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2025/GEPSIPNG/13297

Job offer type
Experts

Type of contract
Service contract

Deadline date
2025/06/19 23:56

Duration of the assignment
Beaded expertise

Contract
Freelancer

Duration
60 days over 2 years (2025/2027)

Mission description

Expertise France is seeking to recruit a GIS Expert to provide consultancy services for the AFD-funded project “Solwara Na Graun Blo Pipol” (SoNG) implemented by Expertise France (see below for project details) and funded by AFD.

The GIS Expert will be responsible for overseeing all geospatial data management aspects of the project, including the development of a comprehensive Geographic Information System (GIS), supporting spatial analysis for project planning and monitoring, and building the GIS capacity of project teams and partners.

Main tasks:

  • Design and implement the project’s geospatial data management system;
  • Develop and maintain a centralized geospatial database, including baseline data layers (protected areas, community lands, infrastructures, ecosystem types, project activities, etc.);
  • Produce thematic maps to support project planning, implementation, communication, and reporting activities;
  • Develop/Use an interactive GIS dashboard (QGIS, ArcGIS Online, PowerBI, or equivalent) to visualize project data dynamically (sensitive areas related to environmental and social impacts, …) in collaboration with an E&S expert;
  • Support the screening and geographic targeting of NGO grant recipients based on environmental, social, and spatial criteria;
  • Train the project team (Project Manager, Liaison Officers, Grant Officers, SERA Officer) and relevant stakeholders (NGO partners, universities, research centers) in geospatial data collection, management, and analysis so they can interpret data and make informed decisions;
  • Ensure integration of GIS data into Monitoring and Evaluation frameworks and periodic reports;
  • Support compliance with AFD’s safeguard policies by providing spatial analysis and mapping inputs;
  • Ensure that spatial information enhances the project’s capacity to monitor positive impacts and to mitigate environmental and social risks;
  • Capitalize on geospatial methodologies and best practices from similar initiatives (e.g., EU-funded FCCB project);
  • Make available all GIS data and documentation required for periodic project implementation reports.

The expert's mission will consist of creating maps and assessments of critical habitats in collaboration with NGOs to ensure that activities aimed at sustainable livelihoods, funded by grants, do not impact these habitats. This also includes analyzing relevant data, and strengthening the NGOs' capacities to develop their own maps.

Note: The tasks outlined above are not exhaustive and may evolve to meet the project's operational needs.

The GIS Expert will be based in Port Moresby and will report to the SoNG Project Manager. He/she will collaborate closely with the agency's other projects in Papua New Guinea to ensure coordination and coherence with broader Expertise France initiatives. He/she will work in functional liaison with Expertise France headquarters in Paris and will be accountable for the technical quality and timely delivery of the GIS-related outputs. 

Please note that an Environmental and Social Expert, a Gender Expert and a Monitoring and Evaluation Expert will also be recruited as part of this project.

Project or context description

As part of the Forest and Climate Leaders Partnership (FCLP) and the outcomes of the One Forest Summit in Libreville, coalitions of stakeholders are providing technical and financial support to achieve international climate and biodiversity targets.

In Papua New Guinea, the SoNG project is a French contribution funded by the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and implemented by Expertise France. It focuses on community-based management of biodiversity and rural development.

Overall objective:

·       Ensure the long-term sustainability of forests, marine, and coastal ecosystems;

·       Improve the living conditions of the communities that depend on them.

Specific objectives:

·     Strengthen community capacities (especially women and youth) for conservation and sustainable use of natural resources while improving livelihoods;

·    Enhance the governance framework for marine and forest ecosystems at national and provincial levels to achieve the 30x30 global targets.

Operational components include:

·       Expanding and strengthening protected areas and community conservation initiatives;

·       Supporting the development of sustainable agriculture and fisheries sectors;

·       Aligning national and local governance efforts for natural resource management;

·       Promoting research and traditional knowledge linked to biodiversity conservation;

·   Supporting the Papua New Guinea Climate and Biodiversity Fund for long-term financing of conservation and climate action.

The main objective of the project, which is rated B+ in terms of E&S risks, concerns the management of natural resources in rural areas, which could potentially raise several environmental and social risks. The most significant risk pre-identified in AFD's exclusion list is that of the absence of residual impacts on critical habitats, even though the project is intended to preserve biodiversity, and therefore to conserve/restore these critical habitats.

It therefore needs to be fully taken into account, both through prior screening of ecosystems and their biodiversity, and through planning to ensure that community activities likely to have an impact (subsistence farming, etc.) take place in degraded habitats. This is all the more important in PNG, given the status of land tenure and the local development imperative to be pursued as part of any biodiversity conservation/management activity via protected areas or other conservation measures.

GIS tools are crucial to support spatial planning, monitoring, and evaluation processes across these components.

Required profile

  • Master's degree or equivalent in Geomatics, Geography, Environmental Sciences, Information Systems, or other relevant fields with a specialization in geospatial analysis;
  • At least 5 years' proven experience in developing and managing GIS systems in development, environmental, or conservation projects;
  • Strong command of GIS tools and platforms (QGIS, ArcGIS, database management, remote sensing tools, web mapping platforms, etc.);
  • Proven experience in training and capacity building on GIS topics;
  • Experience working in biodiversity conservation, sustainable natural resource management, or rural development projects is an asset;
  • Familiarity with environmental and social safeguard standards (AFD, IFC, World Bank) is an advantage;
  • Knowledge of the Pacific region context is desirable;
  • Fluent in spoken and written English (mandatory); French language skills are a plus;
  • Ability to deliver high-quality outputs independently while coordinating effectively with multiple stakeholders;
  • Strong interpersonal and training skills, with diplomacy and adaptability;
  • Good writing, analysis, and synthesis skills;
  • Experience working with Expertise France or AFD-funded projects would be an asset.

Additional information

Expected deliverables and planning

Deliverables

Number of days

Where

Period

Design and implementation of GIS system

10

Port Moresby

2025–2026

Development of baseline geospatial database

15

Port Moresby

T3–T4 2025

Production of thematic maps (intervention areas, baseline, impacts)

10

Port Moresby and field locations

T4 2025–T1 2026

Development of interactive GIS dashboard

15

Port Moresby

T2 2026

Training sessions for project team and partners and Dissemination of GIS best practices and guidelines

5

Port Moresby

T2–T4 2026

Contribution to project reporting with GIS analyses

5

Port Moresby

T1 2027

Total

60 expert/days

    

Note: This timeline and deliverables plan is preliminary. Specific activities and outputs, along with the number of expert days allocated, will be detailed in purchase orders jointly developed with the Project Manager, following Expertise France templates.

Conditions of the mission

  • Start of contract: June/July 2025
  • Initial implementation period: 2 years, renewable up to 5 years
  • Budget: based on the candidate’s profile
  • Working conditions: Based in Port Moresby with missions to project intervention areas
  • Contract: Individual consultancy contract with purchase orders issued for specific assignments

Additional information

Applications (technical and financial offers) must include:

  • CV with references;
  • Cover letter;
  • Examples of previous GIS deliverables or publications;
  • Daily consultancy rate.

Selection criteria for applications

The selection process for candidates will be based on the following criteria :

  • Candidate’s training/skills/experience
  • Candidate’s training/diplomas related to the expert assignment
  • Candidate’s skills linked with the expert mission
  • Candidate’s experiences linked with the expert mission
  • Candidate’s expected linguistic understanding
  • Assessment of the candidate's skills in the sought-after domain
  • Candidate's knowledges related to local context (country or region intervention)
  • Candidate’s understanding of cooperation project stakes
  • Candidate’s understanding of the mission’s role in the cooperation project

Deadline for application : 2025/06/19 23:56

Expertise France is the public agency for designing and implementing international technical cooperation projects. The agency operates around four key priorities :

  • democratic, economic, and financial governance ;
  • peace, stability, and security ;
  • climate, agriculture, and sustainable development ;
  • health and human development ;

In these areas, Expertise France conducts capacity-building initiatives and manages project implementation, leveraging technical expertise and acting as a project coordinator. This involves combining public sector expertise with private sector skills to drive impactful results. 

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