dell'opportunità.

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JOB OPPORTUNITY · EU INSTITUTIONS — Geospatial Analyst – Crisis, Conflict & Security (GIS)
ArcGIS · QGIS · Copernicus / Sentinel · ACLED / UCDP · Crisis Management · Ispra (VA)
CLIENT: European Institution – research centre, Disaster Risk Management unit
PROFILE: Geospatial Analyst for crisis, conflict and security (GIS specialist) – Advanced level
WORK MODE: Near-site: full-time on-site in Ispra (VA), Italy; occasional remote work by mutual agreement
CONTRACT: Time & Means, specific contract (may be executed in phases)
EXPERIENCE: 10+ years of professional experience
EDUCATION: Master's degree (EQF Level 7); PhD in Political Science / IR is an asset
LANGUAGES: English C1 or higher (spoken and written)
DAILY RATE: To be agreed
BACKGROUND & MANDATE

DID S.r.l. is looking for an experienced Geospatial Analyst (GIS specialist) for a near-site assignment with a European Institution in Ispra (VA), within the unit dealing with disaster risk management and crisis management. The consultant will join a crisis management laboratory that develops analytical approaches and ICT tools for situational awareness and crisis response in near-real time. The role focuses on geospatial analysis for crisis, conflict and security monitoring, producing maps, analyses and reports for EU services working in external relations, civil protection and humanitarian aid. The environment is multicultural and multilingual, with strong emphasis on diligence, discretion and responsibility when handling sensitive data.

MAIN TASKS

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• Situational-awareness mapping: design and deliver high-quality cartographic products, thematic maps and data visualisations on conflict and security for EU decision-makers
  
• - Daily monitoring: select, collect, validate and integrate open-source information into structured GIS datasets
  
• - Spatial analysis: advanced geoprocessing, spatial statistics and modelling to produce geospatial assessments for crisis and emergency reporting
  
• - Earth observation: process remote-sensing imagery of conflict-affected areas (land-use/land-cover classification, change detection, damage assessment, reconstruction monitoring)
  
• - Conflict mapping: workflows combining conflict-event datasets (ACLED, UCDP) with open-source geospatial data, integrating political-risk assessments
  
• - Data management: curate GIS datasets and geographic databases with version control, data lineage, metadata standards and automated quality checks
  
• - Reporting & communication: contribute to emergency reports, briefs, impact assessments and presentations; deliver training on open-source analysis for crisis management
  
• - Crisis operations: take part in crisis-management exercises, support rapid-analysis activations and contribute to the co-design of a science-for-peace portal
  

MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS (each requirement must be clearly demonstrated in the CV, with years of experience cross-referenced to the relevant professional experiences; candidates not meeting them are rejected)

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• GIS methodologies and platforms (ArcGIS, QGIS) – spatial analysis, situational / thematic maps, infographics: 10 years
  
• - GIS data transformation, enrichment, quality assurance, dissemination and visualisation: 10 years
  
• - Earth-observation data processing and analysis (Copernicus, Sentinel, Landsat): 10 years
  
• - Integrated risk assessments combining qualitative (political-science) insights with quantitative GIS indicators: 10 years
  
• - Geospatial assessments in analytical products for external relations, civil protection and crisis management: 10 years
  
• - Information-management workflows for geospatial data (storage consistency, accessibility): 10 years
  
• - Real-time disaster / conflict data and rapid analytical outputs (impact summaries, situation maps): 5 years
  
• - Technical reports, impact assessments and briefs in line with EU clear-writing guidelines: 5 years
  
• - Stakeholder briefings and presentations translating spatial analyses into recommendations: 5 years
  
• - Crisis management domain (e.g. Union Civil Protection Mechanism), incl. emergency-response exercises: 5 years
  
• - Asset: PhD / EQF Level 8 in Political Science, International Relations or related field (official diploma)
  

TECHNICAL PROFILE

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• GIS: ArcGIS, QGIS and related extensions; cartographic design principles and standards
  
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