Terms of Reference: The Consultant will complete a series of tasks related to increasing the visibility of IRC’s GIS capabilities, facilitating internal and external advocacy for GIS in humanitarian operations, and producing materials that will be useful for presentations to donors and humanitarian agencies. The consultant will undertake the following activities: • Interview IRC Ethiopia’s GIS staff to obtain a description of the various GIS activities that have been undertaken in the preceding 2-3 years • In consultation with IRC Ethiopia’s GIS and Program staff, select 2 projects • Develop outlines for articles on the 2 selected projects and share with IRC Ethiopia GIS and Program staff and specific (global) Health Unit staff. • Revise project selections or make additions to outlines as requested. • Produce articles and PowerPoint/multimedia presentations on selected projects according to outlines, submit for review to the aforementioned IRC staff and edit as necessary. • Discuss with IRC staff potential additional articles for past, present and future projects that could be developed as part of future work by IRC staff or consultants, and make recommendations. • Write a short web-article on one of the two projects, selected by IRC‘s GIS Coordinator in collaboration with the Consultant.
Deliverables: 1. Write 4 articles describing 2 of IRC’s GIS projects. For each of the two projects there will be two articles, as follows: • 1 relatively short article per project for ArcNews or similar GIS journal; • 1 longer article per project for more general audiences (i.e aid agency forums, IRC forums, conferences…etc) 2. Produce one PowerPoint/multimedia presentation for each of the two projects. 3. Write a short, non-technical summary of IRC GIS activities for IRC website. 4. Recommendations for future articles.
Requirements:
- Proven technical writing capability including published papers or articles in the field of GIS - a minimum of 4 years’ experience or 10 published/accepted articles for academic journals, trade journals, etc.
- At least 3 years practical experience of implementing GIS projects and/or a GIS related qualification.
- Demonstrated background knowledge in humanitarian development and/or the fields of health, and environmental health.
- Competency in MS Word, MS PowerPoint and Multimedia applications.
Apply at: http://tbe.taleo.net/NA2/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=IRC&cws=1&rid=7282
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