UNICEF
GIS Lead, P-4, Temporary Position, 364 days, #00137240, Office of Strategy & Evidence - Innocenti, Florence, Italy (remote/work from home)
- Duty station
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- Country / area
- Italy
- Region
- Europe
- UN system
- Fund/Programme
- Closes
- in 4 days Source: 23:55, Jun 08, 2026 Europe/Rome
About this role
The GIS Lead will lead the development and implementation of UNICEF's enterprise geospatial strategy. Key responsibilities include advancing ArcGIS, GeoSight, and GeoRepo platforms, improving administrative boundary governance and map clearance processes, integrating reusable geospatial workflows into program and emergency operations, and establishing a sustainable geospatial service model across multiple divisions. The role requires strong technical expertise in GIS and geospatial data management, with experience in enterprise-level geospatial platforms and data governance. The position is based in Florence, Italy, with remote work permitted.
Key requirements
- 5+ years professional experience in GIS
- Bachelor's degree in relevant field
- Experience with ArcGIS, GeoSight, or GeoRepo platforms
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Requirements at a glance
Distilled by AI from the posting- Min. experience
- Minimum 5 years of professional experience in GIS and geospatial data management.
- Required degree
- Bachelor's degree in Geography, Environmental Science, Computer Science, or related field is required.
- Languages
- English
The Data & Analytics Section at the Office of Strategy and Evidence - Innocenti (OSE) is looking for a GIS Lead to consolidate UNICEF’s enterprise geospatial strategy by maturing ArcGIS, GeoSight and GeoRepo, strengthening administrative boundary governance and map clearance, embedding reusable geospatial workflows into programme and emergency work, and defining a sustainable service model across OSE, Digital Impact Division (DID), Programme Effectiveness, Emergency Operations and thematic analytics teams. Location: Italy Deadline: 8 Jun 2026 11:55 PM
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