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Geodetic Expert

2 months ago

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Full time

**Geodetic Expert (GE)**:
**Location**:

- Riyadh, SAUDI ARABIA**Application Deadline**:

- 30-Jul-23
- **(Midnight New York, USA)**

**Time left**:

- 27d 13h 54m**Additional Category**:

- Management**Type of Contract**:

- Individual Contract**Post Level**:

- International Consultant**Languages Required**:

- English**Starting Date**:
- 03-Jul-2023**Background**:
This project represents the third phase in a strategic partnership focusing on promoting surveying works and geospatial capabilities, and a myriad of actions and products stemming from these two areas of work. The key objective of this intervention is to maintain provision of advisory services in developing the national capacities for effective geo-spatial surveys, generating the national geo-spatial data infrastructure, generating multi-purpose knowledge from such surveys to efficiently boost national efforts in achieving the key directions provided by 2030 Saudi Vision, as well as promoting the national implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

This position will be responsible for Implementing and Managing Geospatial-Database in GASGI-Technical Departments, analyze complex problems and make recommendations to solve them, establishing geodata management systems and the implementation of geospatial information data driven reporting.

The completion of the previous phase has been instrumental in nurturing the idea of developing the foundation of financial sustainability whereby the General Authority for Survey and Geospatial Information (GASGI, ex GCS) will achieve a high level of efficiency in all its geospatial products. It is through this quality and efficiency that GASGI wishes to expand the availability and marketing of its products and to broaden the public awareness about its products and services. The core areas around which all aspects of this project act upon are: Geodesy, Geospatial Services, Hydrography, Map Production, Institutional Excellence, Establishment of GASGI Academy.

Advisory services are provided towards achievement of financial sustainability and contribution to the national economy. Moreover, advocacy promoted for a wider visibility of GEOSA Capacity development will also focus on training in the core areas of land survey; geodetic survey; topographic survey’ and Cadastral survey.

**Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Lead everyday geodetic activities, consult and advise **EGD Department (EGDD) **under Department Manager and his Assistant direct request according to fulfilling the geodetic mandate of GEOSA with a main focus on developing National Geodetic Infrastructure and its main geodetic components of Saudi Arabia National Spatial Reference System (SANSRS) including KSA-GRF, KSA-VRF, and KSA-GEOID.
- Consult GEOSA Executive Directorate of Geodesy (EDG) under Department Manager and his Assistant direct request regarding the scope of work and to report directly to Department Manager, to the Executive Director of EGD or to Senior Geodetic Expert for tasks directly assigned to GE.
- Assistant and and lead and supervise the team of EGD Department under specific requests of EGD Department Manager, Executive Director of Geodesy (GD of EGD) and according to GE’s major tasks described below.

A.Expected Outputs and Deliverables

**Deliverables/ Outputs**

**Estimated Duration to Complete**

**Review and Approvals Required**

DELIVERABLES 1
- Providing Technical Auditing for a EGD Department by evaluating the official outcomes of its team to the EGD Department Manager, Executive Director of EGD, external requests to the Department and its everyday geodetic activities;
- Technical supervision of EGD Department team for specific requests according to major responsibility and authority of GE;

21 working days

Department Manager/ Assistant Director General of Hydrography

DELIVERABLES 2
- Conducting strategic, short term planning for EGD Department geodetic technical activities and providing consultancy EGD according to major responsibility and authority of GA;

21 working days

DELIVERABLES 3
- Conducting research and development activities for EGD Department providing technical and scientific advises to the EGD Department manager according to major responsibility and authority of GE.

21 working days

DELIVERABLES 4
- Technical supervision of EGD Department team for specific requests according to major responsibility and authority of GE.

21 working days

DELIVERABLES 5
- Overlooking the general technical performance of EGD Department team, supervising the junior expert activities per specific EGD Department in case assigned to do so and providing technical guidance to EGD Department Manager and the team according to responsibility and authority of GE.

21 working days

DELIVERABLES 6
- Preparation of tender documents and their evaluation for EGD Department Projects tendering.
- Conducting QA/QC activities and providing expertise to EGD Department Project executions and their technical outcomes & deliver

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