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Innovation Advisor

2 months ago


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

**Innovation Advisor**:
**Location**:

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

- 15-Aug-23
- **(Midnight New York, USA)**

**Time left**:

- 15d 7h 54m**Additional Category**:

- Management**Type of Contract**:

- Individual Contract**Post Level**:

- International Consultant**Languages Required**:

- English**Starting Date**:
- 30-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.

The magnitude of change across KSA is enormous, and we need to create transformative Change to enable GEOSA to help in finding the right solution to overcome the challenges during the change stages. Therefore, GEOSA would like to explore all technical, research, innovation and educational services and engage on broader development issues, to articulate and integrate knowledge and innovation to all GEOSA activities.

**Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Supporting the GEOSA with technical, research and innovation and educational advisory services.
- Provide advice and assist GEOSA on roadmap development for the establishment of a Geospatial Innovation Centre.
- Provide advice on plan of work and activities and strategic plan for the GEOSA-Geospatial Innovation Centre.
- Provide support to GEOSA, to engage and consult with the KSA Geospatial industry and educational market on promoting the Geospatial Innovation and knowledge, including strategic focus and activities, to support the KSA growth and advancement in government and industry geospatial services.
- Review any comments, feedback and proposals provided to/or by the GEOSA for the Geospatial Innovation Centre.
- Assist GEOSA on capacity building and development of training and education plan and executions.
- Assist GEOSA to advance plan and capabilities in AI/digital twin platform, and help to engage the third-party entity in those domains to develop and execute pilot and POC, projects.
- Review GEOSA third-party related reports and provide advice.
- Maintain confidentiality of all data, information, records and publications received from GEOSA.

A.Expected Outputs and Deliverables

**Deliverables/ Outputs**

**Estimated Duration to Complete**

**Review and Approvals Required**

DELIVERABLES #1
- Monthly report to the GEOSA President and Assistant President for Geospatial Knowledge on the advisory activities and services provided to the GEOSA

21 working days

Department Manager of innovation

DELIVERABLES #2
- Reports as need identifying new strategies, technical, research and innovation and educational approaches to enable an GEOSA to better meet its strategic targets and exceed stakeholder expectations.

21 working days

DELIVERABLES #3
- Document on developing and guide in implementing sustainable practices and processes for geospatial knowledge, technical, research, innovation, and educational activities.

21 working days

DELIVERABLES #4
- Report anticipating the impact of future changes and disruption on the GEOSA activities on a short-term and long-term basis.

21 working days

DELIVERABLES #5
- Bi-Weekly meeting with GEOSA President and Weekly meeting with Presi


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