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Job Title:   Geographical Information Systems Officer 

Organization: Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA)

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

About ERA:

The Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) is a statutory body established in accordance with the Electricity Act, 1999 (Chapter 145, Laws of Uganda). The Act empowers ERA to regulate the Generation, Transmission, Sale, Export, Import and Distribution of electrical energy in Uganda.

Job Summary:  The Geographical Information Systems Officer will integrate GIS applications into the Authority’s regulatory activities and improve quality of data used to support decisions in electricity regulation.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain a GIS database to support Authority’s regulatory activities.
• Conduct analysis using ESRI products such as Arclnfo, ArcGIS, ArcView, ArcGIS Server, among other GIS software applications to support Authority decisions.
• Collection of geographical information; capturing the location of electrical installations of interest to the Authority using the GPS tools in the field and desk-based data capture to convert paper maps to GIS datasets.
• Storage, analysis and presentation of geographical information; creating and maintaining the structures necessary for GIS data storage; manipulating, analysis, modelling and presentation or geographical information to support Authority decisions and using tools to join together different GIS datasets and create new information or investigate patterns to inform Authority decisions.
• Produces complex maps to support decision making.
• Liaises with stakeholders in the electricity sector on matters regarding GIS.
• Advice Management on asset management risks, safe guard the power network asset inventory and from time to time update the GIS database.
• Evaluate the electricity grid continuously and advice on interventions to optimize its utilization and expansion in line with government policies and plans.
• Liaise with business units to define their requirements for spatial information and future development
• Any other duties as may be reasonably assigned by the Supervisor or Management.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant must hold an Honors University Degree in Spatial Science discipline, Geographical Information System applications, Engineering, Surveying or Land Information.
• ESRI Certifications in Tools: Tools and Functionality and Workflows and Analysis or related modules are a requirement.
• At least three years of relevant working experience within the electricity supply industry
• Expert proficiency in the use, design and implementation of Geographical Information System, including applications using QGIS, ArcGIS and ESRI extensions, database development and maintenance, processing and integration with GIS applications, web application technologies and Map Servers.
• Excellent analytical and monitoring skills.
• Hands-on experience of utilizing GIS in planning and monitoring electrical power networks.
• Demonstrable experience in systems development using Geo-databases like MS SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle and Sun system.
• Should be below 35 years of age.

How to Apply:

If you believe you have the relevant qualifications and experience, please send your detailed application and CV demonstrating possession of relevant competencies, current position, names and addresses of the referees via email as One Document to pila2consultants@gmail.com

Deadline: 1^st March 2024 by 5:00pm.

NB: Applicants who do not meet the stipulated minimum requirements need not apply.

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