Technical Analyst, Geospatial AI

## **A.** **About Asian Disaster Preparedness Center**

The Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) is an autonomous international organization established for scientific, educational, developmental, and humanitarian purposes with a vision of safer communities and sustainable development through disaster risk reduction and climate resilience in Asia and the Pacific.

Established in 1986 as a technical capacity-building center, ADPC has grown and diversified its expertise across social and physical sciences envisioning safer communities and sustainable development through disaster risk reduction. Being an autonomous international organization governed by Board of Trustees. It supports sustainable solutions for disaster risk reduction across a broad range of specialist areas, with a wide range of professional expertise from atmospheric scientists to social scientists with experiences from all levels of engagement typically required for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Resilience (CR) effectively. ADPC’s Strategy 2030 guides the organization in providing comprehensive risk reduction support to countries and communities in Asia and the Pacific with various programs being implemented under 15 strategic themes by three departments, namely the Preparedness and Climate Actions, Risk Analytics and Climate Services, and Risk Governance and Financing.

In addition to these, ADPC also works on three cross-cutting themes: Gender and Diversity, Innovation, and Regional and Transboundary Cooperation through permanent working committees. These activities are supported by proactive individual departments of Finance, Human Resources and Administration. ADPC recognizes the importance of examining the linkages between disaster risk management, poverty reduction, gender equality, sustainability, rights-based approaches, climate change, and regional cooperation. For details, please refer to the ADPC website at http://www.adpc.net/

## **B. Department Introduction:**

The Risk Analytics and Climate Services Department is a multi-disciplinary team of experts committed to providing innovative, science-based solutions for actions to adapt to climate change and mitigate the impacts of disasters. The innovations include uses of geospatial technology, satellite data, numerical models, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence for assessing vulnerability and risk, generating climate data, developing early warning systems, forecasting possible climate impact, and informing anticipatory actions. These lead to risk-informed developments in the sectors such as agriculture, transportation, water resources, and health.

The department also applies advanced geoinformatics and climate analytics to address water and food security by assessing water availability and water use efficiency, monitoring groundwater, assessing drought risks, and optimizing agricultural productivity, hence ensuring sustainable water and food systems in vulnerable regions. The department promotes Nature-Based Solutions by leveraging ecosystem services such as wetland restoration, agroforestry, and green-gray infrastructure to reduce disaster risks and build climate resilience. Lastly, the department produces risk analytics and integrates them into urban plans and engineering designs of critical infrastructures, hence improving their resilience to disasters and climate change.

With a commitment to science-based approach, the department envisions empowering stakeholders to reduce risks, adapt to climate change, and build more resilient communities and ecosystems.

## **C. Statement of Intent:**

The Technical Analyst will be primarily responsible for the design and development of web-based applications for ADPC projects, programs and initiatives, working closely with and taking inputs from the scientists and project managers of ADPC. The other responsibility is to support geospatial tool development, especially in the area of image processing and data science. The main objective of the position will be to help ADPC ensure accessibility to geospatial analytics, information and tools. Finally, the Technical Analyst will play an institutional role to support ADPC in resource mobilization by providing her subject matter expertise.

### ***Note:***

It is not the intent of this Position Description to cover every aspect of the position requirements, rather to highlight the most important areas of personal and joint responsibilities.

## **D. Required Qualifications:**

### ***Required Qualifications and Specifications***

- **Education**: Master’s degree in geography, remote sensing, data science, computer science, or other fields closely related to this position.
- **Experience**: At least 6 years of professional experience developing data pipeline, tools, or solutions that used geospatial data, satellite remote sensing, or AI; Minimum 2 years of this experience with international organizations; Experience with application front-end development considered favo