GIS Specialist – Land use, forestry, and carbon projects
We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented junior or intermediate level GIS Specialist – Land use, forestry, and carbon projects to join our team, in either London or Singapore.
We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented junior or intermediate level GIS Specialist – Land use, forestry, and carbon projects to join our team. The ideal candidate will lead the collection, analysis, and visualization of nature based spatial data to help inform decision-making and project development across various carbon projects. This is an excellent opportunity for recent graduates or early-career professionals to develop their skills in a dynamic and supportive environment.
This is an office based, full time role, and can be in either in London or Singapore, and you will need the Right to Work in that country.
Key Responsibilities
- Collect, process, and maintain nature based geospatial data using GIS software (e.g., ArcGIS, QGIS).
- Assist in the creation of maps, charts, and other visual representations of spatial data.
- Conduct spatial analysis to support our project objectives and reporting.
- Support data quality assurance and control processes.
- Produce clearly communicated written output of methods and results of completed analyses
- Collaborate with team members to gather requirements and deliver GIS solutions.
- Document methodologies and maintain metadata for datasets.
- Stay up to date with GIS best practices and emerging technologies.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Geography, Environmental Science, Computer Science, or a related field.
- Experience with GIS software such as ArcGIS, QGIS, or similar (internships, coursework, or projects will be considered).
- Proficient understanding of cartographic principles and spatial analysis.
- Familiarity with data management and database concepts.
- Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
Preferred Skills
- Experience with programming languages such as Python, R or SQL.
- Awareness and understanding of dynamic baselining (Performance benchmark) applied in nature-based carbon projects (e.g. the Verified Carbon Standard's approach in VM0047 - Afforestation, Reforestation and Revegetation carbon accounting methodology)
- Exposure to remote sensing
- Understanding of GPS data collection
- Knowledge of web mapping tools (e.g., Earthblox, ArcGIS Online, Leaflet, Mapbox).
- Previous internship or work experience in a GIS-related role.
- Department
- Consulting Team
- Locations
- Central London Office, Singapore
About Hamerkop Climate Impacts
HAMERKOP IS AN ENABLER - AN INDEPENDENT TECHNICAL CONSULTANCY OPERATING WORLDWIDE.
Headquartered in London & with offices in Singapore, HAMERKOP supports carbon project developers in the Global South and the carbon market ecosystem, to enable emission reductions associated with strong environmental and social integrity. We support energy access and nature-based solutions projects (e.g., forestry and agriculture).
HAMERKOP is one of the very few recognised and independent technical service providers on the carbon market and we mainly work in developing countries, where we provide technical consulting services around 3 main pillars:
1. PROJECT: certification and implementation of projects contributing to the fight against climate change. We help mitigation projects to certify so they can partially or fully be financed by the sale of assets on the carbon markets. We support projects from early conception to early-stage feasibility studies, drafting of carbon certification studies and documents, and support the implementation of activities as well as monitor their ongoing impacts.
2. MARKET: independent expert advice on the carbon markets. We provide (i) technical pre-investment risk-based due diligence to carbon credit and project sponsors; (ii) strategic advice to organisations looking for positioning on the carbon market; and (iii) educational support on the structure, state, and trends of the carbon markets.
3. POLICY: climate change policy and finance. We help countries in the Global South to formulate and revise their climate change strategies and roadmaps. We work with international organisations and government authorities to align their policy, technical and institutional frameworks with the requirements of the Paris Agreement’s carbon and climate finance mechanisms.
HAMERKOP works at the intersection of the public and private sectors, with governments, international organisations, NGOs and private companies and is increasingly playing a crucial role in the Singaporean and Southeast Asian carbon market ecosystem.
We help our clients design, implement, manage and monitor projects and activities in the energy (e.g., clean cooking, transportation, energy efficiency, etc.) and land use sectors (e.g., forestry, agriculture, biochar, etc.), that deliver measurable social and environmental impacts and are eligible to climate finance mechanisms.
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