<div dir="ltr">Hi All<br><br>If you are an Indonesian python developer looking for work, there is a job going here at AIFDR (central Jakarta) that may be interesting for you. Please pass this along to anyone you think may be interested. Please do NOT reply to this message on this list, but rather direct your enquiries to Kristy van Putten whose email address is provided at the end of the job description below.<br>
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<div style="text-align:center"><br></div><div style="text-align:center"><b><font size="4">InaSAFE – Indonesia Scenario Assessment for Emergencies</font></b></div><br><br><br><b>Background</b><br><br><br>• The Australia-Indonesia Facility for Disaster Reduction (AIFDR) is a joint initiative of the Governments of Australia and Indonesia that addresses Indonesia and Australia’s shared concern over the growing impact of disasters in the region. AIFDR aims to build Indonesia’s capacity to self-manage disasters by strengthening national and local capacity in disaster risk reduction in Indonesia and the region. AIFDR is a partnership between the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) and Indonesia’s National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB).<br>
<br>• BNPB has identified a priority need to improve its methodology for contingency planning with an emphasis on the use of realistic disaster scenarios as the starting point for contingency planning. BNPB has been working with AIFDR and the World Bank on a methodology and associated software tools for developing realistic disaster scenarios for contingency planning. <br>
<br>• The scenario development methodology has been implemented in a simple, open-source software tool InaSAFE. This software is based on straightforward and standardised approaches to integrating hazard and exposure data to estimate a range of impacts of a possible disaster scenario including the:<br>
<br>o number of people likely to need emergency shelter;<br>o amount of food, water, sanitation, etc required in line with BNPB’s PERKA no. 7/2008;<br>o number of schools and hospitals likely to be severely impacted; and<br>
o roads that will be temporarily closed.<div><br>InaSAFE was launched in October 2012 at the Asian Ministerial Conferences for Disaster Risk Reduction. The software was developed in Indonesia for Indonesia disaster managers, and is now being rolled out in other countries through a World Bank initiative.<br>
<br><b>Project Overview</b><br><br>• BNPB in partnership with AIFDR and the World Bank have developed a concept for developing realistic scenarios to inform contingency planning and disaster preparedness using a software application to automate and standardise the process. The application combines fundamental spatial datasets such as population and infrastructure with hazard data and produce a range of products such as estimated number of fatalities, buildings damaged and crops destroyed. The outputs are maps and tables as required by BNPB and local Disaster Management Agencies (BPBDs). The application is called InaSAFE (Indonesia Scenario Assessment For Emergencies) and it is based on the Open Source tools QGIS (Quantum Geographical Information System), GDAL (Geospatial Data Abstraction Library) and the programming language Python.<br>
<br>• The entire framework is built using only Open Source Software components, which are free of charge and can be modified, built upon and deployed without any licence fees or functionality limitations.<br><br>• InaSAFE version 1.1.2 has been released. InaSAFE is currently being developed to implement impact analysis according to BNPB’s priority needs. <br>
<br>• Further information about the InaSAFE project is available at <a href="http://www.inasafe.org">http://www.inasafe.org</a> and the source code is hosted at <a href="https://github.com/AIFDR/inasafe">https://github.com/AIFDR/inasafe</a>.<br>
<br><br><b>Objectives</b><br><br>Appropriate software development skills are needed to<br><br>• Help address outstanding issues (see <a href="https://github.com/AIFDR/inasafe/issues">https://github.com/AIFDR/inasafe/issues</a>)<br>
• Provide support to BNPB for InaSAFE related software running on their infrastructure<br>• Develop new functionality as required<br>• Help AIFDR deploy tools to provide emergency managers with a capability to create scenarios and analyse impacts according to specified guidelines. <br>
• Help test and fix bugs as they arise during deployment<br><br><b>Responsibilities</b><br><br>A Software Developer is sought to support the Risk and Vulnerability team of AIFDR in the development of InaSAFE and any other programing needs. They will be responsible for:<br>
<br>• Developing, testing, deploying, maintaining and documenting the software components of InaSAFE.<br><br>• Collaborating with the open source software development communities behind the dependencies of InaSAFE to ensure that errors and patches are reported upstream and that improvements find their way into the application.<br>
<br>• Supporting BNPB, AIFDR and the World Bank in training, deployment and trialling, and gather feedback and provide written recommendations for further development. <br><br>• Assisting the Risk and Vulnerability Unit with other programming needs as required.<br>
<br>The Software Developer will be mentored by Tim Sutton from Linfiniti CC remotely. Hence they <br>will be expected to work independently for significant periods of time and independently seek <br>solutions to problems. They will be expected to maintain regular communication with counterpart <br>
staff from GoI agencies including BNPB and BPPT as well as their supervisor. The software Developer will be managed by the Spatial Analyst from the Risk and Vulnerability <br>section of AIFDR.<br><br>The Software Engineer may be required to represent AIFDR at various events, both locally, <br>
domestically and internationally. They will be expected to do so with decorum and to clearly represent AIFDR’s position. <br><br><b>Qualifications and experience</b><br><br>• Undergraduate degree in Software Development, Computer Science or related discipline. <br>
• Solid experience with the Python programming language including numpy.<br>• Understanding of software engineering practices and tools including revision control, regression testing, continuous integration and issue tracking.<br>
• Experience with restructured text and Sphinx.<br>• Experience in managing servers running debian derivatives<br>• Ability to prioritise tasks and deliver work on time<br>• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.<br>
• Strong communication skills and ability to engage with other agencies and respond to their stated needs.<br>• Strong problem solving skills.<br>• Working level English and Bahasa Indonesia<br><br><b>Highly desirable skills</b><br>
<br>• Experience in programming with PyQt4 and strict adherence to standards based coding <br>including PEP8, Pylint compliance etc.<br>• Experience with GDAL<br>• Experience with Linux and other Open Source tools<br>• Experience with spatial information systems<br>
• Familiarity with PostGIS<br>• Familiarity with geospatial web services architectures (WFS, WCS, …)<br><br>For more information please contact Kristy van Putten at <b><font color="#ff0000" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="mailto:Kristy.VanPutten@ausaid.gov.au">Kristy.VanPutten@ausaid.gov.au</a></font></b><br>
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