Geographic Information System Specialist

Your tasks : Provide support for the preparation and computation of the project’s global emission inventory data; Develop a database infrastructure to host a high-spatial resolution emission inventory for greenhouse gases and air pollutants; Develop high-spatial resolution proxies at European and global level to downscale national emissions for all emitting sectors; Develop and apply a consistent methodology for greenhouse gas and air pollutant emission estimation for global urban areas and sub-national level; Ensure data quality control, data integrity, database optimization. Requirements: Master’s degree in IT or relevant discipline, combined with minimum 5 years of relevant working experience in IT; Good knowledge of Geographical Information Systems software (ArcGIS, ArcMap, QGIS); Good knowledge of Python and R applied to spatial data and data visualization; Experience in integrating high spatial resolution data from a variety of different systems to database format, with increasing volumes of data and ensuring optimal performance; Deep knowledge in provision of technical evaluations; Experience in quality assessment provision; The following would be considered valuable assets: Understanding of environmental and climate change related issues. Experience in developing up to date greenhouse gas emission inventories at global, national, sub national and urban level. Experience in the processing and analysis of data, preferably in the area of emissions, air quality and climate change. Knowledge of PHP, JavaScript (incl. Ajax), XHTML, CSS. Knowledge of MySQL Database, Microsoft SQL Server Database, IIS and PHP configuration of webserver. Excellent command of the English language.

Location: Ispra, Lombardy, IT

Posted Date: 11/19/2025