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Responsibilities

· Define and maintain the data governance framework, policies, and stewardship roles for the GIS Centre.

· Design and operate automated data quality monitoring across geospatial and operational data pipelines.

· Implement and maintain a data catalogue with standardized metadata and lineage documentation.

· Build/deploy governance tooling and automation integrated into the GIS Centre's data infrastructure (FME, PostGIS, ArcGIS, MS Sharepoint).

· Develop training materials and documentation to embed governance data management practices across the team.

· Report on governance maturity and guide continuous improvement in alignment with recognized frameworks .

What Success Looks Like

· The team operates under a living framework with assigned stewardship roles and standards that adapt to MSF's context.

· Data quality is continuously monitored through automated checks, with a structured process for resolving incidents, leading to a high degree of trust in the GIS Centre data.

· A data catalogue provides a reliable reference for dataset discovery and access, with consistent metadata and lineage

· Governance controls are automated and embedded in infrastructure and practices well understood across teams, backed by clear documentation and data accountability.

Your profile

Education

· Master's degree in Geographic Information Systems, Computer Science, Information Science with a focus on data management, or previous relevant professional experience.

Experience

· Minimum 5 years of experience in roles that include GIS Data Analytics (or similar) and Data Governance / Stewardship, Data Quality Engineering (or similar)

· Field experience or humanitarian exposure is an asset.

Languages

· Fluency in English is mandatory

· Working proficiency in French is an asset.

Skills/ Technical competencies

· Strong knowledge of Data Governance, Data Lifecycle, Data Integration, Master Data Management and Data Cataloguing

· Demonstrated knowledge of at least one major data governance framework (DAMA-DMBOK, DCAM, or equivalent) is an asset

· Strong experience in building ETL pipelines (ex: FME, Talend) and managing entreprise grade geodatabases (ex: PostGIS)

· Strong experience in working with ESRI's ArcGIS Entreprise (ArcGIS Server)

· Strong experience in Python and GIS libraries (ex: Arcpy, GDAL, Geopandas)

· Strong experience in data integrations and APIs.

· Strong and demonstrated knowledge in data modeling, metadata management

· Experience working with infrastructure teams

· Experience in using GeoAI is an asset

· Excellent written and oral communication skills

· Ability to work within geographically distributed teams

· Coordination, and information management skills

· Excellent coordination, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.

Personal qualities

· Strong alignment with MSF's humanitarian values

· Strategic mindset, ability to connect vision to measurable business impact

· Autonomous, proactive, detailed oriented

· Ability to work with multidisciplinary & multicultural teams.

Terms of employment

· Full-time position 100%

· Open-ended contract

· Working place: one of the MSF Operational Centers (except Geneva)

· Ideal start date: June 1st, 2026

· Gross annual salary depends on the work location

How to apply

Candidates are invited to submit their application exclusively through our recruitment platform, following these guidelines:

• CV (maximum 2 pages)
• Cover letter (maximum 1 page)
• Documents must be submitted in either English or French.

The application deadline is April 26th, 2026.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier if we receive a sufficient number of quality applications.

All applications will be treated confidentially.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Please note that we do not wish to use the services of recruitment or placement agencies.