What will you do in this position?
You will analyze satellite imagery, to detect and quantify cropland change dynamics at the locality level in hard-to-reach/inaccessible areas across West and Central Africa (WCA), providing evidence of existing conflict-related hazards and vulnerabilities. He/she will produce an analysis focus on conflict-affected areas where access is limited, including the Liptako-Gourma area (border areas between Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger), the Lake Chad Basin (Northern Cameroon, Western Chad,South-Eastern Niger, North-Eastern Nigeria), the Central African Republic, parts of Chad and parts of Cameroon and in others costal countries as required.

You will work in close collaboration with relevant partners and the taskforce POT (Produits d’Observation de la Terre), a regional task force gathering institutions involved in the EO domain in WCA, including ACF, CILSS, FAO, FEWSNET, JRC, Nigerian Space Agency, WFP,SERVIR etc. At the country level, you will implement capacity-building activities for national governments, local authorities as well as humanitarian partners. You will provide technical support to the Senegal country office, including VAM and geospatial data analysis, and assist with implementing the MOU with the Senegal Spatial Agency (ASES).


What makes joining our team a great choice?
This position is based in our Global HQ/ Regional office for Western Africa, in Dakar, Senegal. This Regional office covers a broad and very diverse set of countries in Western Africa and provides strategic guidance, policy/technical support and direction to WFP operations and activities in 19 countries in the region which is an amazing mix of cultures, people and diversity.