Non-staff job opening of Environmental Junior Data Scientist at FAO for the duration of 8 months! The incumbent will be part of the ICM team of the FAO-Lesotho office in Lesotho Maseru.

Benefits of working at FAO

FAO offers a dynamic and multicultural work environment; staff from over 100 countries specializing in diverse fields provide a truly international workplace.

FAO offers countless staff development opportunities, including group training, workshops as well as individual training courses.  It also uses a performance management module that helps staff members achieve their yearly goals and encourages career growth within the organization.

FAO has a staff mobility program that enables and encourages staff to move around both geographically and to different functions within their duty station.

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Technical Focus

• Sub catchment profile report
• Land cover and land cover change analysis outputs: maps, tables, charts, and descriptive text
• Also, Obtain certification to operate the UAV Sensefly E-Bee
• Acquire images using the UAV Sensefly E-Bee over selected areas as well as make images available to the project team in the geo-geoiff format

Tasks and responsibilities

• Support the analysis of environmental, climatic, and biophysical characteristics of six sub-catchments using geospatial data and other sources of information.
• Support the analysis of land cover as well as land cover change analysis based on the land cover map time series data produced by FAO (2017-2021). Carry out spatial analysis at different scales; National, District, Sub catchment. Identify trends and patterns.
• Also, Support the preparation of the Lesotho Land Cover Atlas through the production of high-quality maps, charts and tables, and related text
• Support the implementation of field surveys for the collection of in-situ data related to land cover and soil. Use GPS to georeferenced specific land cover features. Fly the drone E-Bee Sensefly, to acquire images over selected areas.

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Minimum Requirements   

• Diploma in Water and Environmental Engineering or equivalent
• At least 3 years of relevant experience in soil and water conservation, environmental management, and land degradation reduction and halting. 
• Working knowledge of English
• Moreover, a National of Lesotho.

FAO Core Competencies

• Results Focus
• Teamwork
• Also, Communication
• Building Effective Relationships
• Knowledge Sharing as well as Continuous Improvement

Technical/Functional Skills

• Professional experience using R and spatial packages in R
• Knowledge of Google Earth Engine as well as experience in land cover mapping

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