Dashboard System Development and Data Backup Specialist
Job Summary
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Organizational Setting
Monitoring and Enhancement of Remote Sensing for National Forest Inventory (MERANTI) is a threeyear project funded by Norway and managed by the FAO Office in Jakarta. It serves as Indonesias new National Forest Inventory (NFI) initiative integrating enhanced landmonitoring approaches to improve the accuracy availability transparency and timeliness of forest and treeresource data. Through the combination of a strengthened NFI and an improved national forest monitoring system MERANTI aims to significantly enhance Indonesias capacity to generate highquality forest information. This strengthened data ecosystem will:
Improve national strategic planning and decisionmaking on forests and trees
Support climate change mitigation efforts
Enable greater access to scalable climate finance
Strengthen Indonesias position in climatefinance negotiations
Increase opportunities for resultsbased payments (RBPs) and other forms of resultsbased contributions (RBC)
Ensure fulfilment of Indonesias international commitments to global climate and sustainable development goals
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The collaboration will also expand to other projects and programmes related to forest monitoring including the UK-funded AIM4Forests initiative and affiliated programmes within the FAO portfolio and pipeline as appropriate.
Reporting Lines
Under the overall guidance and supervision of the FAO Representative in Indonesia the general supervision of the Lead Technical Officer and the direct supervision of the FAO UN-REDD Programme Coordinator and the MERANTI National Project Coordinator as well as close coordination with Directorate General of Forestry Planning/IPSDH
Technical Focus
The Specialist will provide technical and operational support for the development enhancement testing maintenance and implementation of agreed web-based information systems and dashboards supporting NFI 2.0 IHM SI-INTAN Arena and related forest monitoring information under the direction and supervision of designated FAO technical staff.
The incumbent will support the development of a limited number of priority modules agreed by IPSDH and FAO based on established technical requirements and specifications with the aim of delivering operational products within the assignment period.
Tasks and responsibilities
Dashboard Development
Assist in developing or enhancing priority dashboard modules displaying agreed NFI 2.0 and IHM data analytical outputs and forest monitoring information.
Assist in developing or enhancing dashboard layout navigation usability and responsiveness based on agreed user requirements.
Assist in ensuring the agreed web applications are usable across standard desktop and mobile/tablet viewing environments where relevant.
Assist in ensuring agreed dashboard modules for forest inventory statistics analytical outputs forest potential information and other prioritized information products.
Implement agreed interactive maps charts tables filters search functions and reports to improve presentation of analytical results.
Support the optimization of application and dashboard performance for the agreed data volumes and user requirements.
Implement agreed performance measures including caching query optimization and other performance measures where required.
Support application development and testing in the agreed development testing/staging and production environments.
Enhancement of Analytical Information Products
Assist in implementing dashboard functionalities to display agreed analytical outputs generated from NFI 2.0 and IHM data.
Assist in developing visualization modules for agreed forest potential and inventory information products.
Support the development and optimization of data retrieval and display functions efficiently to avoid unnecessary application and server load.
Implement visualization of forest potential modelling results provided and approved by IPSDH/technical teams.
Assist in improving reporting and dissemination through agreed web-based information products.
Ensure that analytical outputs displayed through the dashboard are based on approved datasets methodologies and information products provided by IPSDH/technical teams.
System Integration
Assist in implementing application-level integration application-level integration only for priority interfaces/systems agreed by IPSDH and FAO; integration with every listed system is not required.
Work with the System and Server Administrator under the direction of designated technical staff on deployment and infrastructure compatibility.
Implement agreed application security and access controls including appropriate role-based user management and access permissions for authorized users.
Apply appropriate application-security level and access controls within the scope of the developed modules.
Assist in developing and implementing agreed secure APIs data interfaces or integration components required to secure data exchange between approved systems where required.
Conduct functional testing debugging and user acceptance testing for developed or modified modules and address identified security findings from VA reports
Implement agreed authentication authorization encryption and secure communication mechanisms for authentication authorization encryption and secure communication mechanisms where required.
Documentation Maintenance and capacity building
Assist in preparing and maintaining technical documentation user manuals administrator guides and API/interface documentation for agreed outputs.
Provide technical support for bug fixing and performance optimizationfor the developed modules during the consultancy period.
Maintain and refine agreed dashboard functionalities based on agreed dashboard functionalities based on UAT and user feedback.
Assist in delivering technical knowledge transfer and handover activities to IPSDH/designated staff on dashboard administration and application management.
CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING
Minimum Requirements
University degree in Information Technology Computer Science Information Systems Software Engineering or another relevant field.
At least five (5) years of professional experience in web application development and dashboard system development.
Working knowledge of English and Bahasa Indonesia
National of Indonesia or resident of the country with a valid work permit
FAO Core Competencies
Results Focus
Teamwork
Communication
Building Effective Relationships
Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement
Technical/Functional Skills
Demonstrated experience in back-end development using PHP Python or equivalent programming languages and relevant application frameworks.
Proven experience in database design development and administration using MySQL PostgreSQL or equivalent database management systems.
Experience in application-level backup coordination and disaster-recovery considerations is an advantage. Knowledge of web application security version control systems (e.g. Git) and modern software development methodologies is required.
Experience in developing interactive data visualizations using libraries such as Highcharts or equivalent. Experience in developing web-based GIS applications using Leaflet OpenLayers or similar technologies is an advantage.
Selection Criteria
Familiarity with Indonesias forest inventory and forest monitoring systems. Experience supporting IPSDH or the Ministry of Forestry in the integration management visualization and analysis of forest inventory and forest monitoring data is required.
Direct experience with SI-INTAN the National Forest Inventory (NFI) mangrove inventory information systems (IHM) Arena Collect or other forest monitoring information systems is highly desirable.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with excellent written and verbal communication skills in Bahasa Indonesia and English. Ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams and communicate technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders
Please note that all candidates should adhere to FAO Values of Commitment to FAO Respect for All and Integrity and Transparency.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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