Vacancy: MAPPING AND MONITORING SPECIALIST, GHANA

Company Profile

We are a global company applying our successful model of landscape restoration and associated nature based solutions in order to contribute to three of the world’s most critical environmental problems: the need for effective solutions to mitigate global climate change; holistic restoration of the world’s most degraded landscapes; and a growing population that requires sustainable alternatives for consumer products and markets that still contribute to deforestation and deforestation driven emissions.

With six carbon financed nature based solutions projects under operation on the African continent, and a pipeline of additional reforestation projects under way, EcoPlanet and its subsidiaries represent the largest developer of carbon removals in Africa.

Although we are a US company, our operational headquarters are in Nairobi, Kenya from where we oversee the operational and financial management of our in-country teams in Ghana, South Africa, and Rwanda as well as our Central American and Southeast Asian subsidiaries.

Job Description

RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Develop and maintain reforestation maps and data on ArcGIS (or equivalent), Dropbox and/or other data management systems.


• Collect and/or coordinate data collection in the field.


• Track information from different activities and provide spatial analysis of operational needs from activity planning to implementation to monitoring operational achievements.


• Oversee weekly field monitoring data collection and reporting.


• Create reports, maps and visuals to analyze and demonstrate operational progress and other data as required by management.


• Oversee spatial monitoring data, including generating randomized weekly data points to assess field operations.


• Undertake remote sensing and mapping for carbon projects, both on-going and under development.


• Manage carbon monitoring, data and reporting.


• Perform other tasks requested by the project.

Required Skills or Experience

• Bachelor’s in forestry, GIS or related field and a minimum 8 years of relevant experience.


• In-depth knowledge of GIS and Remote Sensing using ArcGIS.


• Experience setting up and managing databases.


• Must have a valid motorcycle driving license.


• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.


• Ability to work with a low level of supervision and as a part of a team when required


• Meticulous attention to detail.


• Willingness to be in the field rain or shine.


• Ability to use a drone a plus.


• Excellent written and spoken English.