Hey there, Many thanks for those who expressed an interest in this work. As anticipated in our former post, here's the update on the hiring process: the deadline for application is set to Sunday 13-May 2012, midnight US Pacific time.
Thanks, Nicolas On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 5:01 PM, nicolas chavent <nicolas.chav...@gmail.com>wrote: > > Hey all, > > Below are the details of an internship position with HOT in Senegal > advertised on our website (internship > Senegal<http://hot.openstreetmap.org/get_involved/internship_in_senegal>). > As you can read below this mission which has been finalized in the last > days is scheduled to start 20-May to 9-June since, we are not sure about > the firm closure date of the application process and will update you as > soon as possible, we would be extremely grateful if you can express your > interest for this future work as soon as possiible. > > Best, > Nicolas > > > = Internship in Senegal = > > Background > The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) will start working in Senegal in > the course of May 2012 to foster the creation of a vibrant OSM ecosystem in > this country made of individuals, Academics, Local/National Government, > International Organizations, Local/ International NGOs as well as > communities. While working in Senegal in emergency preparedness and > development, HOT will also look at creating bridgeheads and relationships > necessary to operate in Western Africa and in the Sub-Saharian African > Sahels. > > A partnership with OSM-France (OSM-FR) through a grant of the Fondation de > France is targeted to support HOT. Additionally there is initial project > with the World Bank ICT group finalized in those very last days which makes > this future HOT project possible. > The work will start by a scoping mission scheduled May 20th - June 9th > during which outreach, meeting, conferences and trainings will occur. This > will happen through the first portion of the mission with the World Bank > and the second more autonomously through HOT’s partnership with OSM-FR. > > Profile > HOT is proposing a 3 week internship to work on this Senegalese project > and get experienced with the on-the-ground work in the context of a scoping > mission. The intern will be based in Dakar and traveling in country where > opportunities arise and be working under the supervision of the HOT > coordinator within the WB mission and with one member of OSM-FR to: > Conduct outreach activities to partners > Speaking about OSM and HOT > Running demo and training around OSM to future partners > > Practicalities > Lodging will be in hotel in Dakar for the first 2 weeks and then in > convenient accommodations for the last week. Duration of the assignment is > three weeks, travel will be organized to allow work throughout 20-May to > 9-June 2012. HOT will cover transportation and insurance costs overall in > the limits of 2,000 USD. > > Eligibility criteria: > > - Active implication in HOT activities and commitment to join future > HOT work in the field specifically in Senegal > - Education and/or work experience in the fields of GIS or programming > - Experience in the field of Development or Emergency Response > - Experience in data collection programs > - Experience in training and capacity building > - Thorough usage of GPS, editors of the OSM project (JOSM and > Potlatch), GIS desktop applications (primarily Quantum GIS) and familiarity > with PostGIS > - Interpersonal skills, effective team member, capacity to work under > pressure and in a multicultural environment > - Fluent in French, proficient in English, Wolof a bonus > > > Applications to be sent at ap...@hotosm.org ASAP > > -- > Nicolas Chavent > Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team > http://hot.openstreetmap.org/weblog/ > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Haiti > Mobile (Haiti): +509 4617 3334 > Mobile (FRA): +33 (0)6 52 40 78 20 > Email: nicolas.chav...@hotosm.org > Email: nicolas.chav...@gmail.com > Skype: c_nicolas > Twitter: nicolas_chavent > >
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