Job Vacancy For Geospatial Modelling Specialist
- Accra
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Increase the supply of power in Ghana/West Africa
- Enable expanded end-user connection to the grid
- Improve the technical and institutional capacity and performance of select national utilities, and other relevant national power sector entities
- Effectively inspire, lead, manage, and ensure the day-to-day personal performance of all staff under the Employee's supervision in compliance with the Project Work Plan and the Project administrative and policy manual;
- Lead the development and implementation of the Project's technical efforts on CLIN 2 (Ghana) Programs.
- Effectively liaise with the CLIN 2 technical teams, cross-cutting team and divisions of USAID on all aspects of the Project Work Plan implementation;
- Conduct all business in a manner that respects local culture;
- Maintain high ethical standards at all times, avoiding any actual or perceived conflicts of interest;
- Abide by all local laws, USAID regulations, and US Embassy/USAID project directives, whether written or verbal; and
- Perform all tasks as may be assigned by the Chief of Party or his/her designee as may be required to contribute to the achievement of Project goals and objectives.
- Review and select the USAID SAEP Geospatial model or any other suitable model for the development of a least-cost investment plan for two Service Centres of NEDCo
- Work with OC 2 Lead and NEDCo to identify and select unelectrified communities and obtain the relevant GIS maps of the distribution infrastructure within the two Service Centres.
- Lead efforts to define the unelectrified communities and associated characteristics for the electrification planning with the geospatial model.
- Review data collection template and gather the relevant geospatial and socio - economic data for the geospatial model.
- Identify PUE opportunities in the unelectrified communities and assess PUE impact on least-cost electrification planning using the geospatial model.
- Perform test runs with stakeholders (MoEn, NEDCo, ECG and other relevant stakeholders) to identify data inaccuracies and make the necessary enhancements.
- Lead efforts in the development of the Least-Cost Investment plan for the selected unelectrified communities within the two Service Areas of NEDCo as a pilot.
- Provide capacity building to MoEn, NEDCo, ECG and selected stakeholders in the use of the selected geospatial model for electrification planning
- Work with the OC 2 Lead and MoEn to develop a least-cost geo-referenced investment plan to achieve universal energy access in Ghana through extension of the national electricity grid and distinct technologies for off-grid energy system.
- Possess a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Engineering, IT, Geography or related program
- Minimum of 6 years' cognate experience in electrification planning using any geospatial-modelling tool.
- Prior experience in working within Sub - Sahara Africa
- Previous experience with USAID and Power Africa preferred, and/or with donor agency programs
- Strong data analytic skills in MS Excel
- Excellent attention to details
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