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OBJECTIVE OF THE ROLE
The GIS Specialist will play a key role in managing, analyzing, and applying spatial data to support land access, compensation, resettlement planning, community feedback, and livelihood restoration activities for the Teberebie Project. This role helps ensure that:
- Land access and compensation processes are accurate, transparent, and defensible
- Spatial data supports regulatory compliance, IFC safeguard requirements, and community trust
- Management decisions are informed by reliable, integrated spatial intelligence
- Support to the complaints and grievance processes of the project
ROLE ACCOUNTABILITIES
- Develop, manage, and maintain centralized spatial databases using ArcGIS Pro, QGIS, or equivalent platforms.
- Produce high-quality thematic maps including:
- Mining footprint and exclusion zones
- Property/farm boundaries and boundary control points
- Affected assets and households
- Resettlement sites and livelihood restoration areas
- Compensation and entitlement maps (ownership, land use, impact type, compensation status)
- Ensure precision and consistency across survey, cadastral, drone, GPS/GNSS, and field datasets
- Manage coordinate systems, projections, datum transformations, and georeferencing standards
- Digitize, validate, and update property boundaries and affected parcels within mining lease areas
- Link spatial datasets with asset inventories, census, and socioeconomic databases
- Apply working knowledge of customary and statutory land tenure systems in Ghana
- Integrate GIS outputs with project information systems (e.g., CIMS, Borealis, SharePoint)
- Maintain metadata documentation, enforce data standards, implement version control, backups, secure data protocols, and audit trails
- Facilitate cross-functional data sharing across engineering, project controls, social, and environmental teams
- Integrate census and household data for population and vulnerability analysis
- Support resettlement site planning (layout options, infrastructure corridors, service access)
- Monitor compensation payments, relocation progress, livelihood restoration, and project footprint change detection
- Develop tracking systems to ensure building design compliance and flag deviations
- Perform advanced spatial analysis (overlays, buffering, suitability assessments) to support land acquisition, resettlement site selection, and access route optimization
- Apply remote sensing techniques for environmental and impact monitoring
- Develop visual dashboards and map-based KPIs for management reporting
- Coordinate with licensed surveyors, community affairs teams, regulators, and traditional authorities to validate data
- Facilitate participatory mapping with affected communities
- Translate complex spatial outputs into clear visuals for non-technical stakeholders
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ROLE REQUIREMENTS
Education & Qualification
- Bachelor’s degree in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Geomatics, Surveying, Geography, Remote Sensing, or a related field
- ESRI Certification or a specialization in Remote Sensing is an added advantage
- A postgraduate qualification in GIS, Land Administration, Environmental Management, or a related discipline is an added advantage
Experience
- A minimum of 5–7 years’ professional GIS experience, including demonstrated support to mining or large-scale infrastructure projects, particularly in land access, compensation, and resettlement activities
- Proven ability to integrate spatial and social datasets
- Experience supporting RAPs, LRPs, or livelihood restoration programs
- Experience engaging with traditional authorities and regulatory bodies
Knowledge & Skills
- Proficiency in:
- ArcGIS Pro
- QGIS
- Global Mapper
- GPS/GNSS data processing
- Strong spatial analysis and cartographic skills
- Experience working with drone imagery and remote sensing datasets
- Data management, validation, and QA/QC capabilities
- Advanced Information Management application skills
- Ability to clearly explain GIS outputs to non technical audiences
- Strong report writing and visual communication skills
- Confidence engaging with communities, regulators, and management
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